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To: Frank Drumond who wrote (8264)	3/15/1999 11:12:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

Frank, re Orb's write verify: I don't know if other drives do a verify read operation. Any disk flaws not found in the factory could be found here and flagged [so that area on the disk would not be used in the future]. If Orb suggests doing that only once, at the beginning, it amounts to making sure the disk was not damaged between factory and consumer, before trusting actual customer data to the disk. I'm just thinking here. Am not familiar with what is normally done. Gottfried

To: Frank Drumond who wrote (8264)	3/15/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: Ken Pomaranski	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10072

<< Seems that their 10*12 error rate must rely on a write followed by a verify (read) pass. Apparently the system isn't robust enough to reliably write. >> You guys are way out there today. Man! Must be a full moon. This is typical. Trash competitor's products, then hype Iomega's as perfect. I find it funny that the board is all of a sudden worried about data integrity when you have the 'CLIK OF DEATH' bomb out there which has been dismissed by the same people. Thanks for the laugh! kp