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3 Major HD Makers Recalling Drives? [UPDATED]

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the backup-the-pr0n dept.

mauriceh writes "Seems that 3 major Hard Disk companies have a problem with defective 40GB platters. A major recall is in the works." Seagate, Hitachi, and Maxtor 40 & 80 gig drives appear to be the troubled drives. Update: 05/30 12:37 GMT by M : There is apparently no recall. Digitimes has issued a revision/retraction, and TheInquirer has a story as well.

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  1. no comments and /.ed already by jonfromspace · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or maybe they were using said HD.

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    1. Re:no comments and /.ed already by www.microsoft.com · · Score: 2, Funny

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      We're pleased to announce the newest reason for you to subscribe to Slashdot... Slashdoting!

  2. DEAR GOD by randomdef · · Score: 5, Funny

    WONT SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE PORN? all those hours i spent....er...downloading...

  3. Re:hey by subzero_ice · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you call IBM they send your HDD over to Hitachi. So I think Hitachi is basically recalling the deathstars.

  4. SCO Gruop Gets Invovled by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 0, Funny

    SCO Group claiming ownership of hd patents sues all users who had defective drives..

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  5. Re:New HD production paradigm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Good luck finding a candy flavored platter!

  6. Looks like I got lucky with a Seagate� by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    gig. No problems he0x0000007A: KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

  7. Maxtor drives by Psykechan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got a 40GB Maxtor in this system but I haven't had any probl

  8. From China? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously, those drives are suffering from SARS.

  9. Hard copies of everything by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's why I print out copies of everything once my drive is over half full. For video, I print each frame individually. For music, I print out the lyrics and sheet music for each song. I haven't quite figured out what to do about games though. Every time I play one, I have a whole different batch of screenshots to print.

    Oh well, I'm sure the inkjet manufacturers will figure something out.

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  10. Glad it's only 3 by siskbc · · Score: 2, Funny
    Well, it seems that WD escaped trouble this time! Glad I've got a coupla WD drives in my box.

    Wait - where's that smoke coming from? Aw, fuck.

    Make that 4 hard drive manufacturers.

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    1. Re:Glad it's only 3 by thynk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Great, My raid is 3 40GB drives. 2 Maxtor and an IBM. Maybe I should of gone mirrored instead of striped.

      Now, where did I put that old tape drive?

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  11. MOD up microsoft.com? bad karma. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Honestly, is this slashdot or have the moderators all gone bonkers?

  12. Re:Topical? by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sincerely question the Slashdot-newsworthiness of this.

    Hi, I am a member of the slashdot welcome team. You must be new here.

    Welcome!

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  13. In other news.. by CptChipJew · · Score: 4, Funny

    it turns out these problems with the drives were occuring because the S.M.A.R.T. technology turned out to be S.T.U.P.I.D.

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    1. Re:In other news.. by EverDense · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sucks To be U Please Insert Disk

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  14. Re:Slashdoted? by IanBevan · · Score: 4, Funny
    Among the top four hard drive vendors worldwide, Western Digital is the only one unaffected by the incident, as the company does not have products manufactured in China, sources said.

    OMG SARS has crossed species into hard disks ? Now that's a clever virus..

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  15. Re:holy crap-You said a mouthfull. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "they better pay me for my lost pr0n... i had one of those drives give out about 2 months ago.. it kept losing data, so I finally said screw it. Hope I still have the receipt around..."

    Well I guess the actuator kept sticking.

  16. RIAA Cheers Defective Drives, SCO to Follow by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny
    Today the RIAA cheered the discovery of defective hard drives. "Defective hard drives will not be used to store pirated songs and movies from illegal P2P networks," their spokesman said, adding, "We're calling on our paid-for friends in Congress to mandate defective hard drives for all users."

    While SCO has yet to be heard from, rumors are that they will drop all suits against users who certify that they only use defective drives in their Linux systems.

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  17. Re:Wow! by wronskyMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    When SCO had a business model...

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  18. Re:Just as I suspected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    damn, i misread your drive size as 80gig not 80mg. i'm sittin here thinkin to myself, "where the f*ck did this guy get an 80 gig hard drive 13 years ago."

  19. Re:Just as I suspected by CaramelCod · · Score: 2, Funny
    I've got 80MB drives that are thirteen years old and still get run 8hrs a day

    One word. Upgrade.

  20. General failure? by cmburns69 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whos general failure, and why is he reading my hard disk?

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  21. Re:Just as I suspected by GnarlyNome · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well there are always the yard sales same quality drives ,but you only pay $5.00 ea.
    ( you mean the drive is supposed to rattle like that?)

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  22. The first 20 gig run well by CrazyJim0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scandisk crashes because my DeathStar has so many bad sectors... So I can never id the last ones...

    I stay within 15-20 gig, and I'm cool... but too much and it strays into bad sectors, and all sorts of crap goes wrong

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  23. Re:R is for Redundant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, it stands for "R-type." That's what makes it faster. If it's still not fast enough, try painting your drives yellow.