IBM had a bad hard drive product line early this decade. There were class action suits over that. They ended up selling the business to Hitachi shortly after..
I have so many HDDs come through that fail secure-track due to bad/remapped sectors that have to be destroyed. The bad part is that I strapped for spare drives to rehab units for resale, esp. laptops. The most reliable drives that I run across are Seagate Cheetahs 10K & 15Ks. Out of the hundreds I have wiped, I have had to junk 3.
It may not matter after next week when I go back to crazy co. after being out of commission for a short emergency hospital stay. I may be back to the contractor life sooner than I thought depending on how hard El Presidente wants to tap dance on my head.
Never mind it was said directly in the presence of witnesses that I was setup to fail. I actually learned to like playing short term contract person. I will take the heat for my shortcomings but there is plenty of blame to go around. I have had to go toe to toe with El Presidente before and actually won a couple.
I actually left crazy co. for contracting for several reasons and never expected hear from them again. A few months later, I was called several times and went back for the promised slot. I’ve done my best to make things work but knew going in not to expect any real support. When the head guy and his minion came to train me (big joke), that became blatantly obvious to all in the facility, esp. my manager who is a really sharp organizer and people manager.
I’ve turned away a few promising contract gigs. If I am still flailing around after begging for help and material support for ages, the next ones get real attention. I also keep my eye on real jobs and even score an interview every so often.
Yep. I had some IBM “Deathstars.” I have one left that seems to still function. All the others failed.