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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Subject: Re: info. on Maxtor 7120AT drive
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:32:47 GMT
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- hinydick@curtiss.seas.ucla.edu (Ira H. Nydick) writes:
- >Sorry, but I forgot to ask this in my previous post.
- >When one buys a new hard disk, should one expect to get a manual, spec. sheet,
- >or some other type of documentation with it? When I bought my 120 MB Maxtor
- >7120AT IDE drive, the shop just gave me the bare drive in a plastic bag.
- >Nothing else. Is this normal?
- *----
- If you buy an OEM product, like a hard disk, then no, you shouldn't
- expect to get anything but the disk drive. OEMS save money by
- buying products without all the redundant packaging and documentation
- that you would expect when you buy something retail.
-
- Conversely, if you've bought a "hard disk kit" intended for an
- end-user, you should expect to get a manual with it.
- --
- Mike Berger
- Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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