Micah R Ledbetter /mɹ̩ˈled/
@mrled
On the plus side, I can tell you they’re quite fun to remove the top of the casing and spin up. You can send the platters quite a long way.
Siliconinsider
@Siliconinsid
Quantum Bigfoot, failure mode case study:
Probably the most infamous HDD of the 90s, the 5.25" IDE Bigfoot series use more construction material and terrible performance compared to a 3.5" drive. They also fail, the drive did nothing and the controller board was getting hot.
