We have put seagate and currently put maxtor disks in our HP9000
workstations => no problem at all

Frederik

"Ben Arnold" <biker35@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> We need a new internal SCSI disk for our HP9000. The failing disk is a
> Seagate ST34572WC.
>
> I've been told that the replacement disk must be purchased from HP,
> because it has a "special BIOS" branded on the device. Is this true?
> Can't I just insert and format a "compatible" SCSI disk?
>
> Thanks in advance for any replies.