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| Thread ID: 64295 | 2005-12-10 04:04:00 | Best Hard Drive? | Pato (2463) | Press F1 |
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| 411585 | 2005-12-10 04:04:00 | Which brand of 200Gb HD is the most reliable?. Is the Western Digital any good? Would appreciate your comments. Thanks. |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 411586 | 2005-12-10 04:15:00 | Perhaps I should have said "What brands should be avoided"? | Pato (2463) | ||
| 411587 | 2005-12-10 04:28:00 | Perhaps I should have said "What brands should be avoided"? Some people say that Western Digital is one of the worst hdds to get. Seagate / Samsung / Maxtor would be better. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 411588 | 2005-12-10 04:31:00 | Thanks for that Speedy. I thought that might be the story. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 411589 | 2005-12-10 04:37:00 | I've had a Western Digital hard drive (80gb bought from DSE), and it's survived so far about 4 years or so without any problems. I also have a Maxtor drive which I haven't had problems with. I had a bad encounter with a Fujitsu drive - it happened to be part of a faulty batch, and unfortunately I didn't claim a replacement under warranty quickly enough. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 411590 | 2005-12-10 04:45:00 | I've had a Western Digital hard drive (80gb bought from DSE), and it's survived so far about 4 years or so without any problems. I also have a Maxtor drive which I haven't had problems with. I had a bad encounter with a Fujitsu drive - it happened to be part of a faulty batch, and unfortunately I didn't claim a replacement under warranty quickly enough. Thanks for that. It looks like it is the luck of the draw!! |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 411591 | 2005-12-10 05:00:00 | I heard somewhere (though don't quote me on this), that hard drives which will fail tend to fail within the first year. So in any case, if something goes wrong, make a warrantly claim quickly so that it doesn't hit you in the pocket. | somebody (208) | ||
| 411592 | 2005-12-10 05:26:00 | Have been using Seagates for many, many years without any problem. Proven to be good and reliable, as far as I am concerned. | bk T (215) | ||
| 411593 | 2005-12-10 06:01:00 | Here are the ones to avoid: IBM (the deskstar is known as the deathstar) Fujitsu I think that Western Digital and Maxtor are not that flash Seagate and Samsung are good (you can get a 5 year warranty on some Seagate drives). There is a reliability survey on StorageReview (http://www.storagereview.com/) but I think you need to register to use it. Some models from makers were better than others .. just keep a backup. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 411594 | 2005-12-10 06:12:00 | Yep Seagate - fast , quiet and a decent warranty - are you thinking 7,200 rpm SATA ? www.tomshardware.com |
KatiMike (242) | ||
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