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Electra · 09-24-2009, 08:56 AM

I want to buy a couple of external hard drives. Have narrowed it down to Seagate or Western Digital but cant decide on a model. Anyone have any recommendations? Anything you've been using thats been particularly reliable.

L-Pink · 09-24-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Electra

I want to buy a couple of external hard drives. Have narrowed it down to Seagate or Western Digital but cant decide on a model. Anyone have any recommendations? Anything you've been using thats been particularly reliable.

I've always had good luck with Seagate.

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Loch · 09-24-2009, 09:04 AM

we have had 20 servers running non stop from january 2008, with only 2 dead drives.
THAT should speak for itself.
Seagate 1TB and 1.5TB drives.

Ohh and i should mention that this is HD encoding servers so under constand stress

Edit: 4-6 drives pr server to give you a better idea

jollyperv · 09-24-2009, 09:23 AM

I've had a WD fail on me after 4 months. Stick with seagate.

loverboy · 09-24-2009, 09:38 AM

Go for Seagate. I had 2 WD 400GB HDs break down just after a few months.

Darkcrni · 09-24-2009, 09:50 AM

I have Transcend for some time now!
Works great!

dready · 09-24-2009, 09:58 AM

Seagate has a better warranty, but I've seen a lot of their drives die lately. Never seen a WD drive die.

CYF · 09-24-2009, 04:02 PM

I have an external WD Passport drive, it rocks.

HomerSimpson · 09-24-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CYF

I have an external WD Passport drive, it rocks.

had one of those and it broke
then I had Seagate and it broke too
now I have Maxtor Black Armor with 5year warranty

still works fine

Twig · 09-24-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dready

Seagate has a better warranty, but I've seen a lot of their drives die lately. Never seen a WD drive die.

Exactly. I'm so surprised people here are all over Seagate as they have a VERY bad rep the past couple years for their horrible firmware(caused HDD's to fail) and bad CusService.
Western Digital 4 lyfe.
No really, WD has ALWAYS been good to me. I've had SeaGates die before.

Twig · 09-24-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerSimpson

had one of those and it broke
then I had Seagate and it broke too
now I have Maxtor Black Armor with 5year warranty

still works fine

Seagate owns Maxtor. You probably bought the same HDD, lol.

split_joel · 09-24-2009, 04:51 PM

Go with a deskstar LOL jk

stick with seagate

Twig · 09-24-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by split_joel

Go with a deskstar LOL jk

stick with seagate

Oh snap, classics. I still have a DeskStar. It's a 4GB.

split_joel · 09-24-2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Twig

Oh snap, classics. I still have a DeskStar. It's a 4GB.

Well back in the day they were known as the ibm deskstar i called them deathstars as in they were the biggest POS ever developed almost as bad as ECS motherboards now deskstars are made by Hitachi but im still to scared to go anywhere near them

split_joel · 09-24-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Twig

Exactly. I'm so surprised people here are all over Seagate as they have a VERY bad rep the past couple years for their horrible firmware(caused HDD's to fail) and bad CusService.
Western Digital 4 lyfe.
No really, WD has ALWAYS been good to me. I've had SeaGates die before.

Maxtor was good years ago, western digital was to however more WD have died in our data center then any other brand, seagate has been good for the past year and I will stick with it for now.

rowan · 09-24-2009, 05:56 PM

As you can see by the replies so far in this thread everyone has their horror stories about a specific brand and there's no real consensus.

Apart from the serious firmware issue with the Seagate 7200.12 drives I don't think there's been any major quality control issues with any manufacturer lately. They're all pretty much the same.

BTW, Seagate have changed back to 3 year warranties for consumer drives.

rowan · 09-24-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Twig

Oh snap, classics. I still have a DeskStar. It's a 4GB.

I have an 8.4GB deskstar but I think both of those drives would have been well before the deathstar period...

I have a 60GB deskstar which turned into a deathstar recently when I plugged it in to see if it still worked.

click clack zzziiiippp click clack zziiiip

rowan · 09-24-2009, 06:37 PM

Found the 8.4GB and plugged it in for fun... it sounds like I live next door to a butcher and he's cutting up meat with a bandsaw. Raw read speed is 7.5Mbytes/sec.

docputer · 09-24-2009, 08:30 PM

I am another Seagate fan.

09-24-2009, 08:56 AM	#1
Electra Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 9	Hard Drive Recommendations Please I want to buy a couple of external hard drives. Have narrowed it down to Seagate or Western Digital but cant decide on a model. Anyone have any recommendations? Anything you've been using thats been particularly reliable.

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jollyperv Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 3,927	I've had a WD fail on me after 4 months. Stick with seagate.

09-24-2009, 09:38 AM	#5
loverboy When it rains, it pours Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 20,609	Go for Seagate. I had 2 WD 400GB HDs break down just after a few months.

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Darkcrni Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Right Around The Corner Posts: 1,704	I have Transcend for some time now! Works great!

09-24-2009, 05:56 PM	#16
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	As you can see by the replies so far in this thread everyone has their horror stories about a specific brand and there's no real consensus. Apart from the serious firmware issue with the Seagate 7200.12 drives I don't think there's been any major quality control issues with any manufacturer lately. They're all pretty much the same. BTW, Seagate have changed back to 3 year warranties for consumer drives.

09-24-2009, 06:37 PM	#18
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Found the 8.4GB and plugged it in for fun... it sounds like I live next door to a butcher and he's cutting up meat with a bandsaw. Raw read speed is 7.5Mbytes/sec.

09-24-2009, 08:30 PM	#19
docputer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,103	I am another Seagate fan.