All About Harddisk Thread V3, Discussion for Good Harddisk
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 Oct 23 2011, 02:56 PM
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QUOTE(kianweic @ Oct 23 2011, 12:52 PM) Retailers Respond to Upcoming HDD Shortage by Limiting Purchases & Hiking Prices no need - WD has two factories in PeeJay Source: Hardware Canucks Time to stock up HDD?   i still got additional two terabytes of storage available |
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Oct 23 2011, 03:05 PM
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according to this article: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-h...tion,13779.html
the announcement of 1TB single platter made around may ago still in "production line"  so maybe we can get 1TB per platter end of this year  |
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Oct 23 2011, 03:42 PM
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QUOTE(g5sim @ Oct 23 2011, 04:39 AM) Multi-bay USB harddisk enclosure or Network Storage (NAS). Anyone ever tried this? four 2T harddisks in one USB enclosure. Possible problems? if using USB you gonna cry copying files.. other than that no problems |
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Oct 23 2011, 10:18 PM
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If your USB is USB 3.0 and you are not using RAID, it would be no different than using SATA. Even if you are using RAID, the performance penalty wouldn't be too terrible as USB 3.0 should be able to handle more than 300MB/s.
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Oct 24 2011, 01:44 AM
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Guys I went plaza lowyat yesterday to buy a new system, and samsung F3 all out of stock... But I need to install OS today so I bought WD Green 1TB >.<
I know it's slower than F3 but it should be okay right? |
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Oct 24 2011, 04:51 AM
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QUOTE(zellleonhart @ Oct 24 2011, 01:44 AM) Guys I went plaza lowyat yesterday to buy a new system, and samsung F3 all out of stock... But I need to install OS today so I bought WD Green 1TB >.< won't be any issue, if you are not heavy user, next time get a Blue version at least, hmm, why Samsung is out of stock? just curiousI know it's slower than F3 but it should be okay right? |
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Oct 24 2011, 06:26 AM
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QUOTE(CyntrixTech @ Oct 17 2011, 01:19 PM) Request for an advanced replacement. They will charge your account. Send you a new hdd. Use the same box to send back your defective hdd. They will refund your credit card after receiving your defective hdd. Few days ago, I planning to RMA my WD studio so I called them regarding the advanced replacement. They said is not available for malaysia. Only available at United States.  Anyway, is there any way beside using postage to WD Singapore because I checked the postage price will cost me more than RM80 due to I'm not on the door-to-door replacement coverage.  btw, should I RMA my WD Green HDD 1TB because got one bad sector? |
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Oct 24 2011, 07:32 AM
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QUOTE(KKW @ Oct 24 2011, 06:26 AM) Few days ago, I RMA-ed my WD Black thru the retailer who sold me. Took about 2 to 3 weeks for a replacement.I planning to RMA my WD studio so I called them regarding the advanced replacement. They said is not available for malaysia. Only available at United States. Anyway, is there any way beside using postage to WD Singapore because I checked the postage price will cost me more than RM80 due to I'm not on the door-to-door replacement coverage. btw, should I RMA my WD Green HDD 1TB because got one bad sector? You should RMA even if its one bad sector. |
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Oct 24 2011, 08:49 AM
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Hey guys if Hardisk is very slow, slow until it stalls my computer, is that a sign of Hardisk failure soon?
My notebook 4200rpm hdd is very slow. |
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Oct 24 2011, 11:03 AM
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QUOTE(Boldnut @ Oct 24 2011, 08:49 AM) Hey guys if Hardisk is very slow, slow until it stalls my computer, is that a sign of Hardisk failure soon? Computer hangs does not means hard disk problem, check your running programs to verify if that is the cause.My notebook 4200rpm hdd is very slow. Try HiJackThis software to scans your running programs. http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/ If you so sure that your running programs are not the issue, then download any SMART reader software (speedfan being one of it) to check if any SMART values hit warning sign. |
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Oct 24 2011, 11:15 AM
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The thing is I got only 1 ZoneAlarm security suite running and it is a lighter weight WinXP. Not win7. It takes like almost 3-4mins to boot the system until the HDD activity finally settle down. This is way slower than an average computer.
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Oct 24 2011, 11:49 AM
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QUOTE(Boldnut @ Oct 24 2011, 11:15 AM) The thing is I got only 1 ZoneAlarm security suite running and it is a lighter weight WinXP. Not win7. It takes like almost 3-4mins to boot the system until the HDD activity finally settle down. This is way slower than an average computer. Had you taken my suggestion? Talk about boot time, my previous Windows XP on a relative fast mid-range machine also slows down after couple of years without reinstall (reformat) so eventually the system is accumulated with junks and left-over from heavy usage.Defrag might help a bit on the loading time but not much. Post your full specifications so we can help you further. Also post your HiJackThis result. |
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Oct 24 2011, 11:56 AM
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QUOTE(mitodna @ Oct 24 2011, 04:51 AM) won't be any issue, if you are not heavy user, next time get a Blue version at least, hmm, why Samsung is out of stock? just curious I don't know if I am a heavy user, sometimes I open my pc overnight to download... I dunno why samsung out of stock, all shops doesn't have. The one shop had was Startec and they charge RM230 for 1TB f3 wth?Then I find 1TB WD, also RM240 o_O at least found 1TB WD Green 170... Sigh |
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Oct 24 2011, 12:26 PM
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its an old laptop IBM thinkpad R50e,
Celeron M 1.5GHz 512MB RAM DDR 333MHz(256 build in + 256 module) 60GB 4200rpm model is ic25n060atmr04-0(showed in Device manager) I google I think its a hitachi drive. I used winXp check for defragmentation, it is 9%, file fragment is 18% only. It is a fresh install a few months old only. I have my windows swap drive(virtual memory) on a diff partition(swap partition). Logfile for hijack this. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « those zzz I think is a product key i replaced it for censoring.But despite all that I didnt think a 1.5GHz machine can be this slow given winXp are running fine on old system. This post has been edited by Boldnut: Oct 24 2011, 12:35 PM |
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Oct 24 2011, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(kianweic @ Oct 24 2011, 07:32 AM) I RMA-ed my WD Black thru the retailer who sold me. Took about 2 to 3 weeks for a replacement. I bought both hard disk from All It..You should RMA even if its one bad sector. They only cover 1year.. If I wanna send by back them will cost me RM 30/HDD Is there any WD center, so I can walk in and RMA  Btw, RMA will replace you a new hard disk or refurbish? |
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Oct 24 2011, 12:56 PM
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I added speedfan SMART test here are the result
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Oct 24 2011, 01:42 PM
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Not sure if this is the rite place to post but need advice:
I wanna get ext hdd to store movie files. Is 2 tb enough?? And which ext hdd brand is recommended? |
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Oct 24 2011, 02:28 PM
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QUOTE(JinXXX @ Oct 23 2011, 03:42 PM) if using USB you gonna cry copying files.. lol i am not a speed whore luckily. I am okay with USB 2.0 transfer speed other than that no problems  |
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Oct 24 2011, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE(zellleonhart @ Oct 24 2011, 11:56 AM) I don't know if I am a heavy user, sometimes I open my pc overnight to download... I dunno why samsung out of stock, all shops doesn't have. The one shop had was Startec and they charge RM230 for 1TB f3 wth? It may be people buying HDDs in fear of future HDD shortage caused by HDD manufacturing facilities in Thailand getting flooded. I was thinking about buying a 2TB spare myself, just in case I lose a HDD in the next nine or so months.Then I find 1TB WD, also RM240 o_O at least found 1TB WD Green 170... Sigh QUOTE(Boldnut @ Oct 24 2011, 12:56 PM) I added speedfan SMART test here are the result Your SpeedFan results appear to be fine. Your Reallocated Sector Count is still zero, indicating that you don't have bad sectors. It seems like you may have a software problem. Have you tried defragging your HDD?
QUOTE(apecorp @ Oct 24 2011, 01:42 PM) Not sure if this is the rite place to post but need advice: 2TB may be sufficient for a while, depending on how quickly you accumulate your files.I wanna get ext hdd to store movie files. Is 2 tb enough?? And which ext hdd brand is recommended? QUOTE(g5sim @ Oct 24 2011, 02:28 PM) lol i am not a speed whore luckily. I am okay with USB 2.0 transfer speed Assuming you are not using RAID or are using RAID-1, giving you 8 TB of capacity, it will take you 3 days to full format on USB 2.0. On USB 3.0, it may take you one day to do the same. |
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Oct 24 2011, 03:29 PM
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trust me I did defrag, and I did it again just now, and it is still slow. I have another similar speed laptop Centrino 1.73GHz, a smaller 40GB HDD it is a miles stone faster than this silly IBM laptop.
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