HDD reliability doesn't concern the brand or model.
Mostly luck and usage, bad luck bought already got problem, high usage and no proper cooling will result shorter life as well.
But if the product doesn't condem, the manufacturer will slowly bankrupt as well... no people will go for new product cause it'll last forever =.="

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This post has been edited by yangxi: Nov 2 2010, 11:20 PM

caviar green 3tb review

http://www.storagereview.com/western_digit...iew_wd30ezrsdtl

i kena poisoned hard dy n i will b selling off my 2tb if 2 desperate dy haha

I agreed on that,but the way people think here is different new in market, means no good. No matter why, all brands are the same IMO except performance of coz

i checked my ST3500320AS warranty status and it says "Please return directly to Seagate"

last i sent this hdd was for firmware upgrade and now its working with "it still will dead soon" in my head XD..

do i still deserve for a replacement?

What was the firmware that actually have that freaky problem again? SD15??
If it's still the same firmware, go ahead and ask Seagate to flash it for free, and your data still retain for some reason, or you can flash it yourself. (Do backup before proceed)
If you're still wary... then do backup daily or weekly for that hard disk, or you could just sell it off at cheap price see if anyone willing to pick it up.

its already dead b4 becoz of the SD15..about 2 months ago.
i sent to them for that free SD1A firmware flash.
i checked the hdd health status using hdtune and got that 2 yellow highlighted bars thingy which is i dont understand and i presume its bad..lol..
if the hdd will dead soon..i really dont mind..just a bunch of movies inside which is i dont hv the time to watch..
just asking if i am eligible for a new hdd replacement so i can use it for serious matter such as raid etc..

Ah that... you might need to save your SMART info and let Seagate see if that's eligible, they might not warranty some part of the hard disk, it all depends.

never use samsung b4, & now i realize this HD204UI is really cool!

samsung nowadays has improved.the pinpoint version is one of the famous now

I'm using one of the earlier model, F3EG 2TB, coolest hard disk in all my hard disk setup, might consider F4EG 2TB this Saturday if the shop still stock it.

Guys, my gf accidentally delete the software inside her WD Passport HD. What is the solution here?

This post has been edited by man_hakim87: Nov 6 2010, 08:52 AM

You mean the WD Smartware software?
You can try downloading the software update or firmware update from here:
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?level1=2&lang=en

Im not sure what she ment. Could there be other software inside the HD? Ill try download it later. Thanks.

There isn't any other software inside besides the smartware. Unless what she meant was the data inside the hard disk. Come to think of it, the smartware software is in a virtual cd, and i think it's hidden inside the hard disk, so maybe she might have deleted something else.

i need some recommendation. what 2.5 inch 500gb hard disk would best suited for use with external enclosure? i'm gonna used this mainly for BD/HD movie and video.

What kind of enclosure? Better check the enclosure whether support it or not. Try WD? Since it is quite common available now. Around 170myr?

?is there any difference between 32mb and 16mb cache when choosing the hard disk?

not much of a difference,besides,you're still bottlenecked by the USB2.0 .

actually i looking for an enclosure with esata+usb. currently i had one docking station with esata port. so will the cache size really matter? btw, can someone recommend an enclosure with esata?

This post has been edited by NightGaunt: Nov 6 2010, 11:43 PM