If formatted in GPT using Win 7 x64, can we use it as 1 partition only, this 3TB drive?

I thought Computer stuff are tax free?

So why is zhen^wei saying that the price is going to be higher due to taxation. The Distro tipu him kah?

Did you expect it to beat a SSD?

The best features of samsungs drives are the 'coolness' of it. My F1, F2 and F3s all run pretty cool

A firmware problems with some of the Samsung F4 and F3 HDDs, namely the HD204UI/JP HD155UI, with Firmware Version: 1AQ10001 as detailed in here:

Using smartctl with Samsung F4 EcoGreen drives may result in data loss
Samsung 2TB green drives defective firmware

Thus far, the comments on the forum seems to say the problem is solved by flashing a new firmware into it. I think a lot of people has gotten the HD204UI for the cheap price, and since this is for backup, data loss is definitely a nono. Does anyone encounter data loss problem?

Although I've been recommending people to get Samsung drives, it seems that it is best to avoid these drives for the time being, for the hassle of flashing a new firmware.

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Jan 6 2011, 01:17 PM

Black caviar for storage is a dubious use of money
Black caviar for main drive is good, but if you can afford this as a main drive, maybe you should look for SSDs?

WD's production capacity got halved due to this flood
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-w...lood,13802.html

25% of world's HDD are made in Thailand
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/10/22/hard-d...ng-in-thailand/

Output dropping by 30%
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44995733/ns/te...s/#.TqbfpbKNc_c

Some people are blaming monopoly, or non Thailand HDD wont be affected.
They forgot about this


This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Oct 26 2011, 12:13 AM

Gonna get worse till about 1st or 2nd month of next year.
Price to normalize by Q2 2012 when inventory build up to normal levels again

I'd like to show you the source, but i forgot where I read this

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20124201...apple-analysts/

Other than the flood shutting down the hdd manufacturers, Nidec is submerged too
Nidec supplies HDD motors and has 70% - 80% share of the HDD market

It's reads as if all of Nidec's operations is in Thailand, I'm not very sure about that, but if that is true, then you can buy HDD now, sell off 2 months later and make huge profit

Other manufacturers based on other country have an incentive to charge higher, no way it's gonna just be WD.
Gonna be an industry wide price hike, though, WD's prices might be higher than the rest due its larger exposure to the flood.

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Oct 27 2011, 01:14 AM

Do you have a source for that?
It sounds ridiculous

For heavy stuff like pictures, double back up. They don't take up that much space, unless you shoot in RAW and keep every single copy of it


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