what HDD brand you get......is random. Diff shop get it from diff distributor i guess
It's best to get a WD HDD....since from my personal experience with Seagate....and some other users were bad.

IF you happened to get Seagate, it's still ok, nothing to worry about. Just prepare to change the HDD in 3-5 yrs time....if Seagate's HDD could last that long jkjk

PS: My Seagate Free Agent GO (ext HDD) kong after 6 months....and i din even drop it or move it while it's running . If you want me to brag how bad Seagate is I still can go further btw

seagate nt reputable brand meh???

my wd ext hdd kong after 1 years 3 months + lidat.. specifically.... kong last two months.. =.=

the fan problem goes away by itself after shutdown and leave it for few min before turn back on.

so far, no problem not re-occur but still don't know what actually happens??

Seagate not reputable for me for me and some ppl la
WD is still ok for me, din fail me yet. I have two 1TB WD Green in my desktop. One use for 2 yrs the other 6 months, all still working fine .

kong after 1year 3month is common le for ext HDD if u din take special care

my Seagate ext hdd kong juz like that after 6 months even with very special care.....then i check on9 bout my seagate model....and i found out, hundreds of ppl are sharing the EXACT same problem as mine. First symptom starts with a buzzing sound made by the HDD.....then later kong liao. The most serious i saw was the HDD kong after bought only for 3 months

What about Maxtor ? Since now its under Seagete..

maxtor was a very good brand till it was bought by Seagate.
A decade(or longer) ago i was using a 10GB Maxtor PATA HDD in my desktop.....lol imagine 10GB only and it lasted me for 5 yrs till a virus invaded it
see how fast tech evolve

After gotten virus, cannot use anymore ?

My Maxtor Basic still works until now, 2 years..
Toshiba HDD from my Acer still works after 5 years

corrupted about 70% of the HDD space.....
it wasn't cause by dling pon in case yall are wondering.......

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Jul 24 2011, 02:14 PM

Never seen virus corrupt HDD

it was a virus or worm or malware...i couldn't rmb. I juz rmb that AVG free could not even save my HDD. Reformat also cannot. I use windows XP to check for errors....and tons of error came out.
So after it "died".....i went to WD , got myself a 120GB HDD from WD. Lasted since 2007 till now

That is one powerful virus...

btw, still no thumbnail for this thread?

ohh right forgot bout that

Anyone here got to disable Window's Media Centre? When you press all those media buttons? Getting on my nerves not bieng able to change music with hotkeys.

Start Menu - Default Programs - Set Program access and computer defaults - Custom,
click the down arrow
Scroll down
Find Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center, untick "enable access to this program"...

Didn't work, it just blocked access but a popup will show. I want it out of my system!
T_T

This post has been edited by D_s_X: Jul 24 2011, 03:37 PM

What popup ?

Saying the launch of the program has been disabled. etc.

=.=....... my wd gone thru hell in uni.. lolx....

try going uninstall, on the left remove windows services, then locate wind media centre, then prompt then ok. could work but cant gurentee.. i done tat n om win games.. itz annoying too, btw y they even put wmcentre in wmplayer is better than it.

Go to Control Panel>Programs>Turn Windows Features On or Off. Expand Media Features and untick Windows Media Center. Click Ok and voila.