Mates....

There are four famous hdd brand in the market, which hdd brand more reliable, performance, and long life span!

Also, the warrenty start from the date when you purchase or follow the manufacturer date? I checked at the WD website show my hdd left 1 year for warrenty, infact, the hdd i bought just exceeded a year only.

If posted or wrong post, please delete and show me the link.

Thank you!

This post has been edited by victorboy: Oct 8 2005, 10:02 PM

plenty of performance benchmarks here :
http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html

i like my wd800jb
very quiet and fast
used 2 yrs+ no prob
except the stupid annoying "hard to make it detected" prob
i heard seagate got NCQ?maybe it will deserve a future usability----if not wrong vista can use NCQ

currently using seagate sata , quiet n cool, 1+ years d... no problem at all

hey mate!!! thanks for the link!!!

I was so affraid there is no one will entertain my thread!!
3 posted, not bad eh!!

thanks again!

wow!!
you guys are so lucky!
the problem with my current hdd was....
i am using WD also, the first one i bought from the shop behind of the sri. it has S.M.A.R.T error just a year only from last year until now. i could managed to backup certain file, however some file has been corrupted.
the WD hdd counldn't last long, so i plan to buy Seagate as alternative choice then follow by Samsung.

good news is my Quantum hdd still function from five years back until now, no bad sector, S.M.A.R.T error and etc. wow, so impressive!!! used it for 5 years already, life span so long.

too bad, no more Quantum but there is Maxtor!!!

I would like to know, where do i send for warrenty for my WD hdd??!!
also, is the warrenty start from the manufactred date or the date we purchase?
i check on the website it said i still have a year warrenty for the hdd which is next year, and this means the shop sell me old stock?

This post has been edited by victorboy: Oct 9 2005, 02:19 PM

for warranty wise, i would support seagate.
with 5 yrs warranty n a new RMA centre, its a neat touch!

my friend's Maxtor HDD had very bad sector problem

how to check bad sector? i am using seagate and it is nice. hope can switch to SATA

using maxtor for 2 years + now, still good

yah!!!...
after since Quantum closed down....
i think alternative hdd will be Seagate!!!
gotto buy one and test it out, see how long is the life span for Seagate hdd.
where is the location for sending the hdd in to Seagate?

haha!!!
used for how many year/s already?

my ex-company newly upgrade the Maxtor hdd, just a year and bad sector pop up! OMG....i can hear the crack sound before the system shutting down and restart!

from that onward, i will never ever buy Maxtor..!! haha!

thorough do scan disk, and can hear the crack sound, then whole system will restart!!

wow!!!!!
you are so lucky!!!!
woohoo!!

Same here using my maxtor for 2 years and it's still ok, might have been lucky XD

Anyways, my recommended HDD, i know people are sick and tired of hearing this, but it's the WD RAPTOR LOL! Heard they migh be releasing a SATA2 followup or even a 15k RPM one. I stand here waiting

aloha empire23!

heh heh heh!!!!
good news for that, most important things is inside the hdd!!! hope they will improve it. but at least the hdd able to last for 3 years and above.
i bought two WD hdd, and two have problem, thfirst one got S.M.A.R.T error, and another one feeling going to R.I.P or sending for warrenty. that why i bought some DVD+Rs for backking up all my preciours data!

This post has been edited by victorboy: Oct 9 2005, 03:26 PM

I can't believe my Quantum hdd still running!!!!
it's already 5 years old!!!!!
Alamak!!!!
heh heh heh!!!

This post has been edited by victorboy: Oct 9 2005, 03:32 PM

i think i may be unlucky, cuz the first day i use my hdd also can't boot, install os adi then normally have basic setup right? b4 can go there then hang forever...

now i'm using seagate sata, no problems until recently... i think re-format too many times adi so maybe spoil.. sometime for no reason auto-restart pc...

before auto restart got crack sound? if yes, maybe contain bad sector!!!!

oh yah!!!
those hdd wrapped with the anti-static plastic consider a OEM or what?

nope... just suddenly *poof* auto restart
no laa... hdd where got OEM wan?