I can conclude through my own experiences

DO NOT GET MAXTOR. MAXTOR, DATA KILLAS

get WD, Seagate, Hitachi and Samsung, these are some good brands

try Seagate then later tell us the reliability and performance...
hehe!!

well, i'm also need to purchase additional hdd for my own use...
too many data to store, i think i will give it a try for Seagate!!



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This post has been edited by victorboy: Oct 17 2005, 06:43 AM

Try any brand HDD just try to avoid from Maxtor.Seagate user here also,quite satisfied with my Seagate HDD.Already use for 4 years with excellent condition.

WD memang make worry ler.

do a full format after delete all 3 prt?

dun go for maxtor & seagte.also WD.

try look 4 hitachi as it improve liao.

got you loud and clear ceo684.

one thing interesting for you guys to note, now my OS doesnt seem to let me format any of my HDD to FAT32 anymore. unless i reformat the PC and format the partition straight to FAT32, i cant convert any of them to FAT32.

did u ever tried with partition magic or acronis disk manager?

hey...have u guys ever think about heat generate from HDD ? would it be the factor cause it to be failure ? or program like PnP software (BT, Kazaa etc...) if it really do then i think my WD problem probably because of BT.

sorry as that time my fren fail 4 biji seagate 80gb pun he hadnt got streamyx also.

well......i did "melt" my seagate HDD with norton before .....luckyly its under warranty period. BTW at that time is 486 era....should be 7-8 years ago. Thats y i didnt use Seagate until now

Using a seagate currently, so far no problem after i installed a cooling fan for it.

Computer hang a few times before coz' of downloading with Streamyx. The hangs are caused by overheated HDD.

After install cooling fan for the HDD, problem solved liaow..

my father bought 160gb pata seaget hard disk... hope it wont disappoint me..

@ben3003
I'm sure it won't, Seagate HDD are very well favored among enthusiasts and it is a good HDD, have personal experience with it

haha!!!
good luck!!!
if this thread didn't close...
please share your opinion and experience here!!

if the hdd can last for 3 years and above, then it is ok already.
we know electronic part is wear and tear, but at least can last for several years.

hrmm.... anyone knows what reliable cooling setup for HDD?
very curious on it cause heat is really an issue in every electronic stuff..

for me i just leave 1 slot space between 2 HDD. Should be alright.....BTW my casing installed 6 fans (4 in front and 2 back) and 1 is WD 5400rpm and Maxtor 7200rpm. Heat its not an issue for me but BT might "kill" my WD HDD soon

My 40GB maxtor Diamond 5400RPM is still running although it's motor is abit noisier nowdays.Very rarely I see it kaput.
Western Digital's life is shorter than others.
Hitachi for notebooks is abit fragile but most of the time can be revived back using Hitachi's low level format...haven't seen Hitachi for desktop hard disk.But I am using a IBM Deskstar 7200RPM, it's noisy on seeking, but still running.
Seagate is good, quiet and fast.
Samsung..so far my friend using on his PIII,day 1 until today, no problem.

Coicendentally, I did that also. Then I place my floppy disk drive in the lowest empty CDROM bay and leave the hole (existing floppy drive) for the air to come in, and add a fan to draw in cool air to cool my babies.

This post has been edited by pcdoctor_my: Oct 19 2005, 08:24 AM

how u know u got bad sector? scan in dos mode?

nope... i scanned it using another pc. and the answer pop up. once i slot in the HDD, windows straight away scanned it.

hrmm.... i won't opt to leave a 'hole' there although we know air will go in but dust too. when too much of dust 'collected', then the pc will become hot and crashes will occur. besides, the air ventilation inside the pc is disturbed.

just my 2 cent