hey guys i am planing to buy a maxtor 80gb hdd luckly i see your guys post. Thanks for all of your advise i am going to buy wd since maxtor is a data killer.

after quantum overtake by maxtor
d quality bcome worst

i just burn a wd2500ks
thanks for the very good service of cycom, they change a brand new one for me without asking a word

i don't know why, but i think it is really a hurt to keeping 250gb files in a disk and suddenly finding have lost all of them

and also i don't think i can afford always another 250gb disk for backup purpose only

OMG!!!
recently many LYN member got SMART error on their WD hdd....
WD being in the market quite long, why they product such unreliable hdd...
can it be because of making in China? eveything cheap and fast to spoilt
below are the another thread happen on one of the LY member.
i think i should give it a try for Seagate, people were saying Seagate was very noisy, this doesn't matter on me, as long as the hdd can maintain healthy up to at least 5 years and above.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...st=0&p=5444480&

yeah, noisy is not a matter lor.... reliable is more important..

my new seagate will have the 'tak...tak....tak...' sound when using bt,or donwloading via limewire,other time,its as stealthy as a stingray(correct me if i use the wrong term),only thing is,since i bought it from pc fair,so no warranty card or whatsoever,scared cannot claim warranty,so.....no warranty card can claim warranty arr?

This post has been edited by Nightstalker1993: Dec 7 2005, 01:53 AM

you bought from the shop, the shop only offer a year warrenty by them, after that, you need to send it by yourself. show them your receipt they have to accept the hdd with F.O.C. else post their company name here and nextt ime will will not bong chan (buy from) them!!!!

Seagate was easy, we know the location. only the WD i am not sure where to send. Cycom broucher did mentioned RMA location of Seagate, provided with the address.

Below is the Seagate RMA address....

Seagate SeaCare Centre C/O UPS

Suite 11.20, 11th Floor Menara Summit,
Persiaran Kewajipan USJ 1,
47600 UEP Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Tel: 6-03-8023 1333
Fax: 6-03-8026 8375

Seagate gave 5 years warrenty...wow...this is good...!!! which means they were confident with their products and to serve the consumer. we know the electronic parts is wears and tears.If the hdd can last for at least min 5 years it will consider good. Else if the hdd able to last for more than that, that will be awesome. I would like to know the address & location for the WD RMA, no one mentioned in thsi thread! thanks!

This post has been edited by victorboy: Dec 7 2005, 02:40 AM

BTW, beside the highway(forgot the name of the highway) got 1 building with a big 'WD Western Digital' logo is a factory or WD RMA arr?

I just killed my external WD 80G today. It is only 1.5 years...damn. It is still turning but it can't seem to be detected. Is there any chance i could recover my data?

anyone can tell me about the issues of certain hdisk cannot be detected due to their large capacities? some people reporting that it only detect a portion of the hdisk, such as 170gig from a 200gb hdisk.

anyone care to expalin how did this happen? compatibility issue? bios problem?

does this problem affect those hdisk used in the portable enclosure? thanks in advance

I'm now searchng for Sata 80gb
it's so expensive in Sabah
around RM250
how much I can get the cheapest
I think I'll go for Seagate

My WD SATA 250GB kicked the bucket last month after just under two years of usage. Picked up a Maxtor 300GB as a replacement just now, will let you guys know if anything happens to it

This kind of problems usually can be solved by updating the mobo BIOS if the mobo is an old model.

hi i buy maxtor 80gb it is the most best hdd i ever had.luckly i know western digital have electric shortage problem.Maxtor is the best.

not u said maxtor is a data killer ??
anyway many things depands on luck when buying stuffs such as hdd's.different brands hav different quality.

This post has been edited by Mcrae: Dec 9 2005, 11:43 PM

errr..i juz bought a samsaung hdd SATA 2 160G..hoho..impressive...really quiet @@' wakakaka...BT also diam2 1..not like my other WD hdd..once start BT den ll start noisy liao

good link...

ic....quantum old HD better

yes i admit that Quantum hdd is the best. I am still having 1 quantum hdd which has been 15 years inside my drawer.Do u still remember the first intel launched (INTEL INSIDE)? The hdd is still working till now. :-)

i think the factory u r talking is near panasonic factory 1 right? nnot sure can rma there or not.

so which brand is the best for 200GB??i can get WD, Maxtor and Samsung

prefer SATA 2 + 16MB