i have a 20GB seagate which served me for more than 4 years. partitioned, then merged, format, for countless times but until today no bad sector, never gives me any problem at all. i got another 40GB which i have had for about 2 years. last month bought another 200GB. all of them are quiet and problem free. i only trust seagate.

Interestingly, i had the opposite effects,My 20gb(kicked the bucket),40gb(kicked the bucket also) and 60gb(knocking on heaven's door). However, there were no bad sectors All were about 2-4 years old.

My WD 120GB(same year i bought the 60gb seagate) still runs rock solid

does anyone know where to send for warrenty service for WD?

which shop u bought from? i can help u by below RM10

I still like Quantum very much although it's already long gone. Still have a Quantum Fireball LM Plus 20GB. 6 years already and still kicking.

what is the best hdd cooler? CM?

Sometimes I am really curious whether there is such necessity to cool the HDD? Coz I have not had no problems at all with hard drives since I had a PC. And my HDDs are always ready and never powered down when idle.

Are you guys in Malaysia getting high HDD temps?

i'm using ati tool software and sometimes its reading is above 50 deg...any suggestion for software to monitor temp...including cpu temp

The provided hardware monitoring tool by your motherboard? I'm using tat provided by DFI and it certianly help me out.

Btw, we are talking about HDD. Does ATi Tool monitor HDD temps?? Out of topic bro!

But go download MBM5 or Smartfan.

i'd been using maxtor for about 4 years..still got no prob..i think the main reason they are still in good working condition is that i kept them not 'overheat'..just put big fan aside them and kept air flowing through.. normal condition of them usually is around 30 degree celcius.. i think u all should try putting fan..very usefull

actually its your luck to get the lucky maxtor..!! my one, two times got faulty, 1st time faulty send back to rma and 2nd times faulty, just throw it and find the new one

owh..it is? before this i think maxtor is more reliable than WD. thats why i always wondering why WD is more expensive than maxtor..thank God my hd still ok huhu

I noticed something weird. The WD I bought Made in Malaysia, seems to get faulty pretty fast. Last time bought one, in a week got bad sectors. Then exchange. After a month, the new one totally gone. Then exchange for a Made in Thailand batch. Very good indeed. Now whenever I buy WD HDD, I know which one to buy. Just sharing some thing I experience here.

of course, malaysia hot like hell.

u can try cpu idle 7.0.

can share with us which shop carry thailand batch?

i'm using aerogate 3 and i put a temp sensor at my hdd. Are the readings accurate?

i'm using 2 WD SATA HDD...
it already 1 year but still going great...=)

Most of the shop carries Thailand batch. But maybe different size different country. Hmmm... Maybe can ask the sales person.

My Seagate 10GB served me well from July 2000 till now. No bad sector at all.

Need you to clarify one question. My colleague says if we buy NOTEBOOK HDD and use it as external/ portable HDD, It doesn't need external casing. He said only the normal size 5.25" HDD need to buy external casing if used as external HDD. Is he right?

hey, i hv a minor problem here, my seagate 80gb sata hdd is available at the 'safely remove hardware' there. is it possible to hide tit as i dun wan someone tangan gatal-gatal press it...
and can i use a ide hdd as slave?? and if hdd RIP(cant detect anymore),anyway to recover the file inside??is it possible??