I don't think there'll be any "market price" for this hard disk unless some desperate enough to buy the PATA type of which is just darn rare now even you do found one, it's 1GB per RM, crazy expensive.

hahaha, another hardware belonging to the musem

oh, i tried HDDScan, but the SMART button is disabled, so i guess the HDD does not support SMART. tough luck.

try not to use as usb storage to access the SMART features for ur hdd

i also have a unit of seagate 320gb still working very great, but cannot compare with nowadays low QC seagate ext hdd, more than 50% of my company usb seagate aldy sent warranty before.

anyone has the experience of using seagate enterprise SATA hard disk or hitachi enterprise SATA hard disk? please feedback

wta, which 3TB is recommend between Seagate and WD green? (as per viewnet pricelist different is rm10)

so far 4/5 my current WD HDD, only one sent to RMA b4 due to SMART error.

Either one should be fine I guess, base on luck though, my WD Green 1TB broke down (too much bad sectors) after the warranty expired.
But I guess Seagate RMA procedure is much simple, never done WD RMA before.

I see. thxs for d input since nth much different between 2. my WD is being RMA by the shop previously and gotten a 750gb back instead of the 500gb.

what is current 2TB seagate 7200 hdd?

RMA wise both service are equally good, just that seagate always return refurbished set (100%, no exception one), and wd got 50-50 chance in getting repaired vs retail new set, and sometimes with newer model + bigger capacity

This post has been edited by sotong168: Sep 1 2013, 10:58 PM

Oh... really? Last my Samsung RMA drive is quite new or am I not sensitive enough to notice it?
The returned drive seems new to me, no scratches at all, board were clean, no sign of being repaired (or like I said above?)

But that darn drive (WDC) died on me when it just expired...

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Sep 2 2013, 09:54 AM

yup, the returned samsung is indeed smells like new set but with "recertified" wording on it, even check with hdd sentinel also showing 0hr Power ON time and 2x Start/Stop count, just that i dun know the platter inside is repaired or really brand new, i just hate the "re-certified" wording

Ah that "Seagate Certified Repair" sticker or sort of, need to take my PC off sometimes this week to have a look if it really has that sticker (didn't notice ), my previous portable 320GB Seagate does has that "Seagate Certified Repair".
I already have 2 out of 3 of my 2TB Samsung sent for RMA (1 in 2011, 1 in 2012), HD204UI some more... HD203WI still running, hopefully no problem.

just have another seagate 500gb sata failed on my company, vendor replace us with a wd blue.

Hi guys,

My MyBook Essential 2TB Usb3.0 cannot startup and it made some weird buzzing noise. So, I disassembled it and took out the SATA hard drive.

My question is can I access it using a docking station or a Usb to SATA adapter?

I heard some say that the USB controller board must be used to access it.

hi,anyone have bad experience with WD Caviar Green 1Tb WD10EARS? mine got problem when it cannot load windows.after several formatting and partitioning,the problem still persist.then i tried not to put windows inside instead made it an another partition,then another problem rise as file transfer became too slow,also make my window freeze. any solution??

Hi, i am currently planning to get a SSD + HDD computer set. Want to ask that i should install window in SSD to get a better boot speed right? Then in HDD store files?

Bad sectors symptom, use SMART to check for keywords "sector" or just post the SMART result here if you don't know what they do, some attributes are only for information.
You can use a software call Low Level Format or similar disk wipe tool to perform deep "clean" of the disk, sometimes it may fix the "Pending sector count", means it's temporary issue, if "Reallocated sector count" increases then prepare to scrape your HDD, the surface is already damaged beyond repair.

You already answered your own question so yes, SSD for OS and some programs, little games if you like your games to load faster, normal HDD for storing huge files (picture, music, video, etc.) which does not really require speedy load time.
Normal user only needs 128GB for daily usage including programs & documents as well.
Heavy gamer probably can go for 256GB if they needs to install plenty of games (current games is darn huge) and they can afford it.

HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY