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

store OS and programs in SSD,media such as pic,movie,songs all in HDD

I bought an external 3.5" drive yesterday, everything is working fine but my computer doesn't recognize the drive if I switch on the ext HDD before I boot my computer, it'll only work if I switch the ext HDD on after I boot into Windows. Is this normal?

This post has been edited by Beouwulf: Sep 17 2013, 04:42 PM

if replug it when u switch on before booting?

hi all wanna ask my Seagate BackUp Plus 1TB got problem during watching movie
out of the sudden,movie will stop playing randomly...(12,17,25 min etc....)
i have disable Kaspersky auto scan for this drive bcoz a pop up will appear wishes for scan to b granted whenever it stop playing.....
btw i'm using GOM player for movies

i try to disable sleep time as stated here
but can't overcome this prob...
i don't think my hddsk got prob because i used to watch movie with direct usb connected to my LED TV and movie goes well and can watch untill it ends...
any advice is highly appreciated

This post has been edited by huzzLEE_82: Sep 19 2013, 08:35 AM

Just out of curiosity...i heard that hard disk price is depending on the currency exchange with USD$$.. can you all explain?? thx

my 2.5" transcend ext hd just got "weng" last night..

when i plugged it to my pc, i didnt recognize the hd and ask me to format...

but even if i try to format, this kind of msg appear:

"windows cant format the hd bla bla bla..."

any ideas??

hey guys , wanna ask external hardisk expansion better or slim better ?

which 1 life span longer ?

Seagate 2.5" USB3.0 Portable HDD:
500GB Expansion = RM169
500GB Slim = RM179
1TB Expansion = RM249

Thanks

same with my friends, also ext transcend. got two partition.
1 is working, the other 1 cannot be recognize, need to format, but when try to format, cannot be done.
im using easeus backup to backup the data, luckly all the data is there.

Thanks i ran the WD Align to check the HD,it says already aligned. then i ran another software which is WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic.i choose to do the quick diagnostic,then it shows FAIL. is it indicate that my HD is totally damaged? and if i RMA the HD,is it better,or i can fix it by my own?

another question is,i already formatted the HD, is there any method to retrieve back my files instead send it to manufacturer?

so the other one cant be saved?

then i'll book its place in the trash can, lol...

Hi guys,

I'm planning to get a 2TB 3.5 inch external HDD, but not sure which one should I get:

1. Just get a 2TB external (WD/Seagate/Buffalo) OR
2. Get WD Red NAS 2TB with Rock 3.5 inch external casing

I usually store HD movies in these external HDDs, so I believe WD Red is more suitable for me since I read reviews that it's suppose to have longer life span..right?

I've had a 1TB MyBook before, died after almost 3 years but luckily able to replace the HDD via warranty. My friends 1TB Passport also full of bad sectors after few months on usage..so kinda have a bad impression on WD HDDs

Please advise. Thanks!

i can backup all data from both partition.
but cannot format the raw partition.
maybe need to delete all partition and make new partition, im not sure, i will try later.

You can try using data recovery software like Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery, etc.
There's some free one out there using Hiren's BootCD bundles.
You can try to wipe it using the WD included diagnose software, can't remember what's the program's name though. Something to do with disk wipe.

You can try disk wipe software (Low Level Format is one of it) to wipe the disk clean to manufacturer default settings then start align/create partition from there.
If this fail could means the surface is damage beyond repair or the controller itself is fried/corrupted. This is the EOL, nothing you can do other than RMA or paper weight.

Both options are great
But I more prefer Option 2 with WD Green becoz its cheaper (Price 2TB Red = 3TB Green). Not sure about reliability, I guess its about luck
Note that WD Green have warranty 2 yrs, WD Red & WD MyBook 3 yrs
So take your pick