err, maybe not die. Just fault. Everytime I access c:\ partition it will hang and have tick tick tick sound.

tick tick tick=faulty=dying -> RIP
Better buy new one and backup the dying HDD FAST! And there is no sign the price is going to dropping on coming week

This post has been edited by kimleong: May 3 2012, 06:37 PM

What did you do to your hdd lol. 1 year can die edi??

That is what I .
Maybe overheat because I don't shutdown my PC quite sometime.

tick2 sound happen when hdd lost power while its needle accessing the disk either read/write. or you simply reset the pc while hdd is busy. better get a ups if your pc are 24/7.

is ur hdd seagate? I rmb last time when I had seagate, everytime there is some hdd activity, it WILL have tick-tick sound from day one
One of the reasons I went for my samsung hdd.(y oh y did samsung sell themselves to seagate...damnnnn)

But this thick sound is quiet loud.

Nope. My hdd is samsung SPF3.
Seriously, dont know the reason why is dying.
But I will send it to RMA.

Because Samsung wasn't making enough profits from its HDD division so it decided to pull out of the market.

Hi all, may I know what is the recommended HDD nowsaday since samsung hdd is out of business. I am looking for good performance HDD around 1 -- 2 TB.

thanks in advance

I guess ppl were thinking "samsung? since when they make hard disk? better get WD/Seagate" -___-!
Actually even I would have got a caviar blue last year if I didnt look thru benchmarks and also this LYN thread where everyone was recommending the legendary HD103SJ

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Added on May 5, 2012, 9:26 amhmm, at least still got warranty right? see what those seagate guys can do

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Added on May 5, 2012, 9:27 amJust get a WD Caviar Blue. Should be able to satisfy you

This post has been edited by arslow: May 5 2012, 09:27 AM

If you are still able to make backups, please do before sending the HDD for RMA. They have a tendency to give you a replacement HDD (check the serial numbers) instead of fixing your HDD. If you don't have backups, your data will also be lost.

There are no remarkable HDDs at this time, other than perhaps the warranties. WD currently offers a longer warranty period than Seagate, so it would be advisable to go WD. As for choosing between Black, Blue and Green, if you only need it for data storage, I would recommend the Green. They can perform adequately well for most purposes.

This post has been edited by everling: May 5 2012, 12:40 PM

my WD caviar blue just dead, pc suddenly hang
then after restart, took a very long time to boot window,
then error scandisk appear, and a lot data unreadable
can't even use hdtune to scan it

mind to tell how long you bought the WD blue?

Many people don't realize this. I was studying the effects of temperature on hard disk. Many people seem to worry about cooling down their processors and graphics card but not hard disks.

Hard disks should be cooled and their ideal temperature should be around anywhere from 35C to 38C (at most it should be 40C). Now anything above that is dangerous. Hard disks max temperature are generally 50C. You don't want to go anywhere above 42C , its just simply asking for trouble.

Its very important to cool down your hard disk. Take a look at temperature

Oh yeah you may want to read this article , the author explains it very well



http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/12/h...-be-afraid.html

This post has been edited by prasys: May 5 2012, 09:54 PM

Its true about the temperature, I had many hard disk died on me in the past due to overheat, no fan at the front, temp always rise to 50c

However, even with a HAF 932 casing, right now I'm finding it really hard to maintain at 40c or lower. Most of the time its average at 43c-45c on a hot evening even with fan blowing.

This post has been edited by Hornet: May 5 2012, 10:28 PM

i bought used one, but around 7-8 months only

HAF 912 Advanced user reporting in;

My hdd also maintain at those temperature, abut 42~45C, both hdd is WD black.

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Added on May 5, 2012, 10:52 pmUsed hdd.......
Although captain obvious, i also want to advice that: better dun buy used hdd, one will never know what had done on it by previous user.

This post has been edited by sI Taufu: May 5 2012, 10:52 PM

Take a look at whats the maximum temperature for WD black. 45C is dangerous , you are stressing the hard disk too much

This is strange......

My OS hdd hit about 42 C, while my backup hdd hit 45C

WD specification sheet said it operate from 0C to 60C btw.

This post has been edited by sI Taufu: May 5 2012, 11:13 PM

Depends how the hard disks are placed , if they are on top of each other , probably thats the reason and that is common as well , my OS disk will be slightly cooler compared to my idle disk