Can you paste down the error code/messages that you get? Might prompt more ways for looking into this.

can any of the sifus here help me recently my external 2.5" WD 1TB went KO d cuz when i plug it in it says "you must format the disk in drive before you can use it" . I have alot of my important pictures inside it. Any ways to retrieve or recover back the content in the corrupted HDD?

Wondering if it's better to get 3TB external or 3TB internal? It's for keeping photos and stuffs. Purely storage purpose. Thanks.

with one should i connect the sata cable for seagate baracuda 1tb , sata 1 or 3?

3TB internal of course. Its better to keep it safe in a PC , be sure to have proper ventilation for the hard disk. Keeping it cool is important


It has no impact. Hard disk speeds cant even reach SATA 1 yet. Probably if you connect to SATA 3 , you'll get burst speeds (aka if the data is found in buffer) , even that would be for few seconds.

guys, wt d above error, am i entitled for RMA?
so how do i go about wt d WD express RMA? i've done bit of reading but still not quite sure wt d packaging. since WD will pick up d hdd at my doorstep, do i still need to pack it as per WD Packaging and Shipping Instructions? or does putting d hdd in anti-static & hand it over to WD pickup fella shud suffice? sm1 help me pls. tengs!

Try R-studio

if ur laptop waranty has expired, maybe u can pull out ur HD, then try to attach it to any pc (provided it has SATA connection). see if the pc detect ur HD. if it does, then u have to check ur BIOS setting. if it doesnt, ur HD might be corrupted.

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Added on May 19, 2012, 7:17 pmu might wanna try to check it using "Techiez Toolkit". u can still recover some of ur files. if HDD cant be detect even by using "Techiez Toolkit", then YES, ur HDD is corrupted.

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Added on May 19, 2012, 7:21 pmDoes anybody know when is the HDD price coming down?? My current HDD only left 3.19GB space...

This post has been edited by missyanie: May 19 2012, 07:21 PM

There are some HDDs that can be bottlenecked by SATA 1.5Gbps, especially now that we have 1TB platters. As for SATA 6.0Gbps burst speeds and a 64MB cache, the burst will only last 0.1 seconds. 0.05 seconds for a 32MB cache.

You may RMA. If you do, please be sure to backup your data. There is a very good chance that WD will simply give you a new empty HDD without copying your data over.

You also have the option of to not RMA at this time. Frankly speaking, while it looks troubling, the data shown in the screenshot are actually not yet fatal. Your HDD may still live on for a few more years without any problems.

I am more worried about if the numbers are growing worse. If it is, you might have a bad cap ayam PSU that is sending damaging electrical spikes that is slowly destroying your HDD, and any replacement HDDs will also get damaged by the same PSU. What is the model of your PSU and how old is it? Is your hardware demanding more wattage than your PSU can provide? If you do not know, please use a PSU calculator that is available online.

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Added on May 19, 2012, 8:46 pmThe HDD manufacturers do not want to reduce the prices, so it will be a long and slow slide down to something more palatable. From what I read from the posts in this topic, it looks like the prices are slowly dropping by about RM10 per week.

This post has been edited by everling: May 19 2012, 08:46 PM

Just bought 2 units Seagate 3TB.
Model:
ST3000DM001-9YN166




Comparable to this review: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Seagate-Bar...-Review/?page=6
Only the burst rate seems way off, is it due to the RST driver?


This post has been edited by cannavaro: May 20 2012, 12:12 AM

d hdd is in a timelinex 3820tg laptop dats powered by delta power brick (more o less 19V x 4.73 = 90W) dat came wt d laptop as default. d laptop (minus hdd) aged bout 1yr 6mths & not too sure whether power brick are degrading/aging . quite hard to calculate d power requirement when outervision psu calculator does not support laptop but kinda sure it has enuf juice to power up d laptop. how i wish i hv d kill-a-watt so i cud monitor d actual power consumption, handy item dat kill-a-watt . but i guess now i will just proceed wt RMA. tengs for ur input anyw .

Thanks! So it is the 1TB platter each.

i should use sata 3 , thanks for the information

is this the best model in 3TB range? i saw you grab 2 i was curious coz im planning to get 1 myself. actually for storage purpose for my picture and video was aimming at WD 3TB but saw you grab 2 seagate so wan ask lo

how to cheack my harddisk temperature ? i haven been used 2 hdd in 2 years...but both need to send it to rma...i think my hdd too hot...

@mr11: try HWMonitor?

Btw guys, how much is hybrid HDD nowadays?

Yeah the Seagate 3TB (RM499 - viewnet, jayacom) is better than WD 3TB Green (RM480 - jayacom).

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/4tb-3tb-hdd,3183-16.html

Another review:
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Seagate-Bar...-Review/?page=8


The 'new' 3TB version of Samsung HD103SJ?

This post has been edited by cannavaro: May 20 2012, 09:07 PM

@cannavaro yup, Seagate 3TB, is the 3TB versio of HD103SJ

still, it is one year warranty, I reckon, it doesn't matter much, 1 year later, 3TB may cost RM300 or so, soon?

one thing, the price between 1TB, 2TB and 3TB is way off
1TB - 269
2TB - 349
3TB - 499

Guys, I'm looking for 3.5" external hard disk for my laptop.

All I want is a simple drag and drop hard disk, fast transfer rate, durable for 24/7, not for portable.

-1TB
-Price below RM350

You can use HWMonitor. Not only it will show you the hdd temperature, but also your cpu and gpu
core temperature.