Assuming that was true, the data recovery centres are doing a poor job of communicating that potentially crucial information to would-be clients. Then again, it might be to milk the most out of their clientele by not differentiating an easy job from what may be a very difficulty job.

JiesonJason, was your external HDD powered when it fell?

nope. i din plug on it. is just drop down cause i din zip it.

imho, red only 3yr wrty, if can, try got for black one with 5yr wrty, price not difference much afterall.

I've often stressed before that do not rely on external HDDs as a backup device. IMHO, the best backup is either to use redundancy (have another HDD for duplication of your data), and/or burn your data into high quality CDR/DVDR media. Please note that not all CDR/DVDR media are made equal. If you want to use CDR/DVDR media then ask me on which are the reliable ones.

Could be many sources of damage. If the connectors are internally damaged then there's a chance to retrieve the data yourself. However if you can't find any other physical external damage, then most likely the HDD inside has been damaged (possibly the read/write head). In the latter case (ie. HDD damaged), there's little you can do except to look for (expensive) professional data recovery services...

im getting 3TB HDD, can someone tell me the different between my book essential and my book live?
i notice that internal and external price is just about the same, so i plan to get the external

At moment have WD 1TB. Mostly for storage...movies, games etc. So planning to add another one. Which one should i get, HDD or SSD? Cos this one I just plan for boot (OS), put some program...My SSD target is only 120GB. I think this is the cheapest one in the market.

This post has been edited by AdamNg: Aug 6 2012, 09:01 PM

OS boot ---> SSD

Are you concern of your booting and opening application speed? If so then SSD, if not then HDD would be sufficient.
If you want recommendation of SSD then go to SSD thread instead.

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Somehow my another HD204UI is dead, sigh... what a let down, and 1 whole year of anime downloads
Recover half-way...
Clicking sound..
Download HD204UI clicking sound
... even has some dancing rhythm to it
Recorded using Galaxy Note at 1 inch away from the HDD when running.

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Aug 7 2012, 11:53 AM

my WD element SE 750gb hdd is using usb 2.0 cable ...can i buy a same cable with usb 3.0 and use on it ?

am i able to plug the cable into my WE element 750gb hdd ? how about the performance ?

My condolences. I hope the same doesn't happen to my HD204UI, but I do have most of my data in it duplicated to my WD Green 2TB.

The cable alone means nothing. It is the USB 3.0 cable and the USB 3.0 ports on both ends that allows USB 3.0 do its magic. If your desktop or laptop or ext HDD doesn't have USB 3.0, you might as well forget about it until you get replacements or workarounds.

Assuming that you do have the required components, the external HDD should perform about the same as an internal HDD; do not expect miracles.

This post has been edited by everling: Aug 7 2012, 12:29 PM

who using seagate momentus here.?

If your Anime collection is considered "the precious" then next time burn a copy into good DVD+R media for backup (recommended).

USB 3 port aside, I believe the USB 3 cable itself is physically different on one end. So if steventan85 intends to use a USB 3 cable on his USB 2 WD element SE, it's simply not going to work. His WD element SE needs to be USB 3 in order to use a USB 3 cable.

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Added on August 7, 2012, 10:51 pmHow many DVD-R would be required to backup 2TB worth of anime?

Cheaper and faster to buy another hardisk to backup and store it away.

This post has been edited by jchue73: Aug 7 2012, 10:51 PM

Lots of course. Just backup those you think are best kept, the rest which are not so important can slowly backup later. I've had many CDRs and DVDRs survived for years. So far there are only very few brand/models CDRs and DVDRs that can be recommended (able to retain data very well), while the rest is junk.

The problem with HDDs is that they can suddenly fail and all your "precious" goes to the grave with it. Unless you have two HDDs for redundancy (with identical data on both drives).

This post has been edited by lex: Aug 7 2012, 11:41 PM

This is the path I choose, two HDDs. It's very convenient to have everything available on disk and not having to mess with hundreds of DVDs.

I just hope that my rig won't get electrocuted. I should look into a 2TB ext HDD for offline backup.

2TB is equivalent to almost 400 4.7GB DVDs, and you'll probably need more than 400 DVDs to burn 2TB of anime because the files won't fit in nicely. With 3TB, it'll be equivalent to 600 DVDs, and 800 DVDs for 4TB (when they come out).

OMG that reputable Samsung drive
Back in few years ago it was remarkable reliable and cheap, but no more for now.

For smaller files, yes, backup to DVDs make sense. I would at least use BR for backup for larger files if I wanted to avoid backing up to hardisk. But even then, I would be very pissed with the speed

We hear lots of people backing up BRs and DVDs to hardisk. So that is a silly thing to do eh?

+1 Speed is king in this case.

I don't see it as a problem if after backup, you disconnect the drive and put it away for safekeeping. Putting the drive online just subjects it to wear and tear.

4TB are already out. Just not available here yet.

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Added on August 10, 2012, 5:18 pmDon't know if anybody noticed but apparently Toshiba will start making 3.5" drives of 1.5Tb, 2TB and 3TB using Hitachi's manufacturing facility in Shenzen that was acquired from WDC after WDC took over HGST. What you're getting is basically a Hitachi drive.

This is hell of a good news for storage consumers after a long while. Don't have to rely on crappy WD and SG drives.

http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2012_08/pr0801.htm

This is the current Toshiba 1TB available in the market if I'm not mistaken;



This post has been edited by jchue73: Aug 10 2012, 05:18 PM

Guys, a quick question.

I'll be getting 1TB Internal HDD 2molo. (Storage)
Any recommendation? The best that available in the market.

WD black if go for performances.