What heppen if your HDD died? cannot retrieve youre data anymore?


---> Ppl said that istalling HDD fan actually damaging the HDD becoz of the fan's magnet. Izzit true?

---> Does less formating the HDD prolong the HDD life?

in some cases you are able to retrieve using software, if can't then you can try professional data backup services. but that's gonna cost you quite some money.

i don't know about the cooling fan, but the formatting thing isn't true. formatting doesn't affect your hard disk life. you can format everytime, your hard disk will still run as it is.

Try this but it's works for few times and bye bye HDD

Usually if it's the heating problem (old HDD) put your HDD in a sealed vacuum bag and throw it into a freezer for like 12 hours.
Take out quickly plug in become slave and start transferring data. If the HDD fails again, start step 1. Usually works few times.

samsung hdd is good brand?

Hey all. I wanna ask.
7200 rpm vs 5200 rpm, does the durability of both differs?
If both runs 24/7, is 5200 rpm still more durable because of its speed(slower means less wear and tear)?
Or just a myth?

iirc,, samsung hdd rma rate is quite high

i perfer hitachi more den samsung...last time i bought a samsung hdd...and straight send to warranty....my hitachi serve me for 5 years until now got no problem at all...

speed got nothing to do with durabilities of hdd nowadays.

hi guys.. just asking.. between seagate baracuda n wd , which one is better? plan to buy another hdd for my pc.. tq

advise u got for wd 3.5inch,
2.5inch can go for seagate freeagent.

In terms of better, I think both are the same. But in terms of long lasting, I think Seagate is better. This is just based on my experiences around me, WD causing a lot of problems (if you're unlucky). I've been using Seagate for about 3 years, so far so good. Same goes to Samsung, my oldest partner ever, more than 5 years(I think 8 years already), not a single problem.

Well, it's all up to you which one you prefer and which you trust the most.

Used to be a SG loyalist but after their firmware fiasco I've jumped to WD, coupled with the fact that Seagate no longer offers 5-year-warranty for disks purchased after around the 1st week of January 2009.

so does wd unless you pay for the black

anyone got Seagate ST320410A 20GB 3.5 IDE Hard Drive??

Black and green edition only differ in price around RM20++ . Can get Black edition *RM 355 last time check at garage sale. Little expensive compared to SG 1TB that mayb around *RM 345.


----> Erm Have a question. Rite now im using Seagate 7200.10 ( 320 Gb, 16 cache ). If i switch to WD black, can feel noticeable improvement in performance? Raptor is too costly

*Corrected

This post has been edited by pergilahsayang: Jun 30 2009, 09:25 PM

hmm, thanks guys for ur opinion ...

i think try for Seagate la... before this im using seagate oso ...

will buy seagate 1TB for my next harddisk...

hihi~ Pro Sifu's there~

i'm still a newbie here~ wanna ask some noob question~

i wan to buy a hard disk for my desktop pc~

prefer 500gb to 640gb seagate or WD~

which model are the best?? i'll using it mostly for Photoshop & Movies file transfer~

WD blue 500gb 32mb cache buffer should i get?? (i'm using it & feeling ok la~ no problem)

or Seagate?? 500gb 16mb cache buffer would do?? mayb 640gb WD??

i dont mind to pay but just i want the best in 500gb to 640gb range~

& mind explain y would u suggest me that??

Don't buy a Seagate hdd. Go for WD

I just lost my 1TB Seagate hdd worth of date

bro where can you get at that kind of price? OEM version?