Lol.... waiting 7200.12 owner to has brick hdd.... so meany lol.

anyway..my 3 days old seagate 7200.12 hard disk already has 1 bad sector...hmm....

Guys, based on your recommendation.

I wanted a Primary HDD for OS use which is performance based.

Seagate 500GB Barracuda 7200.12 or Western Digital 640GB Green Power?

Hmm.... I don't think so.....
First time using quick format with install WinXP is take up to 50min

Within week by week, i become slow and slow via copy, paste document or install software......

And 1 month later.... it totally become like a snail.... -.-"

So I try repair the window.... but resulting failed.... because it will to copy WinXP file into the HDD....

So I use up about 2 hours.. to format....

If as you said..... 1 TB need that much time..... then 2 TB sure need double of the time 

For the HDD.... I had warranty for a new unit but haven't use it because I already install 160GB Caviar Blue....

As I gone through few website.... they had stated that Caviar Green have many problem.

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Added on June 8, 2010, 3:37 pm

First time yes... but second time nope.....
That really trouble if really need that much time....
If in future, there is 10TB.... then i have spent 20hours only for format