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macmanmike6100 · 10-16-2005, 10:19 PM

So now that I've accepted the dead drive (IBM "DeathStar" series...be assured that I will never buy an IBM or Hitachi again), what are your suggestions for a replacement?

I have the ATA/IDE to FireWire interface card and the external drive case...can I reuse the interface card with another drive? What drive do you recommend? I want something in the range of 80-120GB.

I've heard excellent reviews of Maxtor, Seagate, and Samsung. What's your take? Thanks for your help through my digital disaster :-)

pokethebody · 10-16-2005, 11:38 PM

wow no one responded well im going to, i have a 80gb maxtor it works grate, after my orher one(OS) had to much power draned and i lost about 2gb of space, the hard drive gives you softwhere to split the hard drive and delete it. they range from 40 gb($34) to 400 ($300) at compUSA

n0nsensical · 10-17-2005, 12:37 AM

Yes, you should be able to reuse the ATA/FireWire interface. I hear more complaints about Maxtor than anything else, but I still ended up with two Maxtor drives, a DiamondMax Plus 60GB and a DiamondMax 10 300GB. The 60 is a few years old, and it hasn't had any catastrophic failures, but has corrupted a number of sectors. The 300 has had no problems at all, but it's less than a year old. I would probably pick whichever Fry's had the special on that week.

Plaid13 · 10-19-2005, 02:59 AM

Personaly i wont ever buy anything but western digital again. i bought a 40gig from them as my first harddrive for my first real computer years ago and it died like a year after i got it. but.... i called them and told them and they sent me out a new one and told me just to put my old one in the box they sent me the new one in and send it back and i still use that as my main hard drive just basicly for my os and stuff and never had any trouble since. very good service from them. Also have a 140gig from them thats worked flawlessly for a long time now. and im hell on hard drives always installing stuff and removing it and everything nonstop.

soccerchamp76 · 10-19-2005, 04:38 AM

Western Digital is the only way to roll.

shakran · 10-19-2005, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by soccerchamp76

Western Digital is the only way to roll.

well....maybe. I've got their 200g drive and it's had a few data loss problems. From what I've seen, others in this series have had similar problems. Maybe Lasereth can shed some more light on this, but seems to me that WD isn't very good at making really big drives yet. . .

Furlicker · 10-21-2005, 09:40 PM

Your decision may be swayed by the warranty period - I bought a 250G WD last week that has only a one-year warranty (but a little card inside offered me the opportunity to extend that to 3 years by paying extra). Some come with 3 years or 5. Suggest you look closely at what you are buying.
Things change so fast that I don't expect to keep my drive more than a couple of years anyway now before I upgrade to the next one. And so long as you backup regularly it won't be a big hardship if it does expire.

btw I had a drive die on me and tried all sorts of recovery tools without success - zero response - then a buddy plugged it into his Linux machine and was able to recover everything. I didn't trust using the drive again but it was great to be able to get everything off it. That was when I learned to backup more regularly!

steveincolumbus · 10-24-2005, 04:29 PM

seagate is what i use and recommend to everyone.
I haven't had to replace one yet of the seagates, replaced many WD's and they have great replacement program, where IBM, hitachi's sucks.....

I would go for either WD or Seagate, both are great drives, just go for a 3 year warranty WD instead of the 1year ones, they are likely to die about 2 years out... Seagate has a 5 year warranty standard now.....

shortynickel · 10-29-2005, 09:02 PM

only thing i have to add is if you have a mb that accepts sata drives also, you might be better off going with a sata hd instead. i have always bought wd drives, i have several that i have had no problems with.

MikeSty · 10-29-2005, 10:48 PM

Seagate Seagate Seagate

cyrnel · 10-29-2005, 11:50 PM

I go through quite a few drives. For reliability I prefer Seagate, then Maxtor, then WD, falling off from there. The Seagates are definitely the better performers for the most common 7200RPM models. If you're going for the gusto then reliability and performance shift at the high end. WD Raptors are quite fast, but I like the Seagate Barracudas better. Fast and quiet, and cheaper.

I see more WD's go bad than the others but so long as it's the 3yr warranty version and you have backups...

sailor · 10-30-2005, 12:04 AM

I personally prefer seagate. Especially since their warranty is 5 years. Theyve always been nice and quiet too, and I've never had one die on me--but that doesn't mean anything.

Of course, I typically buy whatever's on sale that weekend

Suave · 10-30-2005, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrnel

I go through quite a few drives. For reliability I prefer Seagate, then Maxtor, then WD, falling off from there. The Seagates are definitely the better performers for the most common 7200RPM models. If you're going for the gusto then reliability and performance shift at the high end. WD Raptors are quite fast, but I like the Seagate Barracudas better. Fast and quiet, and cheaper.

I see more WD's go bad than the others but so long as it's the 3yr warranty version and you have backups...

Seagate has a similar HD to the Raptor out now called the Cheetah.

Anyhoo, I would go with Western Digital or Seagate (no preference really). Maxtor I've heard some bad things about (but some good), and I don't trust any other brands.

Aro23 · 10-30-2005, 04:59 AM

WD seagate or maxtor either one would be great but don't depend on reviews most people lose their data at any given time and it doesn't matter what brand of hdd you have the only advice i can give you is do your back ups medias are cheap now so it shouldn't be a problem

cyrnel · 10-30-2005, 05:05 AM

Cheetahs are awesome. (The line has been out almost 10yrs) Unfortunately even the 10K models mean adding SCSI or FC. Total cost/GB moves way beyond "gusto" into one-to-many territory. They're not too common for desktops these days.

nukeu666 · 10-30-2005, 07:14 AM

just bought a seagate 160gb...working great
going to buy another one next week and going to raid them

10-16-2005, 10:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
macmanmike6100 High Honorary Junkie Location: Tri-state.	Suggestions for a New Hard Drive So now that I've accepted the dead drive (IBM "DeathStar" series...be assured that I will never buy an IBM or Hitachi again), what are your suggestions for a replacement? I have the ATA/IDE to FireWire interface card and the external drive case...can I reuse the interface card with another drive? What drive do you recommend? I want something in the range of 80-120GB. I've heard excellent reviews of Maxtor, Seagate, and Samsung. What's your take? Thanks for your help through my digital disaster :-)

10-19-2005, 04:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	Western Digital is the only way to roll. __________________ Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department. Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.

10-29-2005, 09:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
shortynickel Addict Location: Central PA	only thing i have to add is if you have a mb that accepts sata drives also, you might be better off going with a sata hd instead. i have always bought wd drives, i have several that i have had no problems with. __________________ What type of... "Parents have forgotten how to be parents" Aaron Lewis "Get your ass back here, your a white boy walking thru the ghetto" - at the end of a bachalor party said to the bachalor while walking home.

10-29-2005, 11:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	I go through quite a few drives. For reliability I prefer Seagate, then Maxtor, then WD, falling off from there. The Seagates are definitely the better performers for the most common 7200RPM models. If you're going for the gusto then reliability and performance shift at the high end. WD Raptors are quite fast, but I like the Seagate Barracudas better. Fast and quiet, and cheaper. I see more WD's go bad than the others but so long as it's the 3yr warranty version and you have backups... __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

10-30-2005, 12:04 AM	#12 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	I personally prefer seagate. Especially since their warranty is 5 years. Theyve always been nice and quiet too, and I've never had one die on me--but that doesn't mean anything. Of course, I typically buy whatever's on sale that weekend __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

10-16-2005, 11:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
pokethebody Banned	wow no one responded well im going to, i have a 80gb maxtor it works grate, after my orher one(OS) had to much power draned and i lost about 2gb of space, the hard drive gives you softwhere to split the hard drive and delete it. they range from 40 gb($34) to 400 ($300) at compUSA

10-17-2005, 12:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	Yes, you should be able to reuse the ATA/FireWire interface. I hear more complaints about Maxtor than anything else, but I still ended up with two Maxtor drives, a DiamondMax Plus 60GB and a DiamondMax 10 300GB. The 60 is a few years old, and it hasn't had any catastrophic failures, but has corrupted a number of sectors. The 300 has had no problems at all, but it's less than a year old. I would probably pick whichever Fry's had the special on that week.

10-19-2005, 02:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
Plaid13 I want a Plaid crayon	Personaly i wont ever buy anything but western digital again. i bought a 40gig from them as my first harddrive for my first real computer years ago and it died like a year after i got it. but.... i called them and told them and they sent me out a new one and told me just to put my old one in the box they sent me the new one in and send it back and i still use that as my main hard drive just basicly for my os and stuff and never had any trouble since. very good service from them. Also have a 140gig from them thats worked flawlessly for a long time now. and im hell on hard drives always installing stuff and removing it and everything nonstop.

10-21-2005, 09:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
Furlicker Upright Location: Phoenix, AZ	Your decision may be swayed by the warranty period - I bought a 250G WD last week that has only a one-year warranty (but a little card inside offered me the opportunity to extend that to 3 years by paying extra). Some come with 3 years or 5. Suggest you look closely at what you are buying. Things change so fast that I don't expect to keep my drive more than a couple of years anyway now before I upgrade to the next one. And so long as you backup regularly it won't be a big hardship if it does expire. btw I had a drive die on me and tried all sorts of recovery tools without success - zero response - then a buddy plugged it into his Linux machine and was able to recover everything. I didn't trust using the drive again but it was great to be able to get everything off it. That was when I learned to backup more regularly!

10-24-2005, 04:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
steveincolumbus Psycho Location: BFE, Kentucky	seagate is what i use and recommend to everyone. I haven't had to replace one yet of the seagates, replaced many WD's and they have great replacement program, where IBM, hitachi's sucks..... I would go for either WD or Seagate, both are great drives, just go for a 3 year warranty WD instead of the 1year ones, they are likely to die about 2 years out... Seagate has a 5 year warranty standard now.....

10-29-2005, 10:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Seagate Seagate Seagate

10-30-2005, 04:59 AM	#14 (permalink)
Aro23 Crazy	WD seagate or maxtor either one would be great but don't depend on reviews most people lose their data at any given time and it doesn't matter what brand of hdd you have the only advice i can give you is do your back ups medias are cheap now so it shouldn't be a problem

10-30-2005, 05:05 AM	#15 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Cheetahs are awesome. (The line has been out almost 10yrs) Unfortunately even the 10K models mean adding SCSI or FC. Total cost/GB moves way beyond "gusto" into one-to-many territory. They're not too common for desktops these days. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

10-30-2005, 07:14 AM	#16 (permalink)
nukeu666 Junkie Location: India	just bought a seagate 160gb...working great going to buy another one next week and going to raid them __________________ Why did the Comp. Engineer get X-mas and Halloween mixed up? Because Oct(31) == Dec(25)