am I to chicken

germanjulian · 08-22-03, 04:37 AM

I currently got 3x80GB which quite frankly is a bit FULL in my case.

I am thinking of getting something along the line of 150GB or 200GB because of this. But I am scared that if the 200GB hd fails I loose 200GB of data which would obviously a bummer.

please tell me that the 200GB drivers are just as good and stable as 80GB drives.

And why hasnt seagate brought out a hd over 120GB yet? I really like their drives because they are quite and cool.

any other hd suggestions?

NO WD for me had problems with it ones.

allen337 · 08-22-03, 05:58 AM

i use maxtor, seagate would be my last choice ive seen bad ones too many times, wd is a good quality hd, sorry to see you had a problem with 1. Try for maxtor diamondmax ata133, i have 2 80 gigers and a 40. ALLEN

germanjulian · 08-22-03, 06:08 AM

I just read seagate got a new line of hd out which are SATA and go up to 160GB. I think I get one

FarEast · 08-22-03, 06:12 AM

Ok to be honest i wouldn't worry I had a 120 GB fail and i sent it back to Seagate, They replaced the disk and recovered all the date on that disk!

allen337 i think it all comes down to personal choice I have been using the Seagate Barracuda range for several years now without problems (Apart for the one above that was taken out by a power surge) As for personal choice i would go now where near IBM disks as I had a drive die after only 4 days

germanjulian · 08-22-03, 06:24 AM

same with my wd.

www.storagereview.com

sign up and go on their reliability pages. Funny that the barracuda V is 90% more reliable then any other drive!!!!!!
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mata2974 · 08-22-03, 09:38 AM

at least with WD you have 3 yrs warranty, and if it fails you can smark them just like in our avatar or play the RMA game.

germanjulian · 08-22-03, 10:07 AM

fair enough but a loud whinning noise didnt count as RMA apperantly from the company where i bought it from. so i had to contact WD and its a pain if you dont live in the USA.

firebird79 · 08-24-03, 07:56 AM

WD is okey for me, stable and rock! hvn't used any seagate IDE HDD yet, but definitly won't buy IBM.

unreal · 08-24-03, 08:35 AM

yeah just make sure you get a 8mg cache not a 2 meg, those can be noisy..

08-22-03, 04:37 AM	Thread Starter #1
germanjulian Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Frankfurt/London	am I to chicken I currently got 3x80GB which quite frankly is a bit FULL in my case. I am thinking of getting something along the line of 150GB or 200GB because of this. But I am scared that if the 200GB hd fails I loose 200GB of data which would obviously a bummer. please tell me that the 200GB drivers are just as good and stable as 80GB drives. And why hasnt seagate brought out a hd over 120GB yet? I really like their drives because they are quite and cool. any other hd suggestions? NO WD for me had problems with it ones. __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 4GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Asus Xonar D2, 160GB Intel X25-m SSD, 1TB HD, Coolermaster Cosmos, etc. see my website google my name/\|\
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08-22-03, 05:58 AM	#2
allen337 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: illinois	i use maxtor, seagate would be my last choice ive seen bad ones too many times, wd is a good quality hd, sorry to see you had a problem with 1. Try for maxtor diamondmax ata133, i have 2 80 gigers and a 40. ALLEN
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08-22-03, 06:08 AM	Thread Starter #3
germanjulian Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Frankfurt/London	I just read seagate got a new line of hd out which are SATA and go up to 160GB. I think I get one __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 4GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Asus Xonar D2, 160GB Intel X25-m SSD, 1TB HD, Coolermaster Cosmos, etc. see my website google my name/\|\
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08-22-03, 06:12 AM	#4
FarEast Most Generous Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: J@pan	Ok to be honest i wouldn't worry I had a 120 GB fail and i sent it back to Seagate, They replaced the disk and recovered all the date on that disk! allen337 i think it all comes down to personal choice I have been using the Seagate Barracuda range for several years now without problems (Apart for the one above that was taken out by a power surge) As for personal choice i would go now where near IBM disks as I had a drive die after only 4 days
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08-22-03, 06:24 AM	Thread Starter #5
germanjulian Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Frankfurt/London	same with my wd. www.storagereview.com sign up and go on their reliability pages. Funny that the barracuda V is 90% more reliable then any other drive!!!!!! QUALITY! __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 4GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Asus Xonar D2, 160GB Intel X25-m SSD, 1TB HD, Coolermaster Cosmos, etc. see my website google my name/\|\
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08-22-03, 09:38 AM	#6
mata2974 Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio	at least with WD you have 3 yrs warranty, and if it fails you can smark them just like in our avatar or play the RMA game.
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08-22-03, 10:07 AM	Thread Starter #7
germanjulian Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Frankfurt/London	fair enough but a loud whinning noise didnt count as RMA apperantly from the company where i bought it from. so i had to contact WD and its a pain if you dont live in the USA. __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 4GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Asus Xonar D2, 160GB Intel X25-m SSD, 1TB HD, Coolermaster Cosmos, etc. see my website google my name/\|\
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08-24-03, 07:56 AM	#8
firebird79 Member Join Date: Mar 2002	WD is okey for me, stable and rock! hvn't used any seagate IDE HDD yet, but definitly won't buy IBM.
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08-24-03, 08:35 AM	#9
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