Storage: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most?
- 9/28/07 2:02 PM
Don't get it
by ssdtanay - 10/16/07 12:57 PM In reply to: Wrong question in the email, but here goes... by sbillDon't get it
The Drive I Trust The Most
by proseandpoetry - 9/28/07 8:17 PM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I like Seagate drives. That's because Seagate makes them well, and because they have posted a utility that makes it possible to work on them fairly easily if they get off-track. I'm speaking of "Sea-Tools." You can usually get the problem sorted out with that utility. It also works on Maxtor drives. I like the Western Digital drives too, but WD's utility is nowhere near as potent and useful as Sea-Tools.
If we are speaking of bad versions of Windows, how about Vista? It is currently making people crazy.
Best version of Windows? I like Windows 2000 Professional for its stability, easy networking capability, and its good looks. If only it could support the huge hard drives, like Windows XP SP1 and SP2 and Vista.
Windows 2000 not supporting large Capacity?
by WAArnold - 9/28/07 10:17 PM In reply to: The Drive I Trust The Most by proseandpoetryHow large are you talking about? I have 250 gig on mines right now with no trouble.
Jaded by WD, now Seagate convert
by mryakan - 9/28/07 9:35 PM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I used to be a WD loyalist. However after the 2nd WD HD meltdown in 2 years, I switched allegiance to Seagate. Their 5 year warranty is definitely a major reason, price and performance is another. As for WD, I am also not happy with the warranty turnaround. Took over 3 weeks to get my HD replaced, but to give them credit, they upgraded me from a SATA to SATAII (same capacity) to speed up the process a bit. However, meanwhile I had picked up a Seagate Baracuda from a local merchant. Now I have 2 Seagates for my dual boot machine and I am using the WD as temp storage for misc downloads. We'll see if my confidence in WD will be regained.
Fujitsu and Windows don't play nice...
by scooter329 - 9/28/07 9:46 PM In reply to: Jaded by WD, now Seagate convert by mryakanI've been waiting for someone to realize that the manufacturer of your hard drive is far more important than what version of Windows you're running. At least regarding performance. It's been my personal experience that the Fujitsu's do not perform as well as Maxtor and IBM. I've had no problem with Fujitsu when I'm accessing media or data files. It's just those pesky OS files it acts like a dog with. I think it may have something to do with the way Fujitsu stores dll's. I'm not sure, but I'm going to stick with my Maxtor until Fujitsu learns to store OS files just like data files. 
No problems with IBM (ALIAS FOR LENOVO)
by desirawson - 9/28/07 11:32 PM In reply to: Fujitsu and Windows don't play nice... by scooter329U've got to be kidding me!!!!!! They are so far behind they cannot see their behind, they are blind, and evidently mirrors are all they are interested in....
IBM sold their hard drive business to Hitachi, not Lenovo
by ralphclark - 9/29/07 2:10 AM In reply to: No problems with IBM (ALIAS FOR LENOVO) by desirawsonIf you want a hard drive with IBM technology in it - i.e the Deskstar and Ultrastar ranges, these are now made by Hitachi GST (http://www.hitachigst.com). IBM did a lot of R&D in hard drive technology and were responsible for many breakthroughs, but they were always competitive on price. I don't know if or how things might have changed since Hitachi took over though.
IBM sold their hard drive business to Hitachi,not Lenovo
by DickM - 9/29/07 9:29 AM In reply to: IBM sold their hard drive business to Hitachi, not Lenovo by ralphclarkI've built a lots of computers and used many types of hard drive's but I must say IBM drive have served me very well unlike the others. And now that Hitachi has purchased them their even better with newer technology built into them. They are very smooth running very little noise, If I were to rate hard drive manufactures it would be in this order Hitachi,Western Digital,Seagate,Maxtor. But this is my opinion only I have been a tech for 30 years I worked for a major company all this time, when we got into computers in 1982 my company sent me to school for this type of training it needed to stay competitive so I think I know a little about quality.
I trust western digital and seagate most
by andy419 - 9/28/07 11:07 PM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I trust western digital and seagate the most and fujitsu the least (mainly because i have never heard of it!)
The Devil With Western Digital
by Travis_Lloyd - 9/28/07 11:47 PM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have lost two (count 'em, 2!) Western Digital hard drives, complete with all my data, when they were less than a year old.
I got 'em at different times and they were different sizes, yet they both died without any indication whatsoever; right in the middle of garden-variety computing tasks (no intense database work, video editing, or CD-burning chores were being performed at the time) they just crashed without warning - the first I knew of it was the BSoD, which was also the last thing I knew, as well.
In both cases no data could be recovered from the discs, not even professionally.
Now that's what I call crummy, snake-bitten, turd-rate hard drives!
Give me Seagate any old day, after that nightmarish experiece.
if speaking of hdd
by vitasx - 9/29/07 12:06 AM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i am maxtor fan had multiple drives managed two to kill one dropped second disconnected improperly but that was it. i had samsungs work related had three failures of four different drives.
also since there are maxtor no more i got portable segate 300gb it works fine
Well, since you asked.... and then since you gave answers...
by Batman - 9/29/07 12:17 AM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The worst windows ever was windows millenium edition.
95 had it's initial issues, as did 98, and XP was almost as bad as ME was, til SP2 came out. Vista of course has it's own issues.
For some reason, I dont remember the issues with windows as bad with 3.11 and earlier. Does anyone else?
Now for the hard drive question:
About 10 years ago, I purchased a Maxtor H/D. In those days, you paid $300+ for a "large h/d" approximately 20-30 gigs. It was horrible to install. And, once installed, within days, the plates started slapping.
So, I exchange it. Same thing.
Last time i trusted Maxtor. I then exchange it for a Western Digital. Easy install. Actually, the drivers installed so quick, I wondered if it actually installed correctly.
Problem with WD, however, is every WD i ever owned, went out within 2 years.
Im using Seagate right now, so, we'll see. 5 year warranty sounds cool to me. If it doesnt last, then i'll move on. I have no loyalty to hard drive companies.
assumeing you are asking which HD I hate,
by rsternb - 9/29/07 12:29 AM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have no use for maxtor. I used to make a liveing
building PC's and repairing them. Maxtor was nearly
ALWAYS the drive that failed. In my experience they
have about on average a 14 to 18 month life span. And when
they go - they go hard, fast and complete.
Seagate has been my choice of drive since the mid 80's and
for a while there was Quantum.
I have some seagates that are 120 megs in my oldest pc,
yeah I still run it occasionally, that are still spinning
just fine.
when seagate bought maxtor - it sent a chill up my spine,
I dont know what they are doing with it.
time will tell.
ted 
vote
by lmoaz ledeen allah - 9/29/07 4:11 AM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
maxtor because i have been use hitashi and western digital and i found it thae best one
Western Digital
by Bullseyestrat - 9/29/07 4:48 AM In reply to: Poll: Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Mainly because I've never had one break on me in my 6 years of building. Also when I was in shop in my high school there was a shelf with a bunch of old random hard drives pulled from various systems that still worked. Take a guess what brand showed up the most? I mean I saw Western Digital Caviars from 1992 that still worked lol.
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