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I need a new hard drive.. any advice?
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stevela
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24. June 2009 @ 18:56 |
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I just had 2 HDs (one seagate and one maxtor) both die on me within a year of purchase, i got warranty replacements for both, but am hesitant to use them other than for external storage due to them probably being used already.
Can somebody give me a reliable model for a 500 or 750 gig HD that I will be using to put as my system/OS drive? I'm not very expert on computers and I couldn't find this kind of topic for HDs. Thanks in advance!
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gera229
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24. June 2009 @ 19:16 |
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stevela
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24. June 2009 @ 20:27 |
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gera229
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24. June 2009 @ 22:47 |
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TheFoulFr
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25. June 2009 @ 14:39 |
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While most people have a particular preference, the fact is that there really isn't that much difference between brands and how long a drive will last has more to do with luck (or bad luck!) than anything else. The important thing to remember is that the eHD shouldn't be your only backup - fire, flood or robbery could result in the loss of both your computer and eHD. So, I'dbe inclined to simply go to somewhere like Tiger, choose the cheapest drive that meets your needs and supplement that with online backup (Mozy will give you 2 GB of storage for free). If, for some reason, online backup is not an option, it'd be worth considering a fireproof and waterproof ioSafe Solo. They're a bit more expensive than other eHDs, but will do more to protect your data.
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30. June 2009 @ 13:58 |
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There is never any need to buy an RE revision drive. A normal Caviar Black is one of the best drives you can buy.
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3. July 2009 @ 06:03 |
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Originally posted by TheFoulFr:
While most people have a particular preference, the fact is that there really isn't that much difference between brands and how long a drive will last has more to do with luck (or bad luck!) than anything else.
-Mostly true, except that Samsung's & Maxtor's tend to be less reliable. Maxtor is the low-end of Seagate...thus the low quality. I'm not sure why samsung's are so unreliable.
Originally posted by TheFoulFr:
The important thing to remember is that the eHD shouldn't be your only backup
-Nothing important should ever be put on a single drive with no redundancy. If you are not using RAID, you are risking everything on the drive anyway.
-My recomendation: Put both drives inside the system, and use bios to set them up as a RAID-1 array. This will protect you from any losses if one of them dies on you, and it will not cost you anything!
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3. July 2009 @ 06:07 |
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Samsungs aren't that bad if you avoid the problematic lines. Agreed though, when you have the option use WD or Seagate.
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TheFoulFr
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3. July 2009 @ 11:41 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
-Nothing important should ever be put on a single drive with no redundancy. If you are not using RAID, you are risking everything on the drive anyway.
I'd like that a step further and say that nothing important should ever be put in a single location. Some form of offsite backup is an absolute necessity.
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3. July 2009 @ 13:29 |
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You mean to say i'm crazy having only one drive in each of my computers and not having a backup of anything what-so-ever? You'd be right :)
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gera229
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6. July 2009 @ 02:17 |
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-Nothing important should ever be put on a single drive with no redundancy. If you are not using RAID, you are risking everything on the drive anyway. it cost you anything!
I use 1 drive does that mean I'm risking everything, explain this please I don't get this. Thanks.
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6. July 2009 @ 04:53 |
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All it means is that if the drive should break, you will lose all the information stored on it. This isn't a problem for me, as I simply back up anything important. I have too much stuff to back it all up, so my TV, films etc. are at risk until I put my server in a RAID array, but if I do that, I want to do it right with a proper PCI express RAID controller and RAID5 or preferably RAID6.
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6. July 2009 @ 05:35 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
-Nothing important should ever be put on a single drive with no redundancy. If you are not using RAID, you are risking everything on the drive anyway.
I manually backup all my data to separate hard drives, really important data also goes to CD or DVD, while a good method, RAID isn't only way to be protected.
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