NobleScarlet Posted December 16, 2008 CID Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hey guys, my desktop's 500gb Western Digital drive just failed. Actually, I made 3 partitions and the first partition failed twice already in 3 months time. I can fix this but I don't want to take any chances anymore. What is the best drive brand to date because I don't want to be losing all of my files and downloaded files. Can you guys recommend a good drive? I used to use Seagate in the past, my 3-year-old 200gb drive never failed me but I needed more space so I bought a WD. Should I stick to WD or should I go back to Seagate? I only need a 7200rpm drive. I am now stuck with my lappy. Good thing though I backed up my docs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted December 16, 2008 CID Share Posted December 16, 2008 I've never had any trouble with Seagate. There both pretty good brands though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 16, 2008 CID Share Posted December 16, 2008 I got this one on Black Friday and really like it. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5691570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted December 16, 2008 CID Share Posted December 16, 2008 I got this one on Black Friday and really like it. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5691570 Damn nice price ! You love that thing don't you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted December 17, 2008 CID Share Posted December 17, 2008 That sucks to hear that you western digital drive went out. I think you must just got a lemon. I have a 250 and its almost 3 years old and has been trouble free. All I ever use is WD, but seagate make pretty good drives as well. Stay away from maxtor I hate them drives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 17, 2008 CID Share Posted December 17, 2008 Damn nice price ! You love that thing don't you ! Yep! I already got 100GB partition for a new OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted December 17, 2008 CID Share Posted December 17, 2008 what you should do is just send that drive in it has a 5 year warrenty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobleScarlet Posted December 18, 2008 Author CID Share Posted December 18, 2008 Pretty cool for an external HDD! Makes me drool! I wil just put in another harddrive then try to recover my files (hopefully) and then go to the dealer and get a replacement. Erm, guys, which is safer to do for new HDDs, full format them first then partition or partition then full format each partition? Can any of these methods reduce the lifespan of hard drives? And can installing Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 after installing XP SP3 damage the harddrive? Just wondering though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted December 18, 2008 CID Share Posted December 18, 2008 Ive always gone western digital. Only had 1 go bad on me, but thats only because of the strain i put on it with continuous reformats , and hundreds of gigs of dats being put on in 3 days lmao... than removed....than on......anyway i digress, iv'e alwaus liked western digital. I've got 2- 250 gb Raid-0 right now, and i love 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted December 19, 2008 CID Share Posted December 19, 2008 I am currently enjoying my 640GB Seagate 7200.11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted December 19, 2008 CID Share Posted December 19, 2008 I would recomend Seagate as well But personally I got this one http://www.amazon.com/AcomData-HD500UFAPE5-72-3-5-Inch-FireWire-Combo/dp/B000R9WP4S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1229654302&sr=1-5 they have gotten mostly bad reviews but i love that hard drive I carry it around in my backpack like its a flash drive and so far nothing bad has happen to it besides the faceplate coming off but seriously I would just get a big enough flash drive at this point and wait until this time next year to get a USB 3.0 one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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