External HDD or Internal HDD

[wizrulz]

On the other hand ... I have had problems with Seagate and Maxtor HDDS and have used Hitachi HDDS excusively for the last 2 years and now I have 8 Hitachi HDDs from 80 to 320GB - all are running fine. How many Hitachi HDD did you have problems with ?

There is a long thread over at the Storagereview forums about problems with the Seagate 7200.10 HDDs - they seem to be many people complaining about noisy and dead 7200.10 HDDs. I dont think these Seagates are as bad as the IBM 75GXP series or the Seagate 7200.8 or the Maxtor DM8 and DM9 series. Seems every HDD maker has had their bad series at some time or other.

Hence i suggest WD..u wil lmany less people complaining abt WD

 

[shantanu]

WD IS GREAT BUDDY AND SAYING OF HITACHI four HDDS I BOUGHT AND AND ALL CREATED PROBLEMS AND WONDERS IF SOMEONE SAYS THAT I HAD GREAT PROBLEMS WITH SEAGATE AS IT STHE MOST RELIABLE AND TRUSTED BRAND... HITACHIS QUALITY IS POOR AND SERVICE VERY BAD..

HATE THAT BRAND

 

[suman2005]

WONDERS IF SOMEONE SAYS THAT I HAD GREAT PROBLEMS WITH SEAGATE AS IT STHE MOST RELIABLE AND TRUSTED BRAND... HITACHIS QUALITY IS POOR AND SERVICE VERY BAD..

HATE THAT BRAND

First let me say that I have nothing against Seagate or any other brand of HDD. I will use any brand which gets reported as being trouble free and fast at Storagereview.com - I trust that site 100%. I was on the verge of buying the Seagate 7200.10 when I came across this thread....

*forums.storagereview.net/index.php?showtopic=22660

.... if you have the time read the posts in the last few pages and see what people are saying. These Seagate HDDs are NOT 100% bad - it seems to be the luck of the draw for you to get a silent trouble free 7200.10. The thread I linked mentions what to look for in a 7200.10 HDD for a silent HDD.

The Hitachi's have not let me down ......yet .... (fingers crossed) ..... a couple of weeks back I thought one of my Hitachi 250GB HDDDs was having a reading problem and after a few basic checks I sent it for an RMA through my local supplier - in 10 days time I got a brand new HDD from Hitachi - no questions asked - and the HDD I returned should be working fine - the problem was with the SATA Data cable

I would buy a WD HDD but both of my hardware suppliers always dissuade me saying that WD's local RMA is pretty bad.... I wonder if they say this because their margins are less on WD HDDs

I have had a bad experience with Maxtors - 2 dead and RMA'd and 1 half dead (just out of warranty period) and 1 not getting recognised by my current MoBo But I will still buy a Maxtor HDD in future if it is tested to be of highest quality and speed.

P.S. People are jokingly saying that after Seagate bought over Maxtor their quality has gone down to Maxtors level