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02-16-09, 07:29 PM

i agree ... but actually i tend to have a soft corner for seagate ... the very first hdd bought in my home was of seagate 1.2gb(as far as i remember) ... and it worked for long time ...

02-16-09, 07:49 PM

I was worried initially when this news came out a few days ago.. but luckily mine's not among those affected.

Hmm so many guys have problem wid seagate eh

my 8 yr old seagate 20gb s working fine..

02-16-09, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by newprouser

I was worried initially when this news came out a few days ago.. but luckily mine's not among those affected.

Hmm so many guys have problem wid seagate eh

my 8 yr old seagate 20gb s working fine..

wow ... thats quite some duration ...

... even my first 1.2 gb seagate hdd gave very good service ...

StarK · 02-16-09, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

wow ... thats quite some duration ...

... even my first 1.2 gb seagate hdd gave very good service ...

then it means that the drives used to be good... but now they suck. even i have a friend who swore by seagate 6 years ago.... but now we all know its not that good... WDC all the way.

cool_techie_tvm · 02-16-09, 10:27 PM

Even one of my 40GB Seagate drives, bought back in 2001 is still rocking!! Touch wood

StarK · 02-16-09, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Even one of my 40GB Seagate drives, bought back in 2001 is still rocking!! Touch wood

and this further proves my point !

02-17-09, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Even one of my 40GB Seagate drives, bought back in 2001 is still rocking!! Touch wood

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Originally Posted by StarryKnight

then it means that the drives used to be good... but now they suck. even i have a friend who swore by seagate 6 years ago.... but now we all know its not that good... WDC all the way.

i really dont think that seagate HDDs suck these days ... ya ... of course it is facing some tough competition from WD ... but seagate HDDs are still good ... my current experience with the 160gb laptop hdd which i am using as an external one is quite satisfying ...

cool_techie_tvm · 02-17-09, 07:40 AM

U see HDDs need to be tended with great care and caution. Most of the drives will last longer if they are regularly subjected to disk defragmentation and error checks. Make sure u do the same atleast once in a month and u will have a long lasting drive.

StarK · 02-17-09, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

U see HDDs need to be tended with great care and caution. Most of the drives will last longer if they are regularly subjected to disk defragmentation and error checks. Make sure u do the same atleast once in a month and u will have a long lasting drive.

i regularly did everything u say with my samsung, and today i face an ever increasing number of bad sectors. anything i download onto that drive results in a data error.

i have checked it a lot of times, windows marks the bad sectors but new bad sectors are cropping up everyday with the samsung which was sparingly used for 2 years, in comparison to my stock wdc which is still running at peak performance after 4 1/2 years.
so if you have bad quality hardware those disk checks will do nothing, in fact they will probably further the damage of a failing drive by putting more stress to it.

cool_techie_tvm · 02-17-09, 09:43 AM

Voltage fluctuations and shocks are also some of the common causes for HDDs failing.

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A warning to all seagate hard drives users and buyers

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02-16-09, 07:29 PM	#11
saurav_k Guest Posts: n/a	i agree ... but actually i tend to have a soft corner for seagate ... the very first hdd bought in my home was of seagate 1.2gb(as far as i remember) ... and it worked for long time ...

02-16-09, 07:49 PM	#12
newprouser Guest Posts: n/a	I was worried initially when this news came out a few days ago.. but luckily mine's not among those affected. Hmm so many guys have problem wid seagate eh my 8 yr old seagate 20gb s working fine..

02-16-09, 10:27 PM	#15
cool_techie_tvm Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,675 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 5	Even one of my 40GB Seagate drives, bought back in 2001 is still rocking!! Touch wood

02-17-09, 07:40 AM	#18
cool_techie_tvm Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,675 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 5	U see HDDs need to be tended with great care and caution. Most of the drives will last longer if they are regularly subjected to disk defragmentation and error checks. Make sure u do the same atleast once in a month and u will have a long lasting drive.

02-17-09, 09:43 AM	#20
cool_techie_tvm Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,675 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 5	Voltage fluctuations and shocks are also some of the common causes for HDDs failing.