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WESTERN DIGITAL FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WESTERN DIGITAL FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
WHERE'S THE WD FANBOYS NOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?/111/1?!?/1/1/?!!?!??!]]>Jan 16th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
Looking with a pleased eye at the 5 year warrenty that Seagate has vs. WD's 3 year warrenty...

True, it doesnt help if you did not back up your 1 TB drive, or at least have it in a RAID array, but those extra 2 years make a heck of a difference.]]>Jan 16th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
Clearly you haven't done your research. Many WD drives have a 5-year warranty.

http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp

WESTERN DIGITAL FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where are the stupid Seagate fanboys now?
]]>Jan 16th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
I don't know where you get your information, but Seagate definitely does not own Western Digital. Maybe it's Maxtor you're thinking of?

In any case,
WESTERN DIGITAL FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Jan 16th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
Seagate's consumer level drives's warranty was cut down to 3 years, effectively in 2009.]]>Jan 16th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/You, sir, seriously need to get laid.]]>Jan 16th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Damn it! I was trying to be a Maxtor fanboy just to add spice to the flame war, but noone would believe me anyway. ]]>Jan 16th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
Dude, Seagate bought Maxtor. Western Digital is their biggest competitor....

Also, been running 2 250GB WD's for over 2 years now, still running nice and strong. Never given Seagate a try for many have bad Newegg reviews (or just not as many good ones as WD). I hear the Samsungs are good, but they havn't built up a strong enough reputation to be trusted vs. WD or Seagate, depending on if you like Caviar or Barracuda...]]>Jan 17th 2009 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
5 seagate drives non of them older than 3 years all dead in all different kind of forms]]>Jan 22nd 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 17th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
The only thing that you can generally rely on is that drives which have been in production for more than 6 months are the most reliable. They do monitor their quality performance and over time do fix issues and make improvements.

The problem is that the companies are under immense pressure to get new stuff to market with ever changing technology, and the first few months production is usually crap. They simply can't take the time to get it right before starting production.

The major computer OEM's (Apple, Dell, etc.) demand extra testing on newer drives and generally are conservative in moving to new models, but obviously Apple isn't conservative enough sometimes. On new models, the distribution and retail markets get the stuff that doesn't meet OEM standards. The add-on storage market, including the external offerings from the drive manufacturers, get the Grade B stuff. So beware.

Bottom line... don't buy the newest and fastest unless you want to roll the dice with your data. Doesn't matter what company you buy from.

Shadar




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Guess what? This week, "click... click... click..."

Not impressed, Seagate.]]>Jan 16th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
Buy Western Digital.]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
Sorry, I still have no problem with Seagate drives, still running 4 of them in my personal machines and many more else where.

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I'm ready to call this Deathstar V2.0.]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
so i hope the wd 1tb green edition is good to go?]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/



Duh.]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
It's spelled since, idiot.
And also, "Duh." is not a grammatically correct sentence, idiot.]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
btw the last part of your name 'klo' means toilet in german :-p]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
Starting a sentence with a conjunction (in your case, "and") is not grammatically correct. Idiot. ]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
I believe you're incorrect. The conjunction "And" can be used, and is not gramatically incorrect. It is however frowned upon, and preference is given to something like "In Addition".

I might be wrong, but I think GrammerNazi is correct here. ]]>Jan 16th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
I'm seeing lots of drives coming back from seagate that are totally different than the ones we sent in.

Send in a 400gb drive and get a 500gb back.
Send in a 500gb drive and get a 750gb AS back]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
If they send me back, say, a 1TB with updated firmware, I just MIGHT forgive them ;-)]]>Jan 16th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/they were used in my 1st serato setup

hours upon hours of time spent on crate builds, edits & mp3 tags lost]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/the failure rate is less dramatic.


and yes i know you wont get faster data transfer rates by getting a SSD.
it's just more peace of mind for data recovery.]]>Jan 16th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/Jan 16th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/seagate-barracuda-7200-11-drives-said-to-be-failing-at-an-alarmi/
my friend unplugged my external [maxtor] w/out ejecting it 1st.

insta-brick]]>Jan 16th 2009 4:07PM