Quantum Fireball HDD's aptly named

[sendero]

Re: Quantum Fireball HDD\'s aptly named

Personally, and I have a lot of experience here, I don't think any of the modern hard drives are that great.

In the past 5 years I've lost 2 Hitachi (IBM) Deskstars, and 2 WDs.

I just go for the cheapest drive now, I don't think any are much better than the other, and how long yours lasts is merely the luck of the draw. The IBMs were high-dollar drives, the only good thing about them is that they failed so early in their life that I got warranty replacements.

Leaving your computer on all the time might help some /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Soundguy]

Re: Quantum Fireball HDD\'s aptly named

My computer in my office and home office does run 24/7/365.. and yes.. it is easier on them. start cycles are the hard part.

Soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

Re: Quantum Fireball HDD\'s aptly named

Wow.. that is a shocker! I know some other manufacturers have sold re-manufactured goods.. but then marked them as such too.

I'm kind of surprised that the wd-auto install tool didn't make short work of their data when it did a low level prep. Their low level prep must not change the partition info, or really low level format the drive.. just refresh some of the info in the engineering cylinder.. etc.

Guess if their auto install tool had formatted the drive you would never have found out about this.. weird.

So far I've always had my best luck with them, and have never seen a modern one die.. liek I say.. last wd I saw dead was a type 17 ( 40 meg drive) and that was a bazillion years ago. Fujitsu was a big seller of used media.. not sure what happened to them or any of the other #3 name players inthe media business. I remember there was a company.. Kalok.. they had drives very similar to seagate. etc.

Makes ya wonder about any kind of media that goes into the trash. After all, even a hdd that suffered a head crash can usually have most of the data retrieved by dropping the platters into new housings. There's big money in data retrieval services inthe corporate world...

Soundguy