HDD crashed

[Legacy777]

I hate WD drives. Had so much bad experiences with them in college on the computers I worked on.....will never buy one.....I think they may have gotten slightly better, but I still don't like them.

I recently did some research on drives and bought 2 maxtor 120 gb drives. They had good performance, quiet, and were reliable. Others were faster...but noiser......I've got a 13 gb maxtor in my server that just keeps goin....it's an old drive....but hasn't had any problems.

[georryan]

Yeah I like maxtor, good drives. I've heard of people having problems with WD but I've heard mixed reviews recently. For the price I thought it was a freaken good deal. (all that is reletive when you consider lost data or time it takes sending it in frequently, though).

I took a chance a couple years ago on a Seagate Barracude 40 GB drive, and I LOVE that thing. That drive rocks, on the reviews it had the highest average transfer rate of most of the drives at the time. I try not to look at peak speeds when you only get them at random intervals. Also, the thing was soooo quiet. Seriously, when I defrag, the only way I'd know it is seing the harddrive light on my case. The thing is just silent. Plus it is ATA/133, the WD drive I bought is only ATA/100, that in itself was a bit of a let down.

I'd heard that Seagates way back when weren't that good, but I don't have any complaints with them currently.

[georryan]

Oh, and how is the freezer fix working for you Josh?

[Legacy777]

yeah seagates were crap earlier.....they were mainly used in server application....so they were probably better......but they're doin ok now in desktop applications.

freezer trick was a no go. Drive don't want to spin. I'm pretty sure the electronics are fried and/or something inside is fubard too....it rattles if I shake the drive with the flatest part paralled to the floor.....which isn't good. The new drive doesn't make the same noise.