SATA or PATA drive?

[neio]

Make sure you defrag often, My drives are defragged 3 times a week.
My SCSI 9 and SCSI 18 drives that are 7 years old are still running perfectly.

 

[ZeroIndex]

haven't bothered reading the rest of this page, just the first question, go SATA, it's faster although they are prone to data corruption (haven't had that problem though). go for seagate, they're more reliable, way quieter, and generally cheaper

 

[photonman]

dont be lazy zero read the rest

 

[Decotey]

Ive never defragged a hddrive
With my luck, if i do, my hard drive will crash on me

 

[photonman]

OK! - give it a go! - see wat happens - u might like it.

 

[ZeroIndex]

dont be lazy zero read the rest

I'm in New Zealand... got too much else to do than read 2 other pages of replies

 

[ZeroIndex]

Ive never defragged a hddrive
With my luck, if i do, my hard drive will crash on me

Get hold of O&O Defrag Professional... great program that handles defraging, unlike stupid stupid windows defrag...

 

[thisgeek]

haven't bothered reading the rest of this page, just the first question, go SATA, it's faster although they are prone to data corruption (haven't had that problem though).

Huh? Since when?

PATA drives have just as much chance of data corruption as a SATA drive.

 

[photonman]

I'm in New Zealand... got too much else to do than read 2 other pages of replies

but u have time to post a million msg's all the time

nah just pulling your leg bru

so hows things there in "Bruce" and "Sheila" Land?

 

[ZeroIndex]

but u have time to post a million msg's all the time

nah just pulling your leg bru

so hows things there in "Bruce" and "Sheila" Land?

"Bruce" and "Sheila" Land? ??? i think you're refering to the goddamn australians... lol

what i've been doing with all my messages (the interesting ones i actually do read the replies...mostly), firefox tabbing, aka load a bunch of topics, read/reply, next

 

[UtterNutter]

-if u can go for western digital drives! - they are the best, but ya might pay a little more fir it than the seagate.

This is the biggest joke I have ever read in my entire life.
Western Digital drives are the biggest pile of steaming horse manure on the entire planet.
Let me give you a quick summary:

Bought HDD1, a 250GB WD. Failed after 2 months. Replaced. Replacement failed after 1 year. Replaced.

Bought HDD2, another 250GB WD. Failed after 1 day. Replaced.

Bought 2 WD drives, yet am on my 5th in less than 2 years.

My 3 Maxtors (in the same PCs) are still the originals, one is 5 years old.

I also have a 15 year old Seagate 106MB (meg, not gig) that still works like a charm. Has been running everyday for the last 15 years. (it gets switched off at night, and not used on weekends)

EDIT: oh ya, just remembered too:

Mate1: bought 120GB WD drive, failed after 2 months. Replaced.
Mate2: bought 200GB WD drive, failed after 6 months. Replaced.

 

[eye_suc]

its all the luck of the draw...

ive had maxtors that last for YEARS! but also had maxtors that die within months.

same with WD. sometimes they perform well.

I am new to seagates but so far no problems. i am running 2 seagates and 1 is already 12 months old. seems stable with no issues to date.

no manufacturer could make an existance if ALL their drives are screwed. what is most likely the case is that the reseller somehow gets it right to screw up a whole bunch of drives (by manhandling, or storing them next to EMP devices used for testing nuclear blast effects) and then the consumer gives those manufacturers a bad rep for the rest of his life. all manufacturers have given clients bad experiences.

at the moment i prefer drives with long warantees.

 

[photonman]

its all the luck of the draw...

ive had maxtors that last for YEARS! but also had maxtors that die within months.

same with WD. sometimes they perform well.

I am new to seagates but so far no problems. i am running 2 seagates and 1 is already 12 months old. seems stable with no issues to date.

no manufacturer could make an existance if ALL their drives are screwed. what is most likely the case is that the reseller somehow gets it right to screw up a whole bunch of drives (by manhandling, or storing them next to EMP devices used for testing nuclear blast effects) and then the consumer gives those manufacturers a bad rep for the rest of his life. all manufacturers have given clients bad experiences.

at the moment i prefer drives with long warantees.

Thank YOU

No-one can say which is the best HDD to usr otr which is most stable!!

flip i just buy try's for price nowadays! - f&^k manufacturers!!! - if i can get a drive for R200 cheaper and its the same size - i take it!

 

[UtterNutter]

Yeah, I guess that the reseller I use must have been unknowingly stock-piling a large quantity of dodgy WD drives. Don't worry though, I've reduced that stock by 5!

 

[photonman]

probably!