mercurial
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Which Samsung is better? I saw the one you initially mentioned at Nivo.co.za -> http://www.nivo.co.za/#c/computers/...inpoint.1tb.desktop.hard.drive.hd103uj.~p9817
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Which Samsung is better? I saw the one you initially mentioned at Nivo.co.za -> http://www.nivo.co.za/#c/computers/...inpoint.1tb.desktop.hard.drive.hd103uj.~p9817
PostmanPot
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The HD103UJ.
mercurial
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chickenbeef
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I have a 7200.11 and flashed it with the new firmware as soon as i got it, been using it for a year now as my os drive and have had no problems whatsoever
Have you got a link for the firmware...? Will the flashing of the firmware work on an external drive?
techead
Honorary Master
/begin personal post
Silverlight is absolutely correct.
I spend my life recovering data from 7200.11 drives and I say the same thing to my clients over and over again... there is NOTHING wrong with the drive itself, only the firmware. People freak out and go and spend cash on another drive when there really is ZERO need to.
People are selling these things CHEAP second hand, purely because they dont understand what is going on. You can pick up one of these 7200.11 drives nice and cheap, and then flash it and hey presto!
This month has been the most busy month in the last 5 months! 16 drives brought out of their busy state and all data recovered!
/end personal post
/begin business post
SEND ME ALL YOUR SCREWED UP DRIVES!!
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ugh... I was actually on that site the other day. Memory fails as one gets older.
Looks like they're near identical, with the WD just taking it.
mercurial
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Ordered the Samsung from Nivo earlier
Divorcing the firmware from the drive hardware is stretching it a bit, from a lay person's perspective.
While what you say is true, the bad taste in the mouth comes from the attitude of Seagate and how they handled the fiasco.
Some people will go off and spend their cash elsewhere.
techead
Honorary Master
totally get what you are saying regarding the attitude of Seagate... and totally agree.
Though I think that through their screwup, consumers are actually in the position to score if they play their cards right!
Stokstert
Executive Member
A note about the 7200.11 drives: Some 7200.11 drives come with a firmware starting with CC. Those drives are not affected with the firmware issue and should not be flashed with the new replacement firmware otherwise the drive becomes inoperable.
As to this Seagate upgrade page.
I have heard of .11 issues, but my 500GB .11 has been perfect since I bought it, touch wood.
From what I have read, its a good drive. Picking mine up today.
mercurial
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techead
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Stokstert
Executive Member
oh really?
Didn't speak to you HTC_guy as you know your trade, rather to any noob who has a 7200.11 HD and tries to flash regardless.
crysis
Expert Member
I got the 7200.12 1tb. Very impressed at how cool it runs. Its amazing, barely even luke warm. It also has a higher areal density than the samsung (it has 2 500gb platters as apposed to 3 smaller platters on the samsung) which makes it quite a bit faster.
blaaislaai
Executive Member
Getting my 2x 1TB 7200.12 tommorow @ R500 each.
That's an excellent price...from where are u getting this if I may ask?