Random Rants
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I stick with WD even though I think their external drives suck/are unreliable. I've had 2 10krpm WD drives fail on me too but I believe they served their purpose. I'm currently using regular old WD 7200rpm drive. My first computer I used Maxtor drives which is now owned by Seagate. The Maxtor drive is still running somewhere in Massachusetts about 10 years later…
I feel like either of these companies (WD/Seagate) are good options but like any computer part there is always that chance that it's DOA so buy parts from places with a good RMA policy.....
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The 10k rpm drives seem to fail at higher rates. Those old 5400 rpm drives were bulletproof. 7200 is the better option these days (my opinion only).
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nem: what are your experiences with standard WD disks?.. Which brand would you recommend?..
well worth it,,,try to steer clear of them ones called My Book,,,well know for failure,,tend to use Seagate meself,,,or Raptors,,,think them WD caviar drives are ok,,,but tbh,,,it all depends what you do with em,,,SSD is the way to go,,,fast,quiet,,,and getting affordable,,,ideally you should be looking good read /write speed,,,over capacity,,
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The 10k rpm drives seem to fail at higher rates. Those old 5400 rpm drives were bulletproof. 7200 is the better option these days (my opinion only).
agree totally,,,speed kills as they say,,way too much heat gets generated,,and if you aint got good airflow in yer tower,,,all tends to shorten the old life span,,,
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^well that's actually the exact same thing my boy did with the computer store. we opened the external case and stuck the hard drive into a an external hd slot, hooked up with the desktop. it started running but then there was a "clicking" bearable and he said it's fekked and that I have to sent it in to get it fixed/the data saved!
a company called me yesterday which is specialized in such things and they said it's pretty hard to fix it, since one little failure can mess up everything stored on it! so that's why the high cost and all…
snowy is right about his guess then:@Snowy:
Yeah that's going to be one of those expensive/risky to fix jobbies. Needs to be in an entirely dustless operation with a skilled technician.
Rafa,,have you been to the WD site,,they have a bit of software that you can download which you install that can search for problems on hard drives,,,
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DO NOT BUY A SSD for archival/storage purpose. They have a limited read/write capacity, that if used frequently will cause the drive to die, without fail in a few years. They are not made for archival purpose, yet.
Background: I'm a storage engineer for enterprises, working in the scale of petabytes of data. I often work on the scale of 1000's of HDDs.
I agree with Chris/nemesisnow that speed (heat) kills, and would stick around 7200RPM at the moment for long term storage. The ratio of drive failures I've seen/seen is about 4:2:1 from 15K, 10K, 7K.
My personal backup strategy @ home, is 2 local copies, and 1 remote/cloud backup. Testing data recovery every 6 months or so, writing every week or so….
In terms of drive, both WD and Seagate are good. Both will have drives that fail, which is why it's important to keep data in multiple places. I'm currently running Western Digital Caviar Black @ 1TB & 2TB.
@Finn, sorry to hear it is the head, fingers crossed, but sheet, touch and go!
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Ordered a running jacket from the UK. $106, free shipping. Got the delivery notice card from Canada Post today: $44 in Customs and taxes. Grrrr.
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Okay, so door frozen open today. Somehow got it open, but the door wouldn't latch shut.
Feeling like an imbecile.
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Go Chinese style- cash in little red envelopes.
Like these:
Always a hit, as far as I'm concerned…
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48°F outside and the AC in my office is still running….
