What is the best Hard Disk Brand?

[hul2000]

What is the best Hard Disk Brand? (Samsung, Hitachi... etc.)

[chanaka89]

For me Western Digtal

[gayandinusha]

koi ekath hondai parissamin use karanna!!

[blood_brotha]

have used Fujitsu, western Digital ,Quantum , Maxtor.....

haven't had any probs with any of em.. but i really liked the Quantum fireball i had

[Anusha]

Seagate I suppose. But it really depends on,
1. luck
2. how gentle you use the hard disk (i.e. hard disk are not meant to be moved!!!)
3. how good your power supply unit is (i.e. how "clean" the 5V/12V voltages are...and how stable they are)
4. the operating temperature... (i.e. lower the better)

adding a cooling fan helps...it lowered my HDD's temp by 10C!!! i was amazed.. (temps were read from SMART)

[Lich]

Quantum was the BEST one.. but i think some other company took it and now its going in another name.. Maxtor or like that.. not sure the name

[heshan123]

Quantum was the BEST one.. but i think some other company took it and now its going in another name.. Maxtor or like that.. not sure the name
Maxtor is the company who bought the Quantum Manufacturers. Yeah Quantum HDs were really good. :yes: :yes:

[sriflipflop]

If you use better brand is not probleam

[Anusha]

Maxtor bought Quantum, Seagate bought Maxtor

Now we see how Seagate increases its market share, eh? :P

[blood_brotha]

Maxtor bought Quantum, Seagate bought Maxtor

Now we see how Seagate increases its market share, eh? :P


hmm those barracuda's were sold like unu kawum ne..:rofl:

[henderson]

Seagate I suppose. But it really depends on,
1. luck
2. how gentle you use the hard disk (i.e. hard disk are not meant to be moved!!!)
3. how good your power supply unit is (i.e. how "clean" the 5V/12V voltages are...and how stable they are)
4. the operating temperature... (i.e. lower the better)

adding a cooling fan helps...it lowered my HDD's temp by 10C!!! i was amazed.. (temps were read from SMART)

Yes that is correct. I have added a Heatsink addition to the cooling Fan. Now my HDD is real cool.

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[Anusha]

hmm those barracuda's were sold like unu kawum ne..:rofl:
Yeah, they are cheap as well....

[navin2]

Maxtor

[sahanhj]

pavichchiya hodanam oya koi ekath hodai

[ereshthush]

dont think about the brand

[raac]

Hitathi

[milindasenarath]

SAMSUNG:yes:

[nagaya]

Seagate is the best,Quantum Fireball was also good,but IMHO I HATE MAXTOR,though i have my very old Seagate HDDs yet i lost my valuable data on 2 Maxtor 40GB HDDs earlier,
So i burn all stuff to DVDs for backup(Now i have about ~150discs)
But I found hard to find a new Seagate HDD,so now i also have Hitachi 250GB on file server

[Gavindu]

Maxtor is too bad ,,,, but WDigital is the best .... Sad to say we can't find any good HDD in sri lanka,,, all HDDs from china our people bring all the stuff to SL and assemble it here,,,, Compare ur OLD HDD and a new HDD u buy from the market ... see the different .....

[prasadana2]

im using samsung from 2005 works fine still its an 80gb i think its the best..

[Anusha]

My 320GB Maxtor is working fine too....But might buy a 500GB Samsung in the days to come :D (but Rs.15250 :()

[hul2000]

Looking at these replies I guess Samsung is the best

[Anusha]

Looking at these replies I guess Samsung is the best
Just because you can't find Seagate or Western Digital.

[badtnc]

Maxtor

[nabil]

id go with maxtor. runner up samsung

[nuwa1]

i have 1 20GB Quantum Fireball hard disk, 2 40GB Maxtor Hard disks, 1 80GB Seagate Hard disk & 1 250GB Hitachi Hard disk.
From these things my favorite is 20GB Quantum Fireball Hard disk

[Anusha]

i have 1 20GB Quantum Fireball hard disk, 2 40GB Maxtor Hard disks, 1 80GB Seagate Hard disk & 1 250GB Hitachi Hard disk.
From these things my favorite is 20GB Quantum Fireball Hard disk
Because it is the slowest in the bunch? :P :P :P

[anurudda]

For me Western Digtal


:yes:

[nagaya]

Maxtor is too bad ,,,, but WDigital is the best .... Sad to say we can't find any good HDD in sri lanka,,, all HDDs from china our people bring all the stuff to SL and assemble it here,,,, Compare ur OLD HDD and a new HDD u buy from the market ... see the different .....

Yeah machan we can't find good ones like Seagate or WD from here,(Quatum Fireball was also good,but it was bought by maxtor ne)all people in SL shops say Maxtor,MaxtorMaxtorMaxtorMaxtorMaxtor,
when we ask for Seagate they laugh :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I had/have;

2.1GB SEAGATE 1998-2005
8.4GB SEAGATE 1999-now
20GB SAMSUNG ****-now
40GB MAXTOR 2003-2003
40GB MAXTOR 2004-2005
40GB SAMSUNG 2004-2006
250GB HITACHI 2007-now

I also use

40gb Seagate ****-now
80gb Hitachi(Laptop HDD) 2007-now

Damn on Maxtor,i lost my valuable data,so now i don't trust on any HDD,i back up on optical discs,

you know "Not the hardware is important,the data is":angry:

[sheyan]

hodama maxtor thama .maxaaa....

[Anusha]

Yeah machan we can't find good ones like Seagate or WD from here,(Quatum Fireball was also good,but it was bought by maxtor ne)all people in SL shops say Maxtor,MaxtorMaxtorMaxtorMaxtorMaxtor,
when we ask for Seagate they laugh :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I had/have;

2.1GB SEAGATE 1998-2005
8.4GB SEAGATE 1999-now
20GB SAMSUNG ****-now
40GB MAXTOR 2003-2003
40GB MAXTOR 2004-2005
40GB SAMSUNG 2004-2006
250GB HITACHI 2007-now

I also use

40gb Seagate ****-now
80gb Hitachi(Laptop HDD) 2007-now

Damn on Maxtor,i lost my valuable data,so now i don't trust on any HDD,i back up on optical discs,

you know "Not the hardware is important,the data is":angry:
There was a time when Maxtor was very unreliable. That's not there anymore. Also, Maxtor is not inspired by Seagate's technology and experience, as Seagate bought Maxtor last year or so.

[draco]

maxtor

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/267/maxtor100gbvw2.jpg

[Kalindugayan]

Maxtor

[draco]

hitachi

https://www.serversupply.com/images/item/82943.jpg

[henderson]

seagate

[GNS]

Hitachi....

[zCexVe]

awww HDDS.I love em.I have like 30 burnt down HDDs at home.:D :P :P
mm I think the Seagates are best.WD comes in 2nd for me.I have lots of Diamond max8/9 Maxtors lying around as those were burnt down a lot .:S
Quantums are good but quatum copied maxtors sux.New Maxtors are good too with seagate.
Mainly It depends on luck how HDDs perform.My 40 GB maxtor which I got with lifetime warranty (I sold it :S) still runs really well,Have travelled to many places on bikes,have more than 7000 hours to account but still dont make a single noise.Damn me I sold it :S :S But the Hitachi SATAII 250 GiB Which I only got from CMB to home Had a cooler with two baller bearing fans for its safe and always kept under 37C,never moved -It died after 10 months.:P :P So Its kinda luck with HDDS.And Damn hitachis have a damn noise when it starts so always I get a herat attack when the PC boots.:S Will never have a Hitachi again.And I'm afraid we will see either.Hitachi GST went on some agreement with Samsung for HDDs dont know what will the future be.Oh just one,they are going to release 1.5 TB HDD in the 2Q,2008. :D
Cooling is good for HDDs as anything.

[E.A.R.THARANGA]

For me Western Digtal:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: