What Hard Disk Brand Would You Recommend?
By zweeb82
@zweeb82 (5652)
Malaysia
April 11, 2008 10:07am CST
There are so many hard disk brands in the market. Which ones have you guys tried & which ones are you guys still using? Any recommendations? I've used Seagate, Quantum Fireball, Quantum Bigfoot, Maxtor. Some no longer exists anymore. Have sold Hitachi, Seagate, Western Digital. Am using Western Digital now & finding it to be most reliable at the moment. I find Maxtor more unreliable than Hitachi although my vendor says the return rate is 50 50. Like Western D as the return rate is minimum & the claiming process is very fast. Have not tried ou Samsung HDD. So what r your opinions?
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5 responses
@jhonymax2cool (424)
• India
11 Apr 08
well i have had used seagate and smasung .from my personal experience i would recommend seagate as it has good life and can be more realiablity than samsung.seagate is a very good brand.and i trust them too.
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@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
12 Apr 08
I agree with the batch thing. I have an unpleasant experience with maxtor my friends had but there are others that last. HD brand I think is more of a personal preference, even if I see a good rating on a brand which I had a bad history, it would be very difficult for me to nod. So what is my brand, Seagate - never return one for warranty at least the one I use.
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@zweeb82 (5652)
• Malaysia
12 Apr 08
Yup, I do feel Seagate is a better brand than Samsung. But since now they have merged with Maxtor, have you tried their HDDs? I've used both Seagate & Maxtor before. I find Seagate is 1 of the top brands but as for Maxtor, I had numerous not so pleasant experiences. Maybe it's the batch because it tends to KO right after it's warranty or just a month so after. Kinda sad.
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@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
12 Apr 08
i will recommend samsung, seagate barracuda. i think sony has its hard disk brand too but i dont know if theres any. but for me seagate is the best. but be careful not to buy cheaper once or it may have damage inside of it.
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@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
13 Apr 08
wow you got a monster computer right beside you... what a computer. i never had a computer like that i only had a old version of pentium 4 way back about 6 years and still im using it.
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@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
13 Apr 08
I have used Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor, IBM, Quantum, Hitachi and Samsung hard drives. I am currently using a Western Digital Raptor and a Seagate Barracuda hard drives. I recommend either Seagate or Western Digital. Seagate drives come with 5 year warranties. I have never once had a problem with either a Seagate or a Western Digital hard drive.
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@zweeb82 (5652)
• Malaysia
13 Apr 08
Hi-5 man!~ That's d way 2 go. I never had any problems with both drives as well & I love them both. I'm currently using a 3.5" SATA 250GB WD for my external backup & another 2.5" 80GB NB external HDD I bought few years back. Used Seagate b4 as well & never failed me. Both are good brand names.
@zweeb82 (5652)
• Malaysia
12 May 08
Yup, Seagate is still one of the best I guess. Western Digital is not bad as well but I guess once bitten twice shy, people tend to shun away after having a bad experience with a particular brand
I guess sometimes like I did mention before it's depending on the different batches as well.
I guess sometimes like I did mention before it's depending on the different batches as well.
@photoshopfun (305)
• India
11 Apr 08
i had two option when i purchased my harddisk samsung and segate i choose samsung becouse samsung sevice station in near to my home i can go direct to service station and claim warranty in case of seagate they don't accept claim directly in my area it takes some additional time. i think segate and samsung are same both have same feature and 5 year replacement warranty
may be different feature in different country.
@zweeb82 (5652)
• Malaysia
11 Apr 08
Oh, you're using a Samsung, cool. I heard my friend is using a 2.5" Samsung as an external drive & so far so good. How about you? Oh, I didn't know Samsung has 5 years warranty? I think Western Digital has only 3 years & I guess te same goes for the other brands. I guess it's a different country different policy thing. So is your Samsung HDD a PC/Desktop or a laptop HDD? How's it going so far? Though I do read once in a while the reviews by tech sites or mags/newspapers, nothing beats from hearing it from a user himself.
@photoshopfun (305)
• India
11 Apr 08
my samsung(SATA) hard disk is for dektop i have been using it for last 2 year one year more i use it then i will purchase new here samsung computer product like cd rom are not good but my all friends have samsung hardisk.
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