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...and the drives I am seeing the most in for recovery...
Posted: January 2nd, 2008, 15:35
by Odiferous
.... are Seagate.
Especially those manufactured after mid-2007, with larger capacities. (3.5" drives.)
Bearing seizure, head failures - only two years ago Seagate used to be the most reliable. Now I see more of those than WD and original Maxtor put together.
Anyone else have some comments?
Re: ...and the drives I am seeing the most in for recovery...
Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 4:55
by dmarques
I have seen that as well. I have received a lot of Seagate from 320 to 750 Gb with damaged heads, bearing and even head crashes.
Re: ...and the drives I am seeing the most in for recovery...
Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 5:30
by dobrevjetser
Same for me; lots of seagates, mostly with bearing problems.
Dobre
Re: ...and the drives I am seeing the most in for recovery...
Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 6:26
by stt
Are the labels plain white or do they have a green line around the outside?
Re: ...and the drives I am seeing the most in for recovery...
Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 10:09
by Odiferous
No green line / RMA drives seen recently - only originals.
Re: ...and the drives I am seeing the most in for recovery...
Posted: January 11th, 2008, 14:47
by rameez
Same here Seagate , there is a reason why seagate are seen much in cases because they sold most unlike WD and Maxtor .
Re: ...and the drives I am seeing the most in for recovery...
Posted: January 13th, 2008, 5:06
by Odiferous
rameez wrote:Same here Seagate , there is a reason why seagate are seen much in cases because they sold most unlike WD and Maxtor .
I doubt it, Rameez.
Even if Seagate sold three times as many drives as WD and the old Maxtor, I'm still seeing more than three Seagates for every WD / Maxtor that comes in.
Also, because they are almost all displaying the same problem, this leads me to believe they are having production / design problems.
Get manufacturing out of China, charge the end user an extra $2 per drive - problem solved.
Duncan