Western Digital HD's

Dom · Jul 22, 2002, 05:26 PM

I hear a lot of things about Western Digital HD's (mostly good). I have a WD1200BB-00CAA0 HD and it works great, but I hear some people say Western Digital HD's are not good, they die fast. Is this true?

Please post opinions, experiences & facts.

Jul 22, 2002, 05:28 PM

Its the IBM's that die fast

the WD

specially the SE with the 8MB cache are awesome HDs

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 05:35 PM

Well, if you were to walk into my room and look at the stack of dead hard drives I've accumulated over the years, you'd see one ancient Seagate, three dead IBMs, and four dead Western Digitals. There are no Maxtors or modern Seagates. It is for that reason that I stay away from WD.

That said, I am interested in the new 8MB drives. People have generally had very nice things to say about them, so I'm relatively sure WD has changed a little since I last used them.

Jul 22, 2002, 05:37 PM

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Originally posted by JavaFox
Well, if you were to walk into my room and look at the stack of dead hard drives I've accumulated over the years, you'd see one ancient Seagate, three dead IBMs, and four dead Western Digitals. There are no Maxtors or modern Seagates. It is for that reason that I stay away from WD.

That said, I am interested in the new 8MB drives. People have generally had very nice things to say about them, so I'm relatively sure WD has changed a little since I last used them.

youd be surprised java

i think ppl get bad parts or bad batches no and again

with me i have 2 wds and they run awesome

but youre right for best reliability in my book is has been Maxtor as well

Mark7 · Jul 22, 2002, 05:40 PM

Western Digital did have a large number of drives that had a faulty controller chip that would start thrashing the heads back and forth wildly. But that was over a year ago and the odds of any remaining in dealers inventories has to be extremely small. The bad part was, WD wasn't going to make the problem public, just replace those drives as owners/dealers called in.

Same with IBM, recently they have a rash of complaints on one model DeskStar.

Personally, Maxtors and Fujitsu's have served me extremely well over the past 10 years.

Dom · Jul 22, 2002, 05:43 PM

I heard from a friend that when Western Digital HD's first came out that they were good. Then they got popular and started to produce in quantity and not quality, but now they've gotten a lot better and are one of the best. Most of the bad stories I heard about them were on older models, so maybe the newer one's are good.

Malus · Jul 22, 2002, 07:31 PM

Quantum was the best.

My Maxtor is pretty nice and my dad hasn't had any problems with his WD lately.

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 07:56 PM

Yeah, well, I would be willing to try out the new WDs if they were as quiet as my Seagate Barracuda IV.

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 22, 2002, 09:19 PM

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Originally posted by Malus
Quantum was the best.

My Maxtor is pretty nice and my dad hasn't had any problems with his WD lately.

Yeah i have Quantum Bigfoot TS 12.7 Gig that i use to back up stupid sh*t now and then i/ve had for like 4 years and it still runs great.

Jul 22, 2002, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Malus
Quantum was the best.

My Maxtor is pretty nice and my dad hasn't had any problems with his WD lately.

The new Maxtor drives are being made by the quanturn crew that maxtor absorbed thats why the new ones rock so hard

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 22, 2002, 09:36 PM

LoL yeah i know try getting some quantum software now adays lol zdisk101.exe for low level formating. But other then that they rock

Jul 22, 2002, 09:48 PM

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Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
LoL yeah i know try getting some quantum software now adays lol zdisk101.exe for low level formating. But other then that they rock

actually i have a program that will do taht........the total destroy drive and write zeros to it

Dom · Jul 22, 2002, 09:48 PM

I gonna get this HD soon, Maxtor 40Gig, 7200RPM - ATA133, 57$.

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
Yeah i have Quantum Bigfoot TS 12.7 Gig that i use to back up stupid sh*t now and then i/ve had for like 4 years and it still runs great.

Oh my sweet Jesus. I used to have nightmares about Quantumk Bigfeet, dude! Those drives are horrid!

Why... did... you... have... to... remind... me?!

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 22, 2002, 09:57 PM

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Originally posted by AngelRavin
actually i have a program that will do taht........the total destroy drive and write zeros to it

Dude if you can will you tell me where to d/l it i got a bad HDD that needs it pretty hardcore and i cant find one (got pissed of searching on google for it

)

Dom · Jul 22, 2002, 09:59 PM

I had a 30Gig Quantum FB, 7200RPM, for 2 years, was nice but gave it away.

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 22, 2002, 10:02 PM

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Oh my sweet Jesus. I used to have nightmares about Quantumk Bigfeet, dude! Those drives are horrid!

hey it does the back up of dunb shit form me lol but from my system(s) i use that dom mentioned in 4 10 gig partitoins for my backups

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 22, 2002, 10:25 PM

or what about Robby the Robot (B-9) From lost in space lol

Furious · Jul 29, 2002, 05:17 PM

I've used a bunch of Maxtor's for the past couple of years and they're all still running great. I did recently get the WD1200JB and it's excellent so far. Fast and quiet. I'm very happy with it as well.

As far a Quantum Bigfoots are concerned I had one go bad and then shortly afterward the replacement went bad as well. As far as I'm concerned I'm glad they don't make that garbage anymore. What a piece of crap.

Jul 22, 2002, 05:26 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Western Digital HD's I hear a lot of things about Western Digital HD's (mostly good). I have a WD1200BB-00CAA0 HD and it works great, but I hear some people say Western Digital HD's are not good, they die fast. Is this true? Please post opinions, experiences & facts.

Jul 22, 2002, 07:31 PM	#7
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	Quantum was the best. My Maxtor is pretty nice and my dad hasn't had any problems with his WD lately. __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Jul 29, 2002, 05:17 PM	#19
Furious I'm blind not deaf!! Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 260 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I've used a bunch of Maxtor's for the past couple of years and they're all still running great. I did recently get the WD1200JB and it's excellent so far. Fast and quiet. I'm very happy with it as well. As far a Quantum Bigfoots are concerned I had one go bad and then shortly afterward the replacement went bad as well. As far as I'm concerned I'm glad they don't make that garbage anymore. What a piece of crap. __________________

Jul 22, 2002, 05:28 PM	#2
AngelRavin Guest Posts: n/a	Its the IBM's that die fast the WD specially the SE with the 8MB cache are awesome HDs

Jul 22, 2002, 05:35 PM	#3
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Well, if you were to walk into my room and look at the stack of dead hard drives I've accumulated over the years, you'd see one ancient Seagate, three dead IBMs, and four dead Western Digitals. There are no Maxtors or modern Seagates. It is for that reason that I stay away from WD. That said, I am interested in the new 8MB drives. People have generally had very nice things to say about them, so I'm relatively sure WD has changed a little since I last used them.

Jul 22, 2002, 05:40 PM	#5
Mark7 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	Western Digital did have a large number of drives that had a faulty controller chip that would start thrashing the heads back and forth wildly. But that was over a year ago and the odds of any remaining in dealers inventories has to be extremely small. The bad part was, WD wasn't going to make the problem public, just replace those drives as owners/dealers called in. Same with IBM, recently they have a rash of complaints on one model DeskStar. Personally, Maxtors and Fujitsu's have served me extremely well over the past 10 years.

Jul 22, 2002, 05:43 PM	Thread Starter #6
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	I heard from a friend that when Western Digital HD's first came out that they were good. Then they got popular and started to produce in quantity and not quality, but now they've gotten a lot better and are one of the best. Most of the bad stories I heard about them were on older models, so maybe the newer one's are good.

Jul 22, 2002, 07:56 PM	#8
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, well, I would be willing to try out the new WDs if they were as quiet as my Seagate Barracuda IV.

Jul 22, 2002, 09:36 PM	#11
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	LoL yeah i know try getting some quantum software now adays lol zdisk101.exe for low level formating. But other then that they rock

Jul 22, 2002, 09:48 PM	Thread Starter #13
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	I gonna get this HD soon, Maxtor 40Gig, 7200RPM - ATA133, 57$.

Jul 22, 2002, 09:59 PM	Thread Starter #16
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	I had a 30Gig Quantum FB, 7200RPM, for 2 years, was nice but gave it away.

Jul 22, 2002, 10:25 PM	#18
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	or what about Robby the Robot (B-9) From lost in space lol