What are the longevity ratings, data, reasoned anticipations for this hard drive?
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I have had the drive as my main operating system, as well as mass storage drive for almost a year, and so far, it has been reliable, fast, and quiet. However, as the previous person responded, I am using Linux, which does put less stress on the drive and the file system is a bit better at file allocation, ETC...My experience is very positive in this environment. (Using the 3TB version partitioned into three sections)
1600662
It has been my experience that these drives will last for several years. I should add that I run open source operating systems and they do considerably less virtual memory caching('thrashing') to the device than the commercially produced operating systems. In my opinion, Toshiba drives are solid, reliable products.
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Newegg says 3 years parts/labor. After searching for an hour I couldn't find this on Seagate's website. You'd think they'd be bragging about it on billboards since practically everyone else is down to 1 year (and wouldn't surprise me if they all got rid of a warranty altogether and made people buy at their own wallet's peril).
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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups... I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner. BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable! Fingers crossed on reliability, Yikesboy
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Hello. Just one year, but is very fine; i Love seagate, all my hd are seagate.
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There's also a photo of the adapter label that displays all of the information on it, Sirik. It's on the initial product page, with the other product photos. I was about to upload one myself, then I saw that a photo is already there... Good luck! It's a very reliable drive with great features!
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I bought 4 of these: Seagate 1TB Laptop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 8MB Cache 2.5-Inch Internal Drive Retail Kit (STBD1000100) They were on-sale at the time for $69. You should be able to find something with equivalent stats for around that price.
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Why would you want to use archival media meant to last hundreds of years to backup an OS? If you want to do this backing it up to a backup hdd or standard DVD or DB media is sufficient. Do you think you'll going to want to restore an OS you had installed over 20 years later? Probably be lucky to even find hardware you could install it on. I have standard media that has lasted over 10 years when kept in cool, dry, dark places. Which only means in a dwelling that's not hot and out of the light, especially sunlight. You'll get more than enough life from standard discs or a backup hdd for that. These discs are meant for storing irreplaceable data like personal photos and movies. Why would you want to use archival media meant to last hundreds of years to backup an OS? If you want to do this backing it up to a backup hdd or standard DVD or DB media is sufficient. Do you think you'll going to want to restore an OS you had installed over 20 years later? Probably be lucky to even find hardware you could install it on. I have standard media that has lasted over 10 years when kept in cool, dry, dark places. Which only means in a dwelling that's not hot and out of the light, especially sunlight. You'll get more than enough life from standard discs or a backup hdd for that.... » Read More Why would you want to use archival media meant to last hundreds of years to backup an OS? If you want to do this backing it up to a backup hdd or standard DVD or DB media is sufficient. Do you think you'll going to want to restore an OS you had installed over 20 years later? Probably be lucky to even find hardware you could install it on. I have standard media that has lasted over 10 years when kept in cool, dry, dark places. Which only means in a dwelling that's not hot and out of the light, especially sunlight. You'll get more than enough life from standard discs or a backup hdd for that. These discs are meant for storing irreplaceable data like personal photos and movies. « Show Less
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I am really sure but, you would probably lose 3-4 GB of data because of manufacture formatting, I would suggest go with 2TB.
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Its like 540 and 520... (capable). I have a pretty fast computer and I actually get about 280 & 260.... But compared to my regular hard drive which got about 80 & 65.... I don't recall what the warranty is.....
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After writing about 200gb of data on 2 of these they failed. It's very hard to do, but after they died, I managed to crack mine open. Innostor makes the electronic USB to SATA drive adapter inside. Inside one, I found a Western Digital laptop drive made in 2007. In the other I found a Seagate drive, also made in 2007. They put very old, well used drives in these. So it's potluck if you'll get one that will last a while. They advertised these as new, & I paid for new drives. If I wanted used ones, I could have got them real cheap or for almost nothing. I don't recommend used or refurbished drives. They're unreliable. After writing about 200gb of data on 2 of these they failed. It's very hard to do, but after they died, I managed to crack mine open. Innostor makes the electronic USB to SATA drive adapter inside. Inside one, I found a Western Digital laptop drive made in 2007. In the other I found a Seagate drive, also made in 2007. They put very old, well used drives in these. So it's potluck if you'll get one that will last a while. They advertised these as new, & I paid for new drives. If I wanted used ones, I could have got them real cheap or for almost nothing. I don't recommend used or refurbished... » Read More After writing about 200gb of data on 2 of these they failed. It's very hard to do, but after they died, I managed to crack mine open. Innostor makes the electronic USB to SATA drive adapter inside. Inside one, I found a Western Digital laptop drive made in 2007. In the other I found a Seagate drive, also made in 2007. They put very old, well used drives in these. So it's potluck if you'll get one that will last a while. They advertised these as new, & I paid for new drives. If I wanted used ones, I could have got them real cheap or for almost nothing. I don't recommend used or refurbished drives. They're unreliable. « Show Less
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I can't speak for my experience with hard drives on Amazon, but I've dealt with other items I wanted to order that were under review and they were only unavailable for a few days. Also, a certain hardware website named after an item a chicken produces has these drives for the same price right now, if you're dead set on this drive. A lot of us have had bad experiences with them, so I am not comfortable advising people to take the risk, but it seems more people have had success than failure. And of course, Amazon has a decent return policy so you can put the drive through its paces and return it if they have problems, if you're willing to do so. Good luck!
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The short answer is, "it depends." The dependent factors are how much data you are going to back up, whether or not you have a SATA connection for the drive and how many generations of backup you want to maintain. With so many backup alternatives available, and for the price, you might consider one of the larger-capacity Western Digital USB-attached backup drives instead. The only reason I bought this drive is because I needed to repair an old desktop PC. It was the lowest cost alternative available.
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JUNK! read the failure rate of WD products. Search some of their products on amazon and you will know. Worst, usually die after warranty. But warranty is useless bcos no one will send in the drive with personal info in there. when you send in for warranty, you usually get a refurbish back (someone's problem drive that they fixed)
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I don't think I use it any more. It has been awhile, but I recall having problems with it...but I can't be sure. Truth is you will see no real ("butt dyno in car-nut speak&lt;G&gt;) difference between the different specs in real world experience, so it is not worth pursuing IMHO. If on a system drive, go with an SSd -- even w/Sata2 the difference will wow you. 120GB is plenty big enough unless you had hundreds of application, then 240. $150 or less. Keep data off the boot drive.
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All of these drives are good. It depends on the usage. I use mine in a Drobo array for video editing. They are fast enough, but not super fast. The more data you have stored, the slower they run. Probably need to make sure future drives are "enterprise" models.
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I would suggest you visit the thecus website, find the unit you are interested in and then look up the HDD compatibility for the drives you are thinking about. I would recommend you pick enterprise type disks and buy a spare additional disk of the same kind to have on the shelf in case one fails.
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I found that the drives are several years old. I bought a bunch of them (10+) it was a mistake. I tried to get warranty from WD and they did not honor the 5 year warranty and in fact when I returned the drive, they claimed it wasn't manufactured by them. I ended up returning the drive to the seller for a replacement. Don't count on the 5 year warranty, better yet buy it from another manufacturer. I've had too many failures of WD drives in the last year or two. I have switched to Seagate.