Does anyone know who the Manufacturer is of the (enclosed) hard disk drive? Sometimes the design of the hdd is matters more than how tough a case is.
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Silicon Power SP is manufactured in Taiwan. It has a 2 page users manual. As previously stated, I'm guessing that its HD spins around 5k. It's definitely not the fastest USB3 on the market. Comparing equal backups of my 500G SSD (15+G new files with an incremental system backup), my 1T Silicon Power USB3 took 15min while my 2T Firewire 800 (7500 rpm) took 13 mins.
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I haven't opened my case yet, but I have a 500 GB solid state drive. It's possible it can be a Western Digital, but I don't know if they vary based on drive size. The 1 TB drive could be from a different manufacturer.
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Google it...it's just a slow 1 terabyte hard drive produced by Western Digital...you can buy from Amazon or Newegg
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It's not so hard to remove the drive as Dante suggests. However, inerting the blade or screwdriver here and there will mark the case enough to prevent returns. Once inside the base, it can be removed and that allows you to crack the main case. Not much chance of getting it back unmarked though. Then you get the drive out. it is encased in a tin box. The rubber "feet" are actually screws. Remove them and you can probably get the drive out with the tinwork intact. Dunno. I had gone too far at that stage. Anyway, the drive is now running as an SATA drive in my mac, and since the box is USB 2, who cares if it does not work any more? Overall, the drive is probably less bought at a discount store than one bought at trade price as a bare drive. The difference is the warranty. The markings on the drive say clearly it is an OEM drive and has to be returned to the OEMer. HTH
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It's SATA. I know this because I had to open mine up to extract the hard drive.Sadly.
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I received this week a WD RE3 OEM drive in a small box ("ASIN marked?") secured by nothing more than thin bubble wrap and two air pillows. The drive was loose in the box. I complained to Amazon and was promised a securely packaged replacement -- and received a replacement with exactly the same packaging, except that one of the air pillows was totally deflated. Poster in this thread who describes package with cables and disks obviously received retail item. OEM drives are shipped loose in box. I will not order OEM drives from Amazon again. Newegg doesn't seem much better. Can anyone share recent experience with CDW or Buy.com? I received this week a WD RE3 OEM drive in a small box ("ASIN marked?") secured by nothing more than thin bubble wrap and two air pillows. The drive was loose in the box. I complained to Amazon and was promised a securely packaged replacement -- and received a replacement with exactly the same packaging, except that one of the air pillows was totally deflated. Poster in this thread who describes package with cables and disks obviously received retail item. OEM drives are shipped loose in box. I will not order OEM drives from Amazon again. Newegg doesn't seem much better. Can... » Read More I received this week a WD RE3 OEM drive in a small box ("ASIN marked?") secured by nothing more than thin bubble wrap and two air pillows. The drive was loose in the box. I complained to Amazon and was promised a securely packaged replacement -- and received a replacement with exactly the same packaging, except that one of the air pillows was totally deflated. Poster in this thread who describes package with cables and disks obviously received retail item. OEM drives are shipped loose in box. I will not order OEM drives from Amazon again. Newegg doesn't seem much better. Can anyone share recent experience with CDW or Buy.com? « Show Less
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I believe it is a sealed unit. Meaning you have to destroy the chassis to get the drive out.
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i agree seagate is not even worth looking at now just taking up shelf space. i have older maxtor, WD and other drives and still running good. I got a seagate from an expensive company that sells decent computers but after 1st power up of a 1tb single disk plugged it in and drive shut down and stopped working. i got a WD for almost the same price.
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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.
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There is an article on Ars Technica you may want to read called "Putting hard drive reliability to the test shows not all disks are equal". I don't think Amazon allows URLs to posted here so you can use Google to search for the web page. There are interesting results shown for the different drive manufacturers.
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I have had no problem with the enclosure, but I am not using a Hitachi HDD in mine. Have you ever used the hard drive in anything else? Are you certain it is not defective? Are you getting any response from the enclosure? Does device manager see when you connect it to the system? Trying a new cable may also be indicated. Without having answers to these questions, it is difficult to diagnose the underlying issue. Sorry that I cannot be of more assistance. Good luck!!
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Hi it's a bit confusing, and hard to figure out who you are ordering from on these drives. Did not buy mine from Oceanside. Might want to look at similar drives from Fry's. They have the full warranty.
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I like their design but drive went down. Looking to replace their Seagate with another manufacturer drive.
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Don't know, but the vendor is willing to work with you. Besides it is a brand new hard drive and I haven't had any problems.
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Unfortunately, I think the warranty needs to be purchased ahead of time. So far my hard drive is doing alright (knock on wood). If you did order from Amazon.com perhaps they have a warranty??? Sorry, hope things work out!!!
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Ryan: I am very interested in finding a case, possibly one with a slot load drive. I read you mentioned a case you found but where's the picture of the case? I would love to see it if you could please provide me a link or photo. Thanks so much. -cindy
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That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
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I received a 2TB Hitachi on June 29th, 2010, and it was RETAIL packaging. I ordered direct from Amazon, not a reseller. I had no issues with the drive, and it is still running strong. It seems that some of the 1 star reviewers later in July got non-Retail boxes. I bought mine when Hitachi was offering a rebate, so I bet Amazon sold out of Retail packaged units by the time July rolled around. Looks like they have the item under investigation now...probably for the packaging.