My Western Digital HDD model 2500JD is giving up on me. :((
I want ot buy a new HDD but don't know for which brand should I go...hm...I heard Maxtor is good also Seagate, but Seagate are very cheap=(in my opinion) low performance. I want a ATA133 based drive with built-in windows recognisence. I say this because I headr the Maxtor need some special drivers so that WinXP can recognize it. I don't have that much money to spend, but I would rather buy a small capacity but highly reliable HDD, than a crapy big sized HDD. I am really stuned because I knew that WD are top of the line HDDs, and now it's giving up on me, although I had it for 6 months. What advice would you give me?
My system is not an old one, it's just 6 months old:MB=Asus A8N-SLI DELUXE, CPU=AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Clawhammer core, RAM=Kingmax PC3200 512Mb*4=2Gb, VGA=Asus 6600LE/256 MB, Greentech power source 450W.
2006-07-30 02:17:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Maxtor Drives seem to have a higher failure rate than most drives.
Many people have their own favorites and brands that they dont like because they had one die and lost all of their data one time. Being in the computer business I see all the drives that go bad, and Maxtor has a much higher failure rate than Hitachi (which was once IBM) Western Digital and Seagate.
Hard drives die all the time for several reasons, thats just the way it is, but Maxtor's seem to be much more sensitive than the other brands and have been consistently inferior to other brands through the years. IBM was getting pretty bad before they sold their storage divison...their Deskstar (Deathstars in the IT world) line was utter crap.
I would stick with Western Digital, Seagate or even Samsung... all are reliable and in most cases come with a good warranty (5 years)
2006-07-30 04:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maxtor hard drives do not need any special drivers to work with XP. There's not a whole lot of difference between Seagate, Maxtor, and Western Digital. Hitachi makes decent quality drives, as someone already mentioned. I've also had good luck with IBM-branded hard drives, like the DeskStar and TravelStar.
If you really want the top in performance and reliability, you have two choices: SCSI or RAID. Either will be substantially more expensive than dropping in a new IDE hard drive, since either would require installing a card in your machine. But you get what you pay for.
2006-07-30 02:29:34 · answer #2 · answered by mommadillo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First try your garntee
Sir,
Which do you have, Windows installation issues, or a Hard Drive that is going bad issues? Or do you have both issues?
Hard Drive Issues:
If your current hard drive is beginning to fail then you need to stop using it NOW! Turn your computer off and disconnect the power cable from the computer.
Obtain a new/different hard drive. Open your case. Disconnect one wire at a time from the old drive that is in your case and connect it to the new drive. (The new rive is not yet installed/screwed to the case.)
Reconnect your computer; disconnect your modem from your computer. Put your windows installation disk into the DVD/CD drive and boot into the set-up Windows Installation.
READ THE MENU CAREFULLY!
Create 1 Partition, 20GBT. This will be your C: partition. You will use it to install your Operating System and ALL software that requires installation. You should NEVER store your data on this partition.
After the installation is completed, start windows; Install all drivers that are on your Motherboard Installation CD! Install Audio drivers if you have a separate Audio Card mounted on your motherboard.
Install your Firewall and Antivirus.
After you complete installation of all your software shut down your PC. Connect the modem back up and Turn on your system.
Windows will set up your network. When your network is ready go to
www.microsoft.com. Go to Microsoft Updates. Follow instructions.
Go to the WEB page of all software and hardware installed/connected to your PC. Look for updates and install. Always reboot when asked to!
CREATING PARTITIONS
Go to control Administrative tools, click on computer management.
Click on Disk Management.
You will be able to see both the C: partition and the unused partition.
If your total drive size is greater than 200GB, create two partitions,
Each the same size. Change all drive letters so that C:, D:, E; are the partitions on your hard drive. Make any letter after H: your DVD/CD drive letter.
Format each partition (NTFS) “Label one partition as MY DATA
On the MY DATA drive make a folder, (My Documents)
Into this folder you store ALL of YOUR data! Use the other partition as you want.
2006-07-30 10:58:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maxtor DiamondMax 250GB, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144422
Whoever told you that you need special drivers for Windows XP didn't know what they were talking about. A hard drive is a hard drive is a hard drive, Windows doesn't care. Oh, you'll have to get a drive copy utility like Partition Logic (free), http://partitionlogic.org.uk/ and copy the data from your old drive to the new drive. Or just save your data to some type of external media and reinstall Windows.
Also, your motherboard supports SATA hard drives so I would look into those (and they don't cost much more), Here's a 250GB WD for $70 after rebates, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701 but make sure your power supply has a SATA power connector (standard IDE power cable is not compatible with a SATA drive).
2006-07-30 02:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-26 23:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I always tell my friends, always buy TWO of the BEST VALUE for money hard drives around. You need not swear allegiance to anyone around. They have to fight for your hard earnt money. Fix yourself a budget and then chase around. If you are in the states, look for mail in rebates and stuff like that.
If I were you. I would go for the cheapest WD Raptor that I can get. Computergiants sells a 36.7GB one for $103. Use the raptor as a system disk. Then buy the largest HDD that the remaining of your budget can allow.
Thank me later ;-)
2006-07-30 02:38:50 · answer #6 · answered by siliconbits 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seagate are cheap but good
2006-08-01 08:45:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hitachi
2006-07-30 02:20:05 · answer #8 · answered by shivbhakta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋