Western Digital 1TB Black Caviar

noobvious · 06 Mar 2010

I have the 640 Caviar Black, it's been in this computer since around August, I think..... so far working like a champ.:)

mpcrsc562 · 06 Mar 2010

sygnus21 said:

They're good drives. I've had one in operation for about 6 months no issues. I've also got a 750 that's been running for about a year, again, no problems.

it's a damn good drive! have one for about a year as the primary drive in a vista install, then now use it as a user profile / data partition on my windows 7 install. no problems at all.

noyb · 06 Mar 2010

seekermeister said:

.....and the remainder in multiple partitions for archiving data...

I'd just use one partition for the data and organize in folders ...
multiple partitions for data is a waste of space.

Three WD 640 Blacks running great here.

JonM33 · 06 Mar 2010

seekermeister said:

I just ordered this drive from TD, and I got to wondering if there is anything that I need to do different for it to be able to use the full capacity of the drive? I will probably partition the first 100GBs for adding another OS to my secondary rig, and the remainder in multiple partitions for archiving data.

Yes. Before you install it, slam it against a wall a few times. That will improve it's transfer rate due to having a break-in period before installation.

seekermeister · 06 Mar 2010

JonM33 said:

seekermeister said:

I just ordered this drive from TD, and I got to wondering if there is anything that I need to do different for it to be able to use the full capacity of the drive? I will probably partition the first 100GBs for adding another OS to my secondary rig, and the remainder in multiple partitions for archiving data.

Yes. Before you install it, slam it against a wall a few times. That will improve it's transfer rate due to having a break-in period before installation.

Thanks, this gives me insight into how to take your advise in the future.

HammerHead · 06 Mar 2010

I've got four on this machine. (one external) I've got three in another machine my daughter uses. I've got two under the desk and one in the closet. Haven't had to send one back in a long, long time. 10 years maybe.

Was it a good price? I might buy another one.

sygnus21 · 06 Mar 2010

seekermeister said:

Thanks, this gives me insight into how to take your advise in the future.

I'll have to borrow that one

noyb · 06 Mar 2010

HammerHead said:

Was it a good price? I might buy another one.

How's This ????

I didn't think the Black series was available 10 years ago ??

I was working on a picture yesterday ..
Someone wanted to know how to make a window bigger in Photoshop for their off road Aquarium ..
And they had your Picture ... Was this for you ??

seekermeister · 06 Mar 2010

noyb said:

HammerHead said:

Was it a good price? I might buy another one.

How's This ????

I didn't think the Black series was available 10 years ago ??

I was working on a picture yesterday ..
Someone wanted to know how to make a window bigger in Photoshop for their off road Aquarium ..
And they had your Picture ... Was this for you ??

It's been a long time, but that looks like a V100 Commando Car with the turret removed...yes?

pparks1 · 06 Mar 2010

noyb said:

I didn't think the Black series was available 10 years ago ??

He probably just meant that he has used WD hard drives over the past 10 years without incident.

Western Digital 1TB Black Caviar

WD Good Drive?