Seagate slapped with class action lawsuit over hard drive failure rate

Laith · 07 Apr 2016

Actually i cleaned up my msconfig 2 days ago, also these are the results CrystalDiskMark gave me:

mjf · 07 Apr 2016

Whatever your problem is it doesn't look like the hard drive to me based on what you've presented.
Looking at your specs I see you have an SSD. I assume you are then booting from the SSD not the Seagate HDD???

Maybe time to transfer the problem to "Performance & Maintenance".

RainoT · 07 Apr 2016

strollin said:

It's quite amazing to me since I paid $500 for my first hdd in 1986, a 20MB Seagate ST-225.

OMG yes, and sometimes you had to hit it with a hammer to start up cause it did stick at park position

Laith · 07 Apr 2016

Meh, it dosen't bother me too much, so I'm okay with it.

strollin · 08 Apr 2016

RainoT said:

strollin said:

It's quite amazing to me since I paid $500 for my first hdd in 1986, a 20MB Seagate ST-225.

OMG yes, and sometimes you had to hit it with a hammer to start up cause it did stick at park position

I remember "stiction" being an issue on later drives. Never had an issue on the ST-225. It was small and slow by today's standards but I had that drive in service for many years without any issues.

RainoT · 08 Apr 2016

strollin said:

RainoT said:

strollin said:

It's quite amazing to me since I paid $500 for my first hdd in 1986, a 20MB Seagate ST-225.

OMG yes, and sometimes you had to hit it with a hammer to start up cause it did stick at park position

I remember "stiction" being an issue on later drives. Never had an issue on the ST-225. It was small and slow by today's standards but I had that drive in service for many years without any issues.

we had 2 in our mailbox server that needed a hammer once a while, i think we later used em at the admins olympics for the HD-throwing contest.
cant remember any distance now anymore we used a lot of doping ........

mjf · 08 Apr 2016

I remember my first 8088+8087 PC (clone). I wrestled with the choice of a 10MB HDD vs a 20MB (M not G). I couldn't imagine needing 20MB but lashed out anyway and it was expensive! Seagate and WD were still competitors - I preferred WD then.

Eric3742 · 19 May 2016

Hi All.

This is my first post, and correct me if i am wrong.

This is regarding why for 1 particular model, different users experience may be different from others.
For example on this thread.
Some users do have encountered problem in that particular HDD model,
But other users do not have.

There is one main key (Batch number) in most products.
From this key, Manufacturer will able to know the Assembly plant, and who suppliers to each item (component).

There are usually have many other locations for assembly of parts, in order to produce into a single product, eg. Hard Disk.

Manufacturer use some sort of coding, of which the common is "Batch" numbering.
From the batch, Manufacturer can identify which assembly plant & parts suppliers that cause the defect on the product, eg Hard Disk.

In short, if you look at the Hard disk, there is the Country made-in, which is the assembly plant, not parts suppliers.
Parts Suppliers can come from any country, not related to assembly plant location.

As i was Warranty Administrator and in the Technical dept, in Distributor.
Also went to the Manufacturer and visited the Assembly plant.

Thanks for reading,
Eric.

mjf · 20 May 2016

Good feedback Eric,
You are close to the manufacturing edge. But engineering specs are quite specific and assembly plant deficiencies reflect on the brand manufacturer.