Seagate slapped with class action lawsuit over hard drive failure rate

[mjf]

CrystalDiskInfo is also useful (go for standard edition - portable). In particular look at reallocated sector counts. I've got a number of Seagates getting quite old now and reallocated sector counts is zero for all of them (touch wood). They are all 1TB.
I buy WDs now but they could also fail at any moment. I still buy only 1 or 2TB HDDs - spreads the risk.

 

[ThrashZone]

Indeed 1tb is plenty big enough

 

[iSuck]

Probably because all the software i've installed, even though i've only taken up 331GB, i will try a clean boot later though.

It's not fragmented, is it?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

CrystalDiskInfo is also useful (go for standard edition - portable). In particular look at reallocated sector counts. I've got a number of Seagates getting quite old now and reallocated sector counts is zero for all of them (touch wood). They are all 1TB.
I buy WDs now but they could also fail at any moment. I still buy only 1 or 2TB HDDs - spreads the risk.

Indeed 1tb is plenty big enough

There's nothing wrong or unsafe with larger drive sizes as long as you have adequate backups.

 

[iSuck]

It's amazing how you can buy a 1 TB HDD for $50 now.

 

[Mellon Head]

It's amazing how you can buy a 1 TB HDD for $50 now.

Unless you live in Canada.

 

[strollin]

It's amazing how you can buy a 1 TB HDD for $50 now.

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

 

[michael diemer]

My only experience with Seagate is a 500 GB barracuda. It actually runs quieter than my WD's, and so far has been flawless. Maybe it's because I only have Linux on it...

 

[Laith]

It has never been fragmented, also @mjf,

 

[mjf]

Looks ok. Windows should be automatically defragmenting but you could check.
CrystalDiskMark (same link as CrystalDiskInfo) should give you some speed benchmarks. If the speed looks ok then maybe you are loading a lot of unnecessary software at startup. Look at msconfig.exe -> startup.

 

[Laith]

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

 

[mjf]

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]

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]

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

 

[strollin]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.