Sorry to hear Seagate is not as good as Hitachi. As I recall, there was
a discussion on this list about who was the best and I think Hitachi
took a lot of hits. I think Dell puts Seagate drives in their boxes.
What manufacture makes the best today?
On 2014-10-17 22:05, Brian Cluff wrote:
> Seagate has been cranking out such bad drives lately, I think I would
> rather have a used hitachi than a new seagate.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 10/17/2014 08:43 AM, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
>>
>> If you have credible evidence that Seagate is selling used Hitachi
>> drives as new and under their label I'm sure your State Attorney
>> General
>> would like to hear from you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-10-17 10:08, George Toft wrote:
>>> How many [thousand] hours on the drive? I think you're gambling if
>>> you have more than 26,000 hours (3 years) and ESPECIALLY if it's
>>> really a Hitachi drive. Seagate bought Hitachi recently, and from
>>> what I've seen, are selling used Hitachi drives as "new" Seagate
>>> drives - check the model number and the run hours!
>>>
>>> Hard drives are killing me this year - I've spent over 80 hours in
>>> rework because of failed drives - especially with Seatachi drives
>>> (see
>>> above). 80 hours of rework at no pay is a painful lesson.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> George Toft
>>>
>>> On 9/11/2014 4:06 PM, parabellum7@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> Greetings!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a 500GB Seagate ST3500312CS SATA drive salvaged from a
>>>> decommissioned DVR. The DVR's OS said SMART status OK. The latest
>>>> Seatools disk utility from the Seagate website says the drive is
>>>> A-OK
>>>> (short test, long test, full erase, re-test) no errors found.
>>>>
>>>> However, the Gnome disk utility in Mint 17 says 'Threshold not
>>>> exceeded' and 'Disk is OK, 178 bad sectors'.
>>>>
>>>> Some other SMART attributes displayed:
>>>>
>>>> ID1 Read Error Rate: 152141757
>>>> ID5 Reallocated Sector Count: 178 sectors
>>>> ID187 Reported Uncorrectable Errors: 0 sectors
>>>> ID198 Uncorrectable Sector Count: 0 sectors
>>>> ID199 UDMA CRC Error Rate: 0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> GSmart Control 0.8.7 is reading the same thing, 178 sectors, but
>>>> also
>>>> says it's OK.
>>>>
>>>> running an e2fsck from gparted reports 0 bad blocks.
>>>>
>>>> I've also retested in another machine with different cables to
>>>> minimize the possibility of bogus hardware or BIOS issues, but the
>>>> results remain the same.
>>>>
>>>> Seagate's website has a FAQ that says their tools should be the
>>>> final
>>>> say as they're designed to work correctly with their drives.
>>>>
>>>> Normally a bad sector or two wouldn't bother me, I have drives that
>>>> have been running for years like that. I just keep backups fresh and
>>>> check for bad sector growth. A few bad sectors is within spec and
>>>> that's why HDD's have a reserved area. Yet somehow 178 sectors seems
>>>> like a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Should I trust this drive for anything more than a paperweight?
>>>>
>>>> Should I trust anything with the words 'smart', 'affordable', or
>>>> 'free' in the name? ;]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Kenn
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