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eddien12345
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 Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject: Best brand of hard drive for laptop use |
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Hi all,
I am wondering what, in your opinion, is the best brand of HD to go for in a laptop. I ask this as my 'ex-current' hard drive (the _second_ WD in a month (!)) has failed and I wanted to know which brands are the most reliable in your collective opinion.
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Rhakios
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I have not had any trouble with either Seagate or Samsung drives (yet), but this sort of thing often depends more on the particular model than the brand.
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ollie
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I've had good success with all Samsung drives, both 2.5" laptop and 3.5" standard hard drives. |
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jozien17
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Best brand of hard drive for laptop use |
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| eddien12345 wrote: | Hi all,
I am wondering what, in your opinion, is the best brand of HD to go for in a laptop. I ask this as my 'ex-current' hard drive (the _second_ WD in a month (!)) has failed and I wanted to know which brands are the most reliable in your collective opinion.
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I use WD on my laptop and desktop, (at least 10),
never had a problem.
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mediamgl
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| I've had a few Seagate drives die on me. Now I tend to go with WD Caviar Black drives. |
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Paradigm Shifter
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I've had no end of trouble with Seagate drives. I tend to buy Samsung drives (both 3.5" and 2.5") as they're usually cheaper than their Western Digital equivalents.
On the SSD front (if you may think about that route) I avoid OCZ like the plague as myself and my friends have had their drives die very quickly and randomly in the past... I'm also somewhat cautious about drives using a Sandforce controller, so I tend to stick with Crucial or Intel. |
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