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Скроменый эксперт
02.10.2010
10/10
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The version of ST315003 41AS that arrived on my door step had firmware version CC1H which Seagate recommends to leave alone (and I have). To quote the manufacturer: "Note: If your drive has CC firmware, your drive is not affected and no further action is required. Attempting to flash the firmware of a drive with CC firmware will result in rendering your drive inoperable." and "Use our serial number check utility before applying this firmware update." I suggest you follow the recommendations before blindly updating due to the early history of firmware problems.I use the drive as an external back-up drive on my iMac with Time Machine. It gets mounted on a BlacX Thermaltake eSATA + USB 2.0 device when I want to back up my machine. The drive is surprisingly quiet even with no enclosure. The mechanism gets quite warm to the touch if left in the BlackX for hours (there are other posts suggesting mitigations), but for my purposes the drive won't be powered on indefinitely). The packaging was OK. The mechanism itself was packaged a box about an inch larger in each dimension than the drive itself and suspended with a couple of plastic caps (like one of the user-provided pictures). The BlackX was in its own box, and both boxes sat in a larger box which could have contained 3x the stuff with the voids loosely filled with the plastic air bladders. The disk drive was in one corner of the box, the BlackX in the other. There was a definite shaking opportunity. However, the boxes were all blemish-free with no apparent internal damage. I don't use this as an internal drive with an interface that exploits the speed of the drive, so I can't comment on the performance other than it is quiet, reliable (thus far), of a great value, and more than meets my application's expectations.
Скроменый эксперт
04.12.2011
6/10
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Плохо
These drives have a very high failure rate. I built a server for work using 45 of these in a single 4U server with plenty of cooling and i have already had 6 of them fail in the last year. If i didnt already have 45 of these, i would go with a different model drive!
Скроменый эксперт
20.12.2010
8/10
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When I first got this and installed it in my PC case, it made sounds like someone inside was on a typewriter. This started after I got Windows installed -- probably about 20 minutes into the life of the HDD. I interpreted this as the dreaded "click of death" I've read about but thankfully have never experienced. I got an RMA, took it out the of the PC case and to the post office to figure out the cheapest way to return ship it. When I got it back home I realized I hadn't erased it so I quickly hooked it up to another PC to wipe it, just leaving it to lie outside the case. Surprisingly, it was silent. I ran SeaTools and HD Tune Pro on the drive and didn't get any errors. The drive came back perfect.So, I am now thinking what I thought was a bad HDD was probably just the mounting in the case somehow? Anyway, it seems to be fine now. I don't trust it to be an OS drive so I'll probably put it in an enclosure to be used as a media backup drive.I can't say I've ever had this experience with a HDD. I don't really know what to make of it.-- UPDATE 5/26/2011 --This drive is still going strong in another case as a back-up drive. I have had no errors or problems with it. I've since tried other hard drives in the enclosure this drive was in and those drives do not make the same noises. It's still a mystery why this particular drive rattled/vibrated in that case while others do not.
Скроменый эксперт
25.11.2011
8/10
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Хорошо
Bought as replacement for dead imac drive. Works fine. But you will need to get a software fix for out of control fan speeds if replacing the original drive. (firmware issue)
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28.11.2011
10/10
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Великолепно
Good product and had no trouble with it what-so-ever. I've had this hard drive for about a year now, and it is still running as good as the day I ordered it.
Скроменый эксперт
18.03.2011
8/10
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Хорошо
This drive is quite fast (SATA II). I have had good luck with Seagate drives though this one is being used to replace another Seagate drive (only 18 moths old). The old drive did not actually fail... it just got warnings on two different hard drive tests. I think that the old drive may have been the victim of excessive heat. The problem might have been related to the old hard drive not getting a full format by the PC manufacturer (the drive came with a custom built PC). I always do a full format on new drives, thus the fact that this new drive had never been formatted (part of "bare") was not a problem.Have only had the new Seagate 1.5 TB drive for a few weeks but have had no problems with speed or data loss. It has required no maintenance, including defragmenting, and I use the drive for video work (tough on fragmentation); full size/length videos, not just internet publications.I would recommend this drive at this point... will update after I have been using this hard drive for awhile.
Скроменый эксперт
01.01.2011
8/10
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Хорошо
Received the all four disks within 5 days using the no cost shipping, very nice. Plugged 4 drives into my TR8M Sans Digtal storage, intialized as as GPT (GUID) type via windows disk manager. Created parity raid 5 partition via San Digital and got a single 4 terabyte partion using windows disk manager to format. No problem with about 4 minutes taken between install and quick format to complete. Windows Vista 32 bits running AHCI, Intel q9450, 2 gigs memory, Gigabye x48-DQ6 with San Digital TR8M eSata external storage.I did read about others having problems with same drive with previous BIOS level. My disks were all the latest version of disk firmware (CC1H) and have no problems using my San Digital RAID 5 setup. I have already loaded up about 2 terabytes of the 4 terabytes available (1 drive for parity) using raid 5 with no problems. Drives just as fast as my older and smaller 7200 RPM drives from seagate in RAID mode. To date the drives are problem free, noiseless and very engery efficient during operation and boot. I monitor the San Digial storage via KillaWatt. No spikes at boot and very low watts (about 20-30 watts) per hour for the 8 drive San Digital box with 4 of 8 drives being the newer 1.5 terabyes type.
Скроменый эксперт
31.12.2010
10/10
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I bought this HDD when it was on sale for $45 so it was definitely worth the money. However, even at $66 (what it's going for at the time I'm writing this) I would still recommend buying this drive.I read these reviews before purchasing, so the very first thing I did after I installed the drive was update the firmware. It was a relatively painless process that took only a few minutes and worked great. Just make sure you follow the directions that are posted on the Seagate website. I have another Seagate hard drive installed on the same computer before buying this one, and thought that maybe it would cause problems with the firmware upgrade because it automatically detects your Seagate hard drive and does it all automatically. I didn't want the wrong hard drive to get the upgrade if it wasn't compatible, or ignore the new hard drive, etc.. but there were no problems. It detects which hard drive(s) is/are compatible and upgrades the firmware accordingly.I have had absolutely no problems with this drive since I've had it and considering how easy upgrading the firmware was, I've given this product a five star review. It's pretty fast, very quiet, and has plenty of space. Now only if the SSD's were this affordable...
Скроменый эксперт
17.03.2011
10/10
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This device freed up my computer to run faster. I moved all my windows folders to this data drive and in the process emptied about 1/2 the space on the C: drive. This has resulted in much faster performance on my primary drive. This drive holds a lot of data and can be a good backup to your primary drive. Simply backup windows to this drive and if your primary crashes then you can restore the backup. It installed quickly but took almost 4 hours to do a full format on the drive. It is not a fast access drive but is great for saving pictures, documents, and videos. I have also put most of my games on this drive also. When asked where to install the game you simply change the C: in the path to whatever letter is being used for this drive. In my case "C:/program files/GameX/" becomes "E:/program files/GameX/". If your system has the proper amount of RAM then this process will start the games a little slower, but improve overall PC performance.
Скроменый эксперт
08.10.2010
8/10
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Хорошо
Pros: Single platter. Indeed quite fast. HD Tach showed 117.6 MB/s average read on one unit, 112.3 MB/s on the other. That's within 3% to 7% of my Spinpoint F3s. Also relatively low vibration, much lower than my F3s. And low seek noise, which I admit does not bother me in general.Cons: Relatively small 8MB cache. Constant high-pitched acoustic whine, noticeable several feet away. Reminds me of what 7,200 RPM HDs sounded like before fluid bearing motors, though not that loud. By comparison, my Spinpoint F3s spin virtually silently, as does my older single-platter Seagate 7200.10, which is still a great drive. You have to put your ear up to them to detect the sound of the platter spinning.Other Thoughts: So, once again, the annoying reality of HD noise: there's acoustic noise and vibration noise, which is potentially much worse, because it can turn your case into a sound (noise) system. My Spinpoint F3s are acoustically silent, but they produce so much vibration and audible case resonance that I have had to place them on low-density foam to isolate it. (Foam weather stripping works nicely.) This is not necessary with these Seagate 7200.12s, in my opinion; loose screws due just fine. However, I don't know yet how to reduce the high-pitched acoustic whine without blocking air flow to the drive. Might just have to live with it, which annoys me a bit. Though not enough to outweigh my generally favorable impression of the drive.
Скроменый эксперт
23.03.2011
10/10
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It was time to replace the 500MB Western Digital drive in my desktop, so I decided to try this Seagate 1TB drive. It took nearly 2 hours to format in Windows to NTFS, but I've heard that's typical for Windows and it now runs fast and quiet (so far). Some older Seagate drives have known firmware issues, so Seagate's website allows you to enter the drive's serial number to confirm the firmware and get a firmware bios-flash update if needed. The drive I received was new enough not to need any upgrade. I've only given it 4 stars for reliability due to the fact that I've only used it for a month as of this post. There was no SATA cable or installation CD and the packaging was sparse, but I've ordered "bulk" drives from Amazon before so I knew what to expect and I'm not complaining about it. Good hard drive, good price.
Скроменый эксперт
20.05.2011
10/10
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I was undecided between this Seagate Barracuda or a WD Caviar HDD, but after comparing performance specifications and prices, Seagate won.Installation was easy, but 1TB is a LOT of capacity, so you should be patient during error detection scans, disk defrag, and other tasks because they run for a long long time (usually +3hrs).After three months of use, I can say it's a quiet HDD, with no glitches, and smooth running. Its 32MB of cache helps a lot for gaming, watching videos and booting/closing quickly the OS.For its performance, capacity, quality and acceptable price, worth the money. Recommended.
Скроменый эксперт
03.01.2011
10/10
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Please ignore the all the bad reviews sighting bad firmware; they fixed all the issues. The packaging is another issue though. My drive seems fine after stress tests and benchmarking/heath probes/tests, so I guess there was no issue with the drive being damaged because of the packaging for me. Just make sure you update your firmware if it isn't already. My drive came with the latest and greatest! The only problem that you could have with this drive is the amount of noise it can make sometimes. This is rare but seems to make an unusual amount of noise when doing a lot of simultaneous reads on different files, but by the same token, I can't even hear it through my case when the drive is maxed out read/write so idk. I shopped around for the cheapest drive and found this one at about [...] tax and shipping free so I jumped. I only wish it had a 64BM cache like some. I would advise against buying a 10000 RMP drive as they are so over priced always. The 1TB size was a perfect complement to my existing 1TB and fits about 837 of my finest movies at standard quality.
Скроменый эксперт
27.09.2010
2/10
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Ужасно
After I used it for a week, it crashed. It's code was not one of the firmware codes that needed updating. I lost the receipt so my own fault for not returning or RMAing. It may have overheated cause I got it to work for a while by separating it from the drives in the cage more and putting an external fan on it. That and I'm seeing problems with that SATA port. Not to be too ambiguous, but I don't trust SATA as much as I used to.So possible causes:1) controller bad on the motherboard for that SATA port (seems unlikely, but one of the PS/2 ports went out)2) SATA header for that port is bad. I tried the drive on a different port, but it may have been too late.3) SATA 1/5 with SATA II drive? Not really compatible?4) Seagate sucks (possible)5) Drives too close in the cage, improper airflow, open case. (Heat damage)So now I'm building a new PC with proper design, proper airflow, proper static precautions (no more popping drives out of the bag and handling without a wrist strap), hiqh quality motherboards, best cables I can find. That and buying only 1.2M MTBF drives from WD. No more data loss! Eventually RAID 1 and hot-swapping. I got a UPS too to clean the power in case that is a problem, and my new PC has well-spaced drives, 2 120mm high CFM fans, 5 hd 80mm fans in the middle bulkhead.I don't trust SATA.
Скроменый эксперт
26.01.2011
10/10
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In August 2010, my Dell Studio XPS 9100 arrived with two Western Digital drives in a RAID1 configuration. Within several days, they failed; one of the drives became corrupted beyond repair. Dell sent me two idential Western Digital drives as replacements, and customer service directed me through the installation process. By November, these drives failed in the same way. Dell customer service recommended that I use Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 32MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drives instead and sent me two as replacements. They have worked very well so far. Very fast, but the two drives in tandem can be heard. Not loud enough to be a nuisance but they are there.Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 32MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive ST31000528AS-Bare Drive
Скроменый эксперт
27.12.2010
2/10
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Ужасно
I bought this hard drive to replace my main C: drive. Everything went well for about 2 days. Then I started getting automatic checkdisk from windows when I reboot after windows crashed. Finally on one of the auto Checkdisk my windows got corrupted after the automatic repairs. I changed hard drives to a good Samsung hard drive that I was using for backing up my data and put it as my main drive. I needed to reinstall a fresh windows again. Now everything is working great with the Samsung Hard drive. The Seagate I am using as a backup now. I have a software that tells me the condition of the hard drive. It was telling me the raw reading error rate was extremely bad from the start. I thought the software was wrong. Now I see that it was correct. This is a brand new hard drive. I not going to go through the hassle of returning it. It is only good for backup storage if at that.
Скроменый эксперт
22.05.2011
10/10
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I bought two of these internal 3.5 hard drives and they arrived quickly and were new just as described. Hard drives are subject to damage due to banging around but these were packaged excellently and they work perfect. I highly recommend this seller to all the Amazon Community.
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26.12.2009
4/10
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First, I would like to say that Seagate customer service was very responsive and responded to my RMA request quickly and professionally. I sent in a request and the CS rep contacted me over email and was very courteous. When I explained my problem he told me to send it in for RMA. I shipped my drive in and in about 2 weeks got my replacement drive.The bad news is that the replacement drive seems to have the same problem. I have been trying to install Windows 7 and Steam (a game download service) on this drive. The problems began after installing Win7 and Steam and I started downloading my games. I would get an hour or two into the download and my system would hang. Not an application failure, not a blue screen, it would completely freeze. I've only ever seen that happen with a hard drive failure. On top of that, when the system finally reset itself, the Seagate drive would not be visible to the system BIOS, i.e. the drive was non-responsive. If I did a full shut down and cold start, the drive would come back online.I am quite certain it isn't my system or Win7. I've been using my system with Vista Home 64-bit (installed on a WD drive) for over a year and it's been rock-solid stable. Overnight downloads were no problem, games, Photoshop, etc. no problem. I've installed Win7 on my laptop and it is totally stable.However, once I started using this drive bad things started to happen and just last night I got a warning from Windows that the Seagate drive was failing. This is with my new replacement drive. Whatever the problem is, it is very very intermittent which makes it hard to pin down, but when it happens, it's pretty catastrophic. Total system lockup.I know that if I contact Seagate CS, their service will send me a new drive if I ask for it, but what's the point? I've already had two of these drives in a row get flakey on me including a new replacement drive.I'll probably just accept that I ate $100 on this drive and go get a Western Digital drive to replace it.
Скроменый эксперт
09.04.2011
10/10
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Have been using 2 of these drives since late February of this year (2011). So far they work perfectly and are as fast as I presume they should be.However, I haven't used any type of software which independently tests the quality of the drives for flaws, so until one does that one can't be truly sure of their quality. But so far, so good.
Скроменый эксперт
21.10.2010
2/10
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I ordered this specific HD 10/20/10 because the status was "buy from Amazon", it was "in stock", it was "eligible for (2 day) Prime", and I needed it soonest. One day into the process (10/21/10, expecting delivery tomorrow, 10/22/10) I received a cute little note saying "We're happy to report you won't have to wait until NOVEMBER 23th (31 days late) for your order because we found we can get it to you by OCTOBER 27th! (5 days late) Aren't we great?" Well, boys and girls, I could have gotten this exact HD from at least six non-amazon vendors at a comparable all-in price in that same time-frame if I hadn't relied on my good, old "SUB-PRIME" membership to get it to me ON TIME. Moral of this story is: Don't believe amazon listings because our dear little buddies WILL bait-and-switch and introduce frustrations, inconveniences, and delays just because they can. To them, apparently, sheer arrogance is its own rich reward.
Скроменый эксперт
10.05.2011
8/10
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Хорошо
preforms relatively quickly and the noise level doesnt bother me, considering what i paid for it. my fans usually drown it out anyway and I'm not trying to run a library or anything. solid product and a good value.
Скроменый эксперт
20.05.2011
2/10
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Sad to say, and enough similar reviews that I'll keep this short. 2 - 1TB drives in a RAID setup and the Seagate I purchased 11/1/2010. It failed today 5/20/2011. Ouch.
Скроменый эксперт
21.01.2011
8/10
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Хорошо
4 stars since 5 are reserved for latest SSD.This is good standard HDD. I am using it for internal backup.So now I have a storage place for all the work files (16Gb +) each. I is too early to say, if it is reliable storage place, but I surly do hope so. One thing I noticed is that it takes some time to start this drive. However it is probably related to operating system settings rather than to the drive it self.In all - very good drive so far, good speed and price.And I still can't believe it is 1TB. ( I still remember craving 10MB HDD's just "few" years back).
Скроменый эксперт
31.12.2010
10/10
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I needed a big hard drive to store my videos, music, and programs. The barracuda is a great hard drive for a couple of reason.1. The noise level is basically none existent, my mini fridge makes more noise than the two 1.5 barracuda hard drives i got.2. read and write speeds are great, programs run flawlessly and there is no lag in videos. I did notice some minor lag when it came to video games that i did not experience on smaller hard drives.3. Packaging was incredibly sturdy with no wiggle room. It was surrounded by air packets so it was cushioned on all sides.I highly recommend this product for people who need a lot of space.
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