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Скроменый эксперт
20.07.2011
2/10
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It worked good while it worked but I won't buy any Seagate drives in the near future.One day while my computer was on It just failed and I lost all my system and am in the process of trying to restore it from backup now. All it does now is make a strange clicking noise when turned on and is unrecognized by Windows or Linux whether in my PC or in a toaster docking station.I would not recommend it. Besides there are much cheaper and better drives available from other Manufactures.
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08.10.2010
8/10
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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.
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07.09.2011
10/10
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I bought 1TB Seagate because the Western Digital 1TB internal drive that I bought FAILED with in a week. Then the replacement FAILED with in a week. So far the Seagate is doing it's thing, backups. Would I buy another one? Yes! Would I recommend this to a friend? Yes!
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11.09.2011
10/10
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Seagate Barracuda 7200 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive ST3500418AS-Bare Drive. I only paid about $50 and I have been using it ever since on my NAS. I went ahead and purchased 4 of these drives for the rest of my NAS bays.
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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.
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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.
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30.09.2011
6/10
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I bought it as a gift. It came when it said it would. The package was sturdy. My friend hasn't complained. That in itself has been a blessing.
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.
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31.08.2011
10/10
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These 500GB drives are being used to upgrade our Seagate 80GB Sata 1 drives (almost 8 years old) at the office. We have had no problems with the old 80's or the new 500GB Sata 2 drives. Very good performance and very quiet! Highly recommended!
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03.02.2011
8/10
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Хорошо
I believe computers are tools. I want the best hardware and software for the lowest price--it doesn't have to be at the bleeding edge. I also build systems for myself and close friends, non-gamers. I have owned just about every make and model of hard drive there is, including a number of Seagates back to the late 1980's. They have always performed well for me--and this one is doing just fine so far, but It's only been running a few months, and quietly, thank you Seagate. How it will do 1-2-3-4-5 years from now, who knows?I was a bit concerned about this drive because the packaging from Amazon was poor--just a few inflated baggies in the box for cushioning and the drive rattled around a lot in the outer box. Amazon should oversee their shipping partners more closely. Returning a DOA drive is a hassle. Should I receive one from any merchant, I would think more than twice about doing business with them again.
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22.04.2011
10/10
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I needed to expand a Linux/Ubuntu installation I have for my small business and this came across as being the right size drive for the right price. Unlike other reviewers, my drive arrived from Amazon well-packed in a properly-sized box, so, no complaints at all about the shipping. No complaints either about the drive. I'm using it in an old PC that has IDE interfaces. For the IDE to SATA conversion, I picked up a "SATA Serial ATA Hard Drive/CD/DVD-ROM to PATA/IDE Interface Convert Adapter" by HDE as part of the same Amazon order. Nice pairing. The drive has been up and running for about 5-6 weeks now and all seems well. db
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27.09.2010
2/10
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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.
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04.01.2009
4/10
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EDITED REVIEW: Ok, I wrote a review earlier prior to receiving my 2nd drive from Amazon. I received a drive with the CC1H firmware and it is totally awesome, no failures whatsoever, no streaming issues, no lockups - no failure to detect the drive, etc... btw I use windows only, no Mac or linux etc, and have not used this drive in a Raid setup. My plan was to exchange the drive I received which had the SD17 firmware that I updated to SD1A. I still had problems with streaming video and video playback in general - read my review earlier for more details. I say WAS going to exchange. Since receiving the new drive I checked one last time on the Seagate website for firmware and found they now have SD1B firmware for my original drive. After flashing the firmware - which went very smoothly and did not destroy any existing data - it seems to work at or very near the same level as my other drive with the CC1H firmware. The drive is incredibly fast in tests with HD Tune software - my max read speed with either drive is always over 102 Mb/s and that is better than my Raid 0 setup that gets 70 Mb/s or better for maximum sustained read speed - and that is with 2 250gb Seagate drives, which performs very nicely for a moderate desktop system. I'd like to try it in a Raid 0 but I think I'll just keep the 2nd drive as a spare. I decided to just keep the 1st drive and the 5 year warranty Seagate offered until early this year. Seems to be a solid drive now after the update - it does get warm so I recommend a ventilated enclosure with a fan for sure with these to get maximum life.(OLD REVIEW) I have had this drive for a few weeks, and I called Seagate when I first got the drive because I read about the firmware problem. Well, they told me I had the SD17 firmware and that was one of the drives that may need to be updated, but they wouldn't give me the download unless I experienced problems. Well after trying to use the drive, I couldn't even boot on my Asus a8v motherboard, tried different jumper settings and nothing would help, so connected it to another pc and it was detected with that one. Instead of waiting for another 1/2 hour for Seagate tech support I ended up downloading the firmware posted on that Eggy site and did a firmware update using a usb flash drive. The update was successful and I thought that would be end of story. Well, it still wouldn't be detected with the Asus motherboard (Via 83837 SATA chipset - sata I) so, I figured it wasn't compatible with the chipset even though other sata II drives worked fine. I decided to use a external usb/eSata enclosure with the drive, I copied about 900 gb of data onto it - music/mpeg files etc and things seemed to work ok, but the transfer speed (read / write speed) was much slower than it would have been with the sata connection. Anyways, using this drive for a media center pc / dvr became a nightmare - it would stop / freeze about 20 minutes into the movie. It stops and then is not detected by the pc. I could sometimes go to standby then come back and it would work again, other times, I have to shut down completely and reboot. It is almost impossible to watch anything straight through on this. I have tried disabling the write cache (in device manager - drives - optimize for quick removal / or for performance) and either way it has problems. I am sending back for replacement and I hope I get a better drive - I used to trust Seagate and for the past 5 years have been very pleased with them until this drive.
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29.01.2011
10/10
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Pros:Fast, roomy, quiet, and cheap. Quiet compared to other similar hard drives.Cons:Scared of all hard drives made in the last two years as many have had problems. This is not just a Seagate problem, but all hard drive manufacturers.This is a great hard drive that I use for my image backups on my main computer. It's quiet and remains cool compared to other hard drives I have used. I have used several of this specific model of hard drive and have never had any troubles, but others have. But all hard drive manufacturers have been having problems, usually solved by firmware, where the hard drive bricks in a short period of time. It's not Seagate specific. I'd recommend this drive, but I'd also recommend that a buyer test it out with some heavy duty file copies to and from this drive and a check using a utility like HDTune or CrystalDiskInfo or another hard drive utility.
Скроменый эксперт
23.03.2011
2/10
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Unfortunately the HDD I received was damaged.I tried SEATOOLS and DiskWizard from Seagate's website but they (and Windows) do not detect any disk (my PC BIOS does not detect any HDD either)... It just makes a clicking sound known as the "Click of Death"... it denotes a physical damage and these sounds can be caused by a malfunctioning spindle, Read Write head or loose components.I have another Barracuda 500GB drive which has been working great for over 2 years... I believe it is a matter of luck. However I am glad that Amazon refunded my money. I will probably buy another one but I might do it from a local store, I do not want to wait for another drive that might arrive damaged...
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13.05.2010
2/10
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This drive failed within 12 days of purchasing it (grinding click of death). Just prior to biting the dust it passed the entire suite of SeaTools diagnostics with flying colors! I sent in for a replacement and it was DOA out of the box. A SECOND replacement lasted a whole 26 days before grinding to a pitiful end. After that I gave up and got a refund -- less restocking fee. The two Western Digital 1TB drives I got instead have thus far been trouble free (going on six months now).This is a cheap drive in every sense of the word. It is less than useless, since you cannot trust even a working model with your data; it has a high failure rate. If you own one of these and it is still working, I would suggest backing everything up to a reliable drive and tossing it. That's better than losing 1.5TB worth of data! If someone were to GIVE me a new one of these drives I would recycle it. I wouldn't even try to resell it on eBay since I value my feedback too much.Seagate's large capacity consumer drives have gone downhill. I would only consider buying their enterprise-level HDDs at this point (which I cannot afford anyway) since they are tested thoroughly and are not cheaply designed/manufactured. Avoid this model in particular! If you read all the horror stories about this drive and buy it anyway (like I did), then you've no one to blame.I frankly don't know what Seagate could do to get me to buy their drives again. Once you lose trust in a storage device, what is it worth? Perhaps if I hear nothing but rave reviews about their drives for a few consecutive years, I MIGHT consider the possibility of thinking about imagining a scenario in which I could theoretically contemplate the potential of evaluating the prospects of a hypothetical purchase... maybe.
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17.06.2011
10/10
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If you have Windows XP, you might have to go into your BIOS and turn on whichever SATA port you plugged the new drive into. Then, you need to format the new drive. The Seagate website has the info in two different places in their FAQ and the instructions are more complete in one place than the other. Once I got through that, this drive works great on my XP system.
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05.02.2011
8/10
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I bought four of these about 15 months ago here at Amazon. One arrived dead, and Amazon quickly replaced it. I agree with the packaging comments - our bumpy long mountain road is enough to destroy anything that isn't packaged well - but I didn't do an autopsy on the returned item.I'm using these in a Readynas Duo, a terrific little item that we use for backups and as a home server. Two in the Duo, one swapped out intermittently for off-site storage of our data. About three weeks ago, the second one started going bad (The Nas immediately reports disk flaws). So I'm faced with buying another one or switching brands, no decision yet. Sorry to see the bad reports, and I'm not really sure how long disks are supposed to last anyway. I'd like a little longer life than 1 year, that's for sure.
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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
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29.11.2010
2/10
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The only thing I absolutely need in a hard drive is a low probability of failure.Unfortunately, this drive worked perfectly for 1 week. The bad news is I had to return it. The good news is I didn't have it for long enough to have saved anything personal on it. I only had time to partition, load an OS, and go thru windows update 15 times and also load a few applications.After getting most of the system running well, the drive stopped being picked up in the BIOS (uh oh). I swapped cables between a working drive and this one and no luck. Took the drive out and listened as the PC booted up and heard the dreaded clicking sound. Total failure within 1 week... not a disaster but pretty frustrating still.Today I teturned it and bought a Western Digital with similar specs (for about $10 more). I know that Seagate is a reputable company but this has kind of made me too nervous to try again right away.Back up all your data - two places at one time is minimum... think about it.
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03.02.2011
2/10
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I have purchased 2 of these drives based upon very good service I have received with it's predecessor, the ST3500410AS which was super reliable, super fast and super quiet. Apparently, Seagate decided to cheapen something in this drive with the ST3500418AS to make more money without assuring quality and it is an abysmal failure. Both of the new drives were almost instant failures and reviews I am reading are backing up my experience and bad feelings! I am now paying $35 more for the WD WD5003ABYX for the privilege of having a decent, reliable drive. So long, Seagate, until you can get your act together again!Update 5/19/2011: I find it interesting that the 1 star ratings are 42% of the 5 star ratings for these drives. Are you listening Seagate?
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27.12.2010
2/10
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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.
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29.05.2011
10/10
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I bought two of these for use in a Synology NAS. I looked at 2TB drives but they were much more expensive and slower. I decided to accept reduced capacity to save money. The faster speed was a nice bonus. This may not be the latest and greatest hard drive available but it remains a great choice at a great price.
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11.06.2011
10/10
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I bough the 500gb version for my Dell precision 390 on November 2009.I mainly use it to store non real-life items. It took me a while to figure out how to properly install it and format it but have yet to encounter any problems with it.
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