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Answer» Desk top with 2 Seagate 250GB SATA drives. On start up the C drive makes a screeching noise for about 2-3 seconds and then settles down and everything works OK. I feel that this is an early indication of failure so for safety I will replace this C drive I would like to get advise, either good or bad, on what I should use as a replacement . When I purchased the Dell 3 years ago the Barracuda drive was considered by Dell to be ONE of the most RELIABLE available. But things move on and I would like to hear any comments to assist in selecting the right replacement Thanks in advance for your comments ramonford Seagates is still a good brand. Isn't seagate the company with that hard drive fault that they deny exist. If it is then the drive should be fine, its just irritating. Quote from: Accessless on December 06, 2008, 12:22:13 PM Isn't seagate the company with that hard drive fault that they deny exist What do you mean? Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 06, 2008, 12:32:37 PM Quote from: Accessless on December 06, 2008, 12:22:13 PM Isn't seagate the company with that hard drive fault that they deny exist What do you mean? Something I think patio mentioned a while ago about seagate producing hard drives that squealed or screeched. Some Samsung drives make a screeching sound even when everything's OK. With Seagates, though, I think it's a bad sign. Quote from: Dias de verano on December 06, 2008, 01:28:14 PM Some Samsung drives make a screeching sound even when everything's OK. With Seagates, though, I think it's a bad sign. I may be mistaken but I'm sure it was the Seagate barracuda drives that did this. I'm sure Seatools will tell you that there is a problem (that's what it always tells me)Yes this is just what my Seagate does a screeching sound on start up, then its quiet. But what I would really like to know is there a better alternative to this drive ramonfordAll hard drive manufacturers produce duds every now and then. Hard drives don't have much room for ERROR--if something is even a nanometer off in the factory, it could potentially produce a lemon without the manufacturer even knowing it.Thanks for all the replies Let me put my question another way. Is there anyone who has had a SATA hard drive around 250GB or more thats been giving satisfactory operation more than say 4/5 years ramonford I would say yes, but my 200Gb Maxtor HDD may have developed a fault recently (but I think that it due to a faulty data connection). I always swear by Maxtor and Western Digital. Never had any problems from them in the past, I've still got 1-3Gb drives from these companies and they are still going strong.It wasn't i who posted about that issue and i still RECOMMEND and use Seagate drives. Quote from: Accessless on December 07, 2008, 02:39:33 AM I've still got 1-3Gb drives from these companies HA! I have a 43MB (yes, MB) WD hard drive, and it still works fine. Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 07, 2008, 05:39:35 PM Quote from: Accessless on December 07, 2008, 02:39:33 AM I've still got 1-3Gb drives from these companies HA! I have a 43MB (yes, MB) WD hard drive, and it still works fine. The oldest I ever had (but were thrown due to extreme uselessness) were 2 512Mb's from a compact (can't remember actual spelling of company) Pc. But I never checked the brand. But you still win.heh, as if it's good to have a hard disk that can barely hold DOS and windows 3.1.

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Desk top with 2 Seagate 250GB SATA drives. On start up the C drive makes a screeching noise for about 2-3 seconds and then settles down and everything works OK.
I feel that this is an early indication of failure so for safety I will replace this C drive
I would like to get advise, either good or bad, on what I should use as a replacement . When I purchased the Dell 3 years ago the Barracuda drive was considered by Dell to be ONE of the most RELIABLE available. But things move on and I would like to hear any comments to assist in selecting the right replacement

Thanks in advance for your comments

ramonford Seagates is still a good brand.
Isn't seagate the company with that hard drive fault that they deny exist. If it is then the drive should be fine, its just irritating. Quote from: Accessless on December 06, 2008, 12:22:13 PM

Isn't seagate the company with that hard drive fault that they deny exist

What do you mean? Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 06, 2008, 12:32:37 PM

Quote from: Accessless on December 06, 2008, 12:22:13 PM
Isn't seagate the company with that hard drive fault that they deny exist

What do you mean?

Something I think patio mentioned a while ago about seagate producing hard drives that squealed or screeched. Some Samsung drives make a screeching sound even when everything's OK. With Seagates, though, I think it's a bad sign. Quote from: Dias de verano on December 06, 2008, 01:28:14 PM

Some Samsung drives make a screeching sound even when everything's OK. With Seagates, though, I think it's a bad sign.

I may be mistaken but I'm sure it was the Seagate barracuda drives that did this. I'm sure Seatools will tell you that there is a problem (that's what it always tells me)Yes this is just what my Seagate does a screeching sound on start up, then its quiet.
But what I would really like to know is there a better alternative to this drive

ramonfordAll hard drive manufacturers produce duds every now and then. Hard drives don't have much room for ERROR--if something is even a nanometer off in the factory, it could potentially produce a lemon without the manufacturer even knowing it.Thanks for all the replies
Let me put my question another way.

Is there anyone who has had a SATA hard drive around 250GB or more thats been giving satisfactory operation more than say 4/5 years

ramonford
I would say yes, but my 200Gb Maxtor HDD may have developed a fault recently (but I think that it due to a faulty data connection). I always swear by Maxtor and Western Digital. Never had any problems from them in the past, I've still got 1-3Gb drives from these companies and they are still going strong.It wasn't i who posted about that issue and i still RECOMMEND and use Seagate drives. Quote from: Accessless on December 07, 2008, 02:39:33 AM

I've still got 1-3Gb drives from these companies

HA! I have a 43MB (yes, MB) WD hard drive, and it still works fine. Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 07, 2008, 05:39:35 PM

Quote from: Accessless on December 07, 2008, 02:39:33 AM
I've still got 1-3Gb drives from these companies

HA! I have a 43MB (yes, MB) WD hard drive, and it still works fine.

The oldest I ever had (but were thrown due to extreme uselessness) were 2 512Mb's from a compact (can't remember actual spelling of company) Pc. But I never checked the brand. But you still win.heh, as if it's good to have a hard disk that can barely hold DOS and windows 3.1.

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