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[Gaffers]

Just had a call off an irate missus, the computer aint working and from what i can gather the HDD is buggered (it's only 18 months old  )

Obviously I need a good one and quality level between manufacturers are always changing, what are the current bests one / ones to avoid?

TIA

[zirk]

Some are rebadge from the same maker, but in my experience, goods ones are Western Digital, Hitachi, Fujitsu, ones that have gone on me are IBM, Seagate, Teac, but I think its pot luck tbh and more about the environment they have to put up with.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Check as most have three year warranties.

I have always found it hit and miss as reliability can often relate to where and how they are installed as well as the manufacturer.

[cem_devecioglu]

http://lifehacker.com/the-most-and-least-reliable-hard-drive-brands-1505797966


never seen a hitachi fail


fujitsu : rare..


western digital : long years ago was very reliable but not now..


seagate : high percent failure really

but of course it depends on the numbers they sell..


scsi models more reliable mostly 

[aaronjb]

WD acquired Hitachi storage in 2012..

Having said that I still tend to go for HGST drives for laptops.

[TheBoy]

Mounted correctly in a decent case, most known branded are quite robust.

Most have been bought up by Seagate or WD, so your choices are getting limited.

Retail drives tend to have 3yr warranties (for part only, it doesn't cover data loss/recovery), OEM (which is what most box shifters flog) tend to be 1yr.


I'd have no real concerns buying SG/WD/Samsung disks TBH. Obviously any can fail, so backups are still essential.

[aaronjb]

I've been contemplating pushing the button on 8x 6TB WD REDs recently as the NAS keeps running out of space.. that's an eye watering price

[Gaffers]

Cheers

[cnj]

just had a similar problem, pc wouldn't boot kept asking for correct boot device, I thought exactly the same hard drive failure, however changed the sata lead and all is now resolved. hope this is of use !

[Gaffers]

just had a similar problem, pc wouldn't boot kept asking for correct boot device, I thought exactly the same hard drive failure, however changed the sata lead and all is now resolved. hope this is of use !

Yes, after a bit of research I am looking at BIOS settings and maybe even the MoBo battery.  I can only go off what my wife can tell me and technology is not her strong point.

[cnj]

we know that feeling well !!

[zirk]

If you think the HD may be ok hang it off another machine via usb or something and see what you see.

If its there grab any stuff you need (may need to take ownership) before doing any repairs or ChkDsk etc.

[Gaffers]

we know that feeling well !!

I'm being nice.....

[Bigron]

If space allows, in your hard drive location, I would recommend fitting a cooler to it; I have a twin-fan cooling base on mine - it piggy-backs onto an existing 12 volt plug, so no need for extra wiring.
As with most equipment, electronic or not, reliability declines as temperature increases.....

Ron.

[TheBoy]

If you are needing dedicated fans for your (desktop) HDDs, the case is wrong poorly designed, and if the designers didn't consider that, I'd be concerned about what over thermal requirements they've overlooked.