exHDD "need format to use"

[megido-rev.M]

I don't hear much for the Hitachi brand these days.

[Southrop]

If you don't hear much about them, that means nothing bad is happening either.

I've been using a new 7200rpm DeskStar since about September as my secondary drive on my desktop. Works like a charm, no problems at all so far. houkouonchi also runs Hitachis only in his server rigs, I recall him saying.

[megido-rev.M]

If you don't hear much about them, that means nothing bad is happening either.

Very true.

[Freedom Kira]

houkouonchi also runs Hitachis only in his server rigs, I recall him saying.

I do that too. Six 3TB Hitachis for nearly two years now, no problems. And they're the lower-end consumer-grade 5400RPM ones.

[kitamesume]

pretty much a hit or miss imho, haven't seen WD bring havoc that'd leave a scar like seagate's reputation or the well heard Death'Stars but WD does have some iffy sides too.

which company took over Hitachi again?

[vuzedome]

My deskstar is still rocking and being 6 years in, that's not too bad.
WD black for everything, and for storage get blue, I'm really starting to lose trust on green. Most of my greens have failed by the way.

[kitamesume]

i just wonder why they dont make a model where reliability and robustness is top priority, even if its a slow 5400rpm turtle.
i miss the old 180GB HDDs that still rocking for 10years now...

[Clannad_92]

I'm really starting to lose trust on green. Most of my greens have failed by the way.

FUCK...i owned one;1.5tb , all my anime is in there...

i just wonder why they dont make a model where reliability and robustness is top priority, even if its a slow 5400rpm turtle.
i miss the old 180GB HDDs that still rocking for 10years now...

yep, i agree...older model seems to last longer than newer drive

the click sound is the death sign to a HDD, right? damn, im left with hitachi 80gb...cant rely on the wdelement (this thread), wdmypassport (click sound)...

[Southrop]

which company took over Hitachi again?

WD. So I still at least trust it. Not like Samsung which I can no longer trust because it's Seagate :x

FUCK...i owned one;1.5tb , all my anime is in there...

I've had a green for a number of years as an external, and now it's one of my extra disks in my desktop. Still no problems.

[kitamesume]

which company took over Hitachi again?

WD. So I still at least trust it. Not like Samsung which I can no longer trust because it's Seagate :x

ohh, it might be why its been a little more reliable than usual, previously Death'Star percentage is a bit over 30%, which is troubling.

I'm really starting to lose trust on green. Most of my greens have failed by the way.

FUCK...i owned one;1.5tb , all my anime is in there...

i just wonder why they dont make a model where reliability and robustness is top priority, even if its a slow 5400rpm turtle.
i miss the old 180GB HDDs that still rocking for 10years now...

yep, i agree...older model seems to last longer than newer drive

the click sound is the death sign to a HDD, right? damn, im left with hitachi 80gb...cant rely on the wdelement (this thread), wdmypassport (click sound)...

can't you just make your own external so you don't have any more reasons not to trust? we've already said which drives are reliable.

[Bob2004]

which company took over Hitachi again?

WD. So I still at least trust it. Not like Samsung which I can no longer trust because it's Seagate :x

FUCK...i owned one;1.5tb , all my anime is in there...

I've had a green for a number of years as an external, and now it's one of my extra disks in my desktop. Still no problems.

Oh, really? I thought Hitachi were bought by Seagate too. I've been looking at a 4TB Hitachi Touro external drive, and the main thing putting me off buying it was concerns about reliability (there's no way I'd buy a Seagate drive of 1TB+), so I'm glad to hear they're probably still trustworthy.

[vuzedome]

I'm really starting to lose trust on green. Most of my greens have failed by the way.

FUCK...i owned one;1.5tb , all my anime is in there...

i just wonder why they dont make a model where reliability and robustness is top priority, even if its a slow 5400rpm turtle.
i miss the old 180GB HDDs that still rocking for 10years now...

yep, i agree...older model seems to last longer than newer drive

the click sound is the death sign to a HDD, right? damn, im left with hitachi 80gb...cant rely on the wdelement (this thread), wdmypassport (click sound)...

The click sound must be continuous or repeating over a period, externals tend to make one click when turned on, my experience anyway.
As for the greens, probably just my luck.

[megido-rev.M]

I wouldn't trust my stuff with the Green drives.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

I've never lost a drive - not the Western Digital Greens or the Samsung EcoGreens in my fileserver, not the Seagates I religiously bought for any computer before that, not even the 10-20 GB Quantum Fireballs I scavenged out of old computers.

Anything you hear here will be anecdotal; go find reviews numbering in the hundreds so you can get something vaguely statistically significant to base your purchasing decisions on.