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What to use to back up 1:1 ?
Darwin:
Isn't Seagate owned by Western Digital (or vice versa)?
app103:
Isn't Seagate owned by Western Digital (or vice versa)?
-Darwin (June 01, 2010, 07:39 AM)
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No. You are thinking of Maxtor, which is now owned by Seagate.
superboyac:
You shouldn't use Seagate (I myself have had several HDD failure with Seagate HDD). try Western Digital HDD. They have different series of HDD, if I recall correctly, their YS series is very durable. I have 3 units of 500G WD HDD being used for years on daily basic and never give me a single problem.-tslim (June 01, 2010, 03:21 AM)
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i too have heard vendors recommending Western Digital over Seagate and i'm curious why this is so?
-lanux128 (June 01, 2010, 03:53 AM)
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You know, it doesn't really matter. Everyone is going to have a different story. Some are going to say their WD drive broke, some say their Seagate drive broke, etc. I don't care anymore. There's is exactly one thing I look for in a hard drive, and that's the warranty. I'll get whichever drive has the longest warranty. It used to be Seagate with the 5 year warranty, but they don't have that anymore. The latest batch of drives I got were WD Caviar Black, because only the Black ones came with 5 year warranties.
Shades:
My experience is that WD drives are the better ones. Or they break immediately (first days of use) and are replaced with a new unit by the vendor. Other brands happen to break outside their guarantee period.
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