Post Hard disk transfer rates

[shanX]

You say it like the surname

like this - Mr. Hitachi Deskstar

 

[shanX]

see...

SATA driver is installed I guess...

 

[Anusha]

see...
SATA driver is installed I guess...

Did you install it?

 

[sri_lion]

Seagate Drive

Maxtor Drive

My Maxtor drive's performance seems pathetic!!!

 

[shanX]

Did you install it?

I got xp installed from PCH, so they might have installed it off Mobo driver cd

 

[romero2005]

 

[shanX]

romero2005 hasnt run the test completely

 

[amila325]

thanx shanx downloading
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[shanX]

is this the Fastest of the lot! i guess so

 

[shanX]

U can compare ur hd's reference speed here - http://hdtune.com/testresults.html

mine does as expected

reference - http://hdtune.com/results/Hitachi_HDS722516DLA380.gif
mine - http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6672/hdtunebenchmarkhdt72251yq9.png

 

[Anusha]

is this the Fastest of the lot! i guess so

Seagate drives have the best sequential read speeds out of 7200RPM drives

 

[Anusha]

romero2005 hasnt run the test completely

Seems like he was doing lots of stuff while running the test.

 

[shanX]

Seagate drives have the best sequential read speeds out of 7200RPM drives

My next HD would be a Seagate, I already have good experience with a Seagate(4+ yrs) !

 

[Anusha]

My next HD would be a Seagate, I already have good experience with a Seagate(4+ yrs) !

Sequential speed alone doesn't speak of the speed of the hard disk. Practical applications may not be benefited by it. I believe you should check the reviews before you buy a hard disk. However, Seagate is the market leader, and they offered two undisputed qualities: silence and reliability. And guess what? Maxtor is owned by Seagate!

 

[Anusha]

Check this out: Maxtor's DiamondMax 11 hard drive
This is about the Maxtor DiamondMax 11. But in the comparisons, they have used quite a few hard drives. You can see the plus points of Seagate drives. You'll see that the Seagate drives doesn't perform as fast as some of the other drives, for example the DiamondMax 10. The high sequential read speed doesn't necessarily mean the drive is fast.

 

[shanX]

How are Samsungs? I dont like WD's and Hitachi's by instinct (although am using a Hitachi, if this Hitachi survives, I'll be a Hitachi fan)

 

[Anusha]

How are Samsungs? I dont like WD's and Hitachi's by instinct (although am using a Hitachi, if this Hitachi survives, I'll be a Hitachi fan)

They are reliable. TBH, I have (had) Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung and Quantum Fireball drives and none of them have failed! So, I think the reliability has something to do with the luck

 

[shanX]

In my case, one went down, but am not sure wt brand it is, 4-5 yrs back.

After that got a Seagate 40 GB, still in operation. Great drive with a rubber cover and all. 1-2 year back I bought a WD 40 GB a little worked out one, it worked ok sometime, then started troubling, now doesnt work at all after 2-3mins from boot. (for this hd i used liquid cooling to retrieve data, I told u once)

Btw wt happened to Quantam's ?

 

[Anusha]

In my case, one went down, but am not sure wt brand it is, 4-5 yrs back.

After that got a Seagate 40 GB, still in operation. Great drive with a rubber cover and all. 1-2 year back I bought a WD 40 GB a little worked out one, it worked ok sometime, then started troubling, now doesnt work at all after 2-3mins from boot. (for this hd i used liquid cooling to retrieve data, I told u once)

Btw wt happened to Quantam's ?

Maxtor bought quantum, and now seagate has bought maxtor

 

[shanX]

Maxtor bought quantum, and now seagate has bought maxtor

Some unlucky guy has worked @ Quantam, whereever he moves it get lost i guess