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[Naked Snake]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I was looking around town for an HDD to use in my PS2, and I was specifically looking for Seagate drives because I've had two in my PC for many years and they're still doing great under heavy usage, and I heard some horror stories from Maxtor owners, and most WD drives don't work with PS2. It turned out that Seagate drives are really hard to come by around here, after a lot of searching I found a great deal on a 120GB Seagate Barracuda, but as I looked closely on it I saw "Made in China"... Should I be worried at all? Or am I just being too paranoid? My current Seagate HDDs are made in Singapore.

 

[firex]

just be afraid if it has red hat preinstalled on it.

 

[Fatty Melon]

'Four years ago, the island's economy was shaken when Seagate, the U.S.-based manufacturer of computer disc drives, opted to shut down one of its two existing plants and move to China. Then came the meltdown of the technology world, which sharply diminished demand for Penang's goods. Then came the rise of China, sowing fears that the island was destined to repeat its colonial history and disintegrate from a critical entrepôt into a backwater. '


http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14093-2004Feb4?language=printer



Also looking around, many others have theirs made in China as well.

 

[Stele]

You should get used to it. China has been capable of manufacturing quality mid-tech consumer electronics for some time now. Five years from now you'll be buying them straight from a Chinese company with a Chinese brand.

 

[Naked Snake]

You should get used to it. China has been capable of manufacturing quality mid-tech consumer electronics for some time now. Five years from now you'll be buying them straight from a Chinese company with a Chinese brand.

Yeah I'm aware of that, heck Nintendo consoles are made in China... but HDDs are supposedly on another level of complexity, I heard there are only a few HDD manufacturing plants in the world, cause it's not a simple task.

 

[DarienA]

You're right.... that was a dumb question.

 

[SpoonyBard]

Don't Seagate HD's have 5 year warranties nowdays? You shouldn't worry about it...

 

[goodcow]

Don't Seagate HD's have 5 year warranties nowdays? You shouldn't worry about it...

Warranties don't replace lost data.

 

[Ghost]

Forensic recovery does

 

[DarienA]

Warranties don't replace lost data.

That's what implementing a good backup cycle is for. ANY HD can go bad... doesn't matter what the brand is... for every person whose never had a problem with a Seagate? There is someone who has... same for WD, Maxtor, etc... we've covered this in various threads in the past.

 

[goodcow]

That's what implementing a good backup cycle is for. ANY HD can go bad... doesn't matter what the brand is... for every person whose never had a problem with a Seagate? There is someone who has... same for WD, Maxtor, etc... we've covered this in various threads in the past.

I'm aware, I've posted my backup cycle before which one person commented was a very good one.

I was simply stating that a warranty really means nothing when it comes to data because if the drive crashes, the data's gone.

So yes, always backup your data regularly. I guess I was trying to imply that without stating it.

 

[Fowler]

What's your backup cycle?

 

[Deg]

I feel like i took a time machine back to well before i was born.

 

[goodcow]

What's your backup cycle?

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=31346&highlight=winrar
My setup:

DRIVE C - 120GB
DRIVE D - 30GB
DRIVE E - 200GB (firewire)
DRIVE F - 80GB (USB2)
DRIVE M - 80GB

Drive C is personal data, which I backup to drive E monthly with WinRAR using best compression, in 4.7GB chunks which I also offload to DVD+RW in two sets, with 10% parity with QuickPAR in case one set fails.

Drive D is mostly junk multimedia I downloaded.

Drive E is the backup/video editing drive. I can't backup the stuff I'm editing since it's too huge, but source tapes are always kept in storage, and finished projects are backed up to DVD+R.

Drive F is basically dedicated solely to my Sony Cybershot, and it's full. All photos have been backed up, month by month, to DVD+Rs.

Drive M is my Windows/software drive which I don't need to backup other than the Steam folder, which I've yet to do.

I really can't wait until I can just burn this shit to BlueRay.

I also have another 200GB drive lying around that I'm going to replace the 30GB one with for backup purposes.

 

[Pochacco]

Everything is made in China nowadays.

 

[Phoenix]

No. China (and Taiwan) have been producing most consumer electronics sold in the United States for years now. Even things actually assembled in other countries contain plenty of parts actually made in China. Hell there are US military vehicles with parts made in China

 

[Jeffahn]

One of my 6-month-old 120Gig Seagate's went tits-up about a month ago. It was my boot drive and I can't really blame it after the abuse I put it though with a bunch of hard shutdowns (thanks to some dodgy modem drivers and a series of power cuts) and I don't think it liked the marathon BT endurance test I put it through (downloading/uploading near max 24/7 for 6 months solid). The other 2 I have appear to be OK. I bought a Sumsung to replace it, seems alright so far.

When I requested my RMA for the Seagate this morning I was bit shocked to see that they actually won't replace it with a new drive, but rather a reconditioned unit. I don't know what the standard is, but it sounds a bit dodgy to me.

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[MmmBeef]

When I requested my RMA for the Seagate this morning I was bit shocked to see that they actually won't replace it with a new drive, but rather a reconditioned unit. I don't know what the standard is, but it sounds a bit dodgy to me.

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I'm pretty sure that's par for the course these days. A maxtor that died was replaced with a refurb unit as was a WD. I haven't installed the WD yet but the Maxtor has been solid for years (knock wood).