Are smaller hard drives more reliable?

[Stiganator]

What do you think guys? I just had a seagate SATA report SMART bad drive. So I should probably get a new one. Do larger drives just get bad sectors easier or what? Any suggestions? Maybe smallish OS drive like 80GB? I've always held Seagate and WD in pretty high regard, any other stable drives you can reccomend. I'm replacing a 120GB so I need at least that much.

 

[alcoholbob]

It's impossible to find what you need.

An OS drive thats around 80gb, yet is at least 120gb.

 

[Jojo1971]

Originally posted by: Stiganator
What do you think guys? I just had a seagate SATA report SMART bad drive. So I should probably get a new one. Do larger drives just get bad sectors easier or what? Any suggestions? Maybe smallish OS drive like 80GB? I've always held Seagate and WD in pretty high regard, any other stable drives you can reccomend. I'm replacing a 120GB so I need at least that much.

get a 74gb raptor for your OS.. it comes with a 5 yr warranty...

 

[Stiganator]

touche teacher touche, It doesn't have to be one drive. I have 3 SATA slots open so. I'm looking at maybe a 200GB Maxtor 10 16MB cache for the time being? But is there any info on failure rate as compared to data density??

 

[stevty2889]

Larger drives are no more prone to failure than smaller drives are. Maxtor on the other hand seems more prone to failure than other drives..I am very happy with my 160gb WD sata II drive.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Yeah, I hear when those big drives die, you can lose LOTS of data. Better to stick to the smaller ones.

- M4H

 

[mOeeOm]

I'd rather lose 80GB/120GB worth of data than 300GB

 

[furballi]

A single platter drive will run cooler and be more reliable than a multi-platter drive.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
Maxtor on the other hand seems more prone to failure than other drives

:roll:

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: stevty2889
Maxtor on the other hand seems more prone to failure than other drives

:roll:

Its true, mine died after only 5 years, never buying Maxtor again!

 

[Texun]

I've got 4 Maxtors from 80g to 200. I've also got 2 WD's at 80g and 120g. They are all 6 months to 4 years old and working like new, but the drive of choice for me right now is Samsung. I replaced a dead 6 month old Seagate with it a Samsung 160 and I have since bought another. I really like these drives. The oldest Samsung is about 16 months old and is as smooth and cool as it was the day I fired it up. Also quieter than the already very quiet Seagate it replaced. Samsung has a 3 year warranty if that matters.

I always ended up with a bad feeling in my gut after RMA'ing a drive for one that was rebuilt. I'm sure they are fine but I would rather save up the cash and put my important data on a new drive that hadn't been refurb'd which is why I don't let warranties move me one way or the other when buying a new drive.

New Egg has a 160g Samsung with 8M Cache for $82 if that fits your budget.

Good luck with whatever you go with!