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Current state of the WD 2tb Green drives??? Ghosting software???

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brotj7

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Does anyone know if WD has fixed whatever issues have been plaguing the 2tb drives? Newegg has them on sale for $100 - 110, and I have an older drive that is scraping when accessed.

This drive will be used for archive once warranty replacement is here, so capacity > speed. I have an excellent track record w/WD and prefer them unless there is a significant reason not to.

Also, this system is running XPx64 which WD's utility did not support last time I checked, is Acronis still the ghosting program of choice? The drive has multiple programs that I do not have the keys for anymore, nor can I afford again, and a bit-by-bit copy is needed. I have backed up all files and settings in multiple places.
 
Good call. Just checked, and WD says the x64bit version of Align will work on XP x64.

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloadsw.asp?sid=124
Supported Operating Systems
•Windows XP - 64 bit
•Windows Vista - 64 bit
•Windows 7 - 64 bit

Amazingly the only problems I ever had on XPx64 was drivers for a webcam, and all Adobe products, and the WD ghost tool. The current x64 install has been running as the primary OS since early 2006.
 
I can only say that every Western Digital drive I've had has failed in one way or another. I personally wouldn't trust a 2tb Green Power drive. I'm readying a 1.5tb GP to RMA, it has developed tons of bad sectors and I can't even create a partition on it anymore.
 
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