HDD not working & need new hdd

[coldhart]

I have Seagate 1TB HDD 7200.12 whose partition display in explorer but does not open (its not showing format option) but it hangs the windows explorer & sometime at boot it try to checkdisk but fails to initialize bcoz master file table error what should i do to recover data of HDD.(HDD was older than 4 yr)

I want to buy 1TB HDD for Operating System usage (Win 7 & Win 8.1) & also needed external HDD for data dumping plz suggest? based on my knowledge im thinking about WD Black 1TB for OS & Seagate backup plus 4TB for data dumping plz frnds need ur suggestion on my choices?

 

[Elixer]

SSD for OS, then another HD for whatever.

Try testdisk on the HD, however, it is best to clone that disk before you do anything else with it. Then run testdisk on that HD.
If the data is really important, stop what you are doing, and send it to a recovery place, since the more you play with it, the worse it can get.

 

[coldhart]

thanks for reply frnd
i need huge hdd for gaming & huge video compositions (After effects & Nuke)

 

[hddtech]

I recommend you getting Seagate 4TB drive and one for back up

 

[coldhart]

Thanks for reply frnds so i'll buy 4TB Seagate Backup Plus & plz tell me which 1TB is better for OS from following models from performance & Reliability point of view
1TB WD Blue
1TB WD Black
Or any other

 

[Blain]

plz tell me which 1TB is better for OS from following models from performance & Reliability point of view
1TB WD Blue
1TB WD Black
Or any other

Order a WD Black from an online vendor if you can't get one locally.

 

[coldhart]

thanks
then i'll buy 1tb wd black & tell me which hdd is more reliable seagate backup plus 4tb or wd red 3tb + external casing (i need it as a back up drive for storing software & project (Not going for raid just gonna copy project data every 3 or 4 days)) & which casing should i buy to attach hdd as a external hdd. is any cheap external casing will fit for job?

 

[Zap]

tell me which hdd is more reliable seagate backup plus 4tb or wd red 3tb + external casing (i need it as a back up drive for storing software & project (Not going for raid just gonna copy project data every 3 or 4 days))

If you value your data, you need MULTIPLE COPIES of it. No if/and/but.

There is absolutely no guarantee of reliability with any HDD. Only thing to do is to at least make sure you have a copy of your important data somewhere else, be it a separate external HDD, USB flash drive, NAS, BD media, whatever. Basically, at least one extra copy of the data. That way if/when a drive dies, you can just retrieve the data off the spare copy with no fuss.