nvm, dont think i need a HDD now.....

[theMan]

So, i am having some trouble with my HDD, but i am still unsure whether it is broken or not...

Here is my thread HERE

So, what is the most RELIABLE drive and quiet is really good, for under $100.

My minimum size is 120GB but more is fine.

UPDATE:

Ran HDD diagnostic from manufacturer, and it was fine. I am checking the filesystem now.

 

[theMan]

Ok, currently looking at the Seagate 7200.10 drives, what do you think?

 

[Farmer]

They are good. Similar WD drives with 8MB cache are all good drives.

 

[TDiddy]

open up the wallet
http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5080555

 

[Grimner]

Seagate 7200.10 series are probably good - at least that's what I hear. From personal experience, the Samsung SpinPoints are quiet, cool and cheap. As for reliable, I haven't had a hard drive crash hard in the last five years - some Samsung, some WD, one IBM Deathstar

 

[theMan]

ok, now i am looking at the WD SE16 drives. the 7200.10 seem really really loud.

 

[Auric]

chkdsk /r does not imply /f.

It was fortunate that booting was successful after the former but defragging was a bad move before running the latter.

So, chances are the drive is fine but the file system got a bit borked. Happily, it is difficult to really bork NTFS so all may yet be well. Run chkdsk with both switches on every volume -example "chkdsk c: /f /r" and the full diagnostics.

If you do not need to replace the drive but have the funds then at least get another anyway to clone to for backup purposes and nullify the potential hazard of such problems in the future (actually, best to use the new drive as the main and the old for the clone).

Seagate are indeed the noisiest and have no features to lessen it (AAM and APM). WD vary a bit but are generally much quieter -rather than SE, may as well opt for RE2. Samsung T series and Hitachi T7K500 series can be quiet to uber quiet depending upon configuration.

See silentpcreview.

 

[theMan]

Ok, i just ran the manufacturer diagnosis (PowerMax) and i am "Certified Error Free" Must be a file system problem then? I will run chkdsk with both switches now,

thanks Auric.

 

[theMan]

ok, i ran chkdsk so, how do i know everything is ok???

 

[smitbret]

Love my Samsungs. A little slower than the Seagates, but they are oh, so quiet.
-Brett

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: theman
ok, i ran chkdsk so, how do i know everything is ok???

Well, in lieu of a binary comparision to a backup you probably won't... until or unless you find something not okay like a corrupt file. Perhaps don't delete/overwrite any backups/clones/images for awhile and try to confirm all your personal data is okay and maybe poke around the system and run all programs to check if everything seems okay.

But expect it to fail -that is, don't rely upon it for anything important. Backup and write new personal files to other media and see how it goes. In lieu of any apparent hardware problems in the near future we can then assume it was just a file system glitch. If there is any software weirdness then worst case is you could run Windows setup repair and any other program re-installs as necessary.

If you don't have a clone drive as said, I would really recommend it. Storage is so cheap these days there's not really any excuse not to. Also, a minimal OS/programs/data volume is recommended seperate from bulk media storage to make images to DVD and/or another HDD easy and thus more likely to be done frequently as well.

I always have one clone (removed and stored away), at least a couple consecutive OS volume images on a secondary internal drive and the last three of same on DVD+RW and just personal data duped onto DVD-RAM (again, all discs stored away). Those plus a WinPE + rescue disc means no worries and minimal to no real loss when/if such problems arise. Also, I do the chkdsk schtick before backups.

Good luck and I hope all is okay.

 

[theMan]

Ok, thanks a lot.