My wife's laptop hard drive WDC 3200BEKT-60V5T1 has some bad sectors. Laptop is just out of warranty (2/15/2011). So I'm considering what to replace it with. I was looking at that seagate hybrid hard drive the momentus XT but the reviews on the egg seem to indicate firmware issues and not sleeping which is a big battery drain. The laptop itself was only $550.
Laptop Drive has bad sectors - what should I replace it with
- Thread starter Will Rickards
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What do you think of the Samsung MP4 HM500JJ? Seems to get good reviews on the egg. My other thought was the hitachi. I have a 7200 RPM 500GB seagate in my work laptop. It seems slow.
Intel 40gb ssd? Depends on the capacity requirements.
There is like 75GB of data already there so that won't fly. And the 120GB SSDs seem to be over $200.
Can't seem to find a good notebook drive roundup. In the one I found at tom's the Western Digitals seems to be the fastest but I'm hesitant to replace a busted one with the same thing.
Can't seem to find a good notebook drive roundup. In the one I found at tom's the Western Digitals seems to be the fastest but I'm hesitant to replace a busted one with the same thing.
Howell
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As long as you accept that the device is only supposed to last as long as the warranty and plan for it's demise accordingly I don't think you can expect much more. If you have a proactive backup strategy for the laptop then you don't even have to replace the drive when the warranty runs out. Additionally, some of the drive models come with 3 year warranties.
To get the cheapest drive I actually took the drive out of an external USB kit. There must have been a sale or something.
To get the cheapest drive I actually took the drive out of an external USB kit. There must have been a sale or something.
Bozo
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That one is fine. I think the Hitachi is too. And I agree that the 500GB Seagate 7200 RPM drive is slower than it should be for some reason. :drl: