[Leica] Seeking Hard Drive Advice

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Jim,
I think all makes of internal drives are quite reliable. The problem with
the internet is that the vocal few drown out the massive silent satisfied
majority. The 1 TB Barracuda drives I use for the most part have been
reliable, as have been Samsung drives which I have used in the past. The
real answer to reliability is backup, and if it is important irreplaceable
data, like my digital RAW files, multiple backup. I backup on a home server
(every night) as well as external drives (once a week). I use a combination
of Seagate Free Agent Extreme, as well as Free Agent Go external drives for
the multiple backups.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> I need to add an additional hard drive to my Dell Dimension 4700.  I am
> seeking advice on the reliability of available SATA drives in the range of
> 250 to 640GB.  I have used WD and Seagate Barracuda drives in the past, but
> find disturbing comments on the web on the reliability of their present
> products.
>
> I'm not out for blazing speed or a giant size drive.  But, reliability is
> uppermost in my mind.  Cool operation and low noise would follow.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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