Seagate 3TB Barracuda Series 3.5 inch Hard Drive £112.99 DELIVERED @ Amazon
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1 Year Manufacturer Warranty
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Jump to unread Post a CommentIt should be slightly over 2.7TB.
...I've just sent my 2nd 1.5Tb 'cuda drive back in 18 months so:
a) Backup !!!
b) 1 year warranty is a worry IMO
...I've just sent my 2nd 1.5Tb 'cuda drive back in 18 months so:
a) Backup !!!
b) 1 year warranty is a worry IMO
Same here, but with a WD. At least with WD, you get 3 years warranty so that was okay. I would be worried.
5.25" or going modern with 3.5" ?
8", now that was a real floppy disc!
hehe
...I've just sent my 2nd 1.5Tb 'cuda drive back in 18 months so:
a) Backup !!!
b) 1 year warranty is a worry IMO
Same here, but with a WD. At least with WD, you get 3 years warranty so that was okay. I would be worried.
all hard disks are rubbish these days (seagate, wdc, samsung...) don't go near 1 year warranty drives unless you're ok with buying a new one in about 367 day's time, and never buy a single drive, you'll need 2 to backup one to the other, 3tb is a lot of data to lose.
only drives i've not had a problem with lately are hitachi, but i think WDC are buying them, so there goes that idea.
and we still need these prices to go down after the artificially inflated prices after the floods. i got 2tb for £55 back then, so 3tb should be no more than about £90 giving some leeway for being new (ish) tech.
Edited By: sej7278 on Jul 23, 2012 17:51
No because Windows and hard drive manufacturers measure terabytes differently so drives will always appear to have a lower capacity than quoted plus there is some overhead for the formatting.
John
There is no way I would have any confidence in a drive that Seagate obviously has no confidence in.
(despite the fact I could still get a replacement invoking the SOGA etc)
Apple got fined massively in Italy for doing the same thing.
Anyway, there is a reason Seagate lowered their warranty to 1 year. That's only a cost saving move if your product is dying en masse in that 1-2 year window. Their drives are useless.
tbh spend abit more and get something else. "Server" grade\edition drives are usually only a couple quid more than a regular and and boast less downtime. Because hdds are relatively cheap now its almost a no brainer.
Prove it.
It should be slightly over 2.7TB.
If you partition, you will only divide the total (3tb)by the number of partitions. So 2 partitions = 1.5 tb each. Also agree with the above comment, 3tb is never really the full monty it's always smaller, I would go into more detail, but I'm feeling pretty nerdy already:)