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    how are these drives

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by CSHawkeye81, May 27, 2008.

  1. CSHawkeye81

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    Hey my buddy just got a great deal locally on 2x 250gb Seagate 5400.4 Sata Drives. How well built are these drives?? He is going to throw them into his laptop in a raid 0 setup??
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    They are pretty decent harddrives. However seagates are known to have spin retry errors picked up in the smart readings. This is not a fatal problem, its just a few of seagates acoustical benefactors causes the drive to respawn every once in a while resulting in a click and a respawn.

    What kind of laptop does your friend have?
    There are a bunch of laptops which can fit two harddrives, but do not have the option of raid.

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    he has the Gateway FX laptop. He is taking out the 250gb drive in there and using it as an external drive.
     
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    Okay, then your friend will be able to utilize the raid feature.

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