Segate vs Hitachi: 100GB 7200RPM hard drive

So I remember from last year when I bought my T61 that a lot of the Seagate drives had marble dropping sounds. Mine has had that for a long time and about 2 months ago there were a lot of errors on the hard drive. I had to reformat, but even that was a pain because it would blue screen in the middle of installing. Somehow, I formatted it and it's been okay since then.

But now that I have time to replace the drive and the warranty was running out, I was wondering if there were any updates on the Hitach vs Segate 7200rpm drives. If I get a replacement, which should I opt for? I've searched but haven't find any new info on this.

Thanks

 

i guess that the seagate is better....probably u just ended up with a bad drive....since the 7200.2 operates at 3GB/s, the 7K100 operates at 1.5GB/s....so if its from the performance point of view i wud say go for the seagate....i ve been using the 200gig seagate 7200.2 and tuchwud....have never faced any problem with it....
although i wud like to point out....i am using the 7K60 in my old laptop....and it still kinda freezes my laptop intermittently....dunno why..!!

 

i remember downloading disk checking utilites which wud scan the hdds for bad sectors....u cud download them from hitachi and seagate's websites....and if u wud still have problem with seagates....u cud probably go for a replacement.....as i ve heard that seagate are quite gud at after sales support....!!

 

I don't know which drive is better but 3GB/s Sata2 vs 1.5GB/s Sata1 is not an issue. Thats just the maximum speed of the interface. Neither of those harddrives will produce data transfer rates anywhere near Sata1's 1.5GB/s

 

It's irrelevant, the chipset don't support SATA II. As to noise. It seems hit or miss as to the drives. One will be noisy the next not.

 

yeah thats a point too....u ll have to find out that if your mobo supports the 3GB/s transfer....otherwise its no use....!! although most dont....but it still feels a bit picky..

 

I've been a Seagate fan when it comes to desktops because I use their 15K RPM server disks and they will go forever.

BUT... I think the hitachis outdo them in in the 2.5" formfactor for two reasons. The Travelstart outperforms the Deagate in competitive test although not by much.

But the larger of the two reasons is that Seagate and Hitachi had a patent fight over an acoustic silencing technology and Seagate lost. All seagate laptop drives will be noisier than will the comparable Seagate.

 

Had the same problem here too.

The thing with a format and bad sectors is that its usually better NOT to format a harddrive with known bad sectors. Its better to know and label those sectors vs having to "re-encounter" them in future. (assuming you have truly bad sectors, not stuck sectors that can sometimes be fixed via software)

aside from all of that, I gave back my seagate and got a hitachi. it runs great.