© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Hard_Drives Recent content written about Hard Drives en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_435795889796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nad_masters - With storage getting cheaper and cheaper, I decided it was about time to upgrade my "puny" 160 GB hard drive in my laptop to something larger. As luck would have it, Fry's Electronics had a sale (don't they always have something on sale?) on the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435795889796 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:10:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435795889796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435658002052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author flurosea79 - Bought this to back up photos and music but it did not work. A log of the back up revealed that every single file had been skipped because they were "hidden files" even though they're right there under my documents. I never would have known this if I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435658002052 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:59:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435658002052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435169103492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author knotheadusc - One of the things I half looked forward to and half dreaded when we were planning our move to Germany was the prospect of watching AFN, otherwise known as the Armed Forces Network. If you've ever been involved with any American government entity... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435169103492 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:26:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435169103492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435029184132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cdnflyboy - This product looked very promising: a 1 Terabyte Network Attached Storage, that can be converted to a 500 Gigabyte RAID 1 unit, bundled with backup software that will run on both PCs and Macs. This product was going to provide my home with a reliable... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435029184132 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:16:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435029184132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434997857924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author clew_cringle - Unreliable operation - due to several points of failure - bad power supply connection (have to jiggle it), and the drive will just stop working (power stays on, but you can't access the drive, and it doesn't show up in My Computer). This is regardless... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434997857924 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:31:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434997857924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433957473924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hbrake - Excellent Drive - very friendly with Mac and PC. Excellent instructions - much easier to use than some other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433957473924 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:25:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433957473924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433881124484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author freebird91 - For the last 7 or 8 years, I've been using a Master and Slave hard drive on my computer, until recently. I was tired of having to back up everything onto a DVD, when the backup drive was getting full. The slave was a 60GB Maxtor, the Master is an 80GB... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433881124484 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:50:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433881124484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433739566724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gr8ful - Hard drives are the one computer component of which I never seem to have enough. As soon as I think I am good to go, I find myself editing more videos or music and wind up needing additional storage and working space. I recently bought two 750GB... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433739566724 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:58:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433739566724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426450456196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author funkyfc - As with most Apple products, the Time Capsule is a product with tremendous style and functionality. Let me first state that I am a Mac fan. I've liked Apple computers since I was a Grade 7 student rushing to finish his homework so I could play Lemonade... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426450456196 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:16:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426450456196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433232514692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author skriley - I purchased a Lacie 500gb hard drive about a year ago and it recently began making a "scratching" noise and responding very slowly. Within about 24 hours it was unaccessible from Windows Explorer or any utility. I contacted Lacie technical support who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433232514692 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:22:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433232514692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432544124548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author acheybreak - This drive quit on me after just over a year of VERY light use,... Lacie didn't see any need to help me since it was past the warranty. I purchased it because it seemed to be the ideal storage device for my small home network, and it functioned well... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432544124548 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 01:12:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432544124548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432455323268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rgathright - Currently the 72GB 10K Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drive is the lowest end drive available for SAS servers and workstations. In the two past years, I have not replaced a single drive out of the 28 that are in operation on my cluster at work. While... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432455323268 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:23:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432455323268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432281521796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author anna_bv - To say I'm disappointed in this Western Digital product is an understatement! I bought 2 of these hard drives in 2006 so my sons could each back up their computers. They were easy to install & use, that's true. Then last month, my son suddenly couldn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432281521796 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:53:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432281521796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432070954628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author tomstachura - - fairly light - small, but could be smaller to fit in pocket - needs special double USB port cable for extra power, although some USB ports like my dell docking station is able to operate this drive with a single / normal usb cable - most usb ports I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432070954628 Sat, 31 May 2008 01:38:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432070954628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432070561412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tomstachura - - comes formatted with FAT32 - run a bit hot, which might be ok, who knows - running quiet as advertised, but spin up a bit loud - has both sata and usb connectors - feels pretty heavy - feels solid - metal case - the light in the front a bit... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432070561412 Sat, 31 May 2008 01:31:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432070561412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431409237636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wmcot - I have been using my Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB Hard drive with the USB 2.0 interface for over 6 months and have not had a bit of problem with it. My computer sees it immediately upon inserting the USB cable and transfers are very quick. The drive uses... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431409237636 Sun, 25 May 2008 19:49:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431409237636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431408057988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author fnulnu00 - I'd avoid this drive. The first problem is that stand is omitted from the box so you must contact the company to get one. My first drive failed within two weeks. They ignored some of my communications. The RMA process is slow and you must pay to ship and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431408057988 Sun, 25 May 2008 19:18:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431408057988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431098924676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jagreschler - For the first 3 months, the drive worked fine. The fan was a little loud but thats the only problem i remember. Then, after 3 months of use, it broke. Drive died. I had sensitive data on there that i dont trust in the hands of a repair guy, so i chose... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431098924676 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:41:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431098924676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429941755524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author aojonesoa - I owned this hard drive for about 8 months, I had about 2500 CD's downloaded onto it. It always required resetting right from the start. Then, all of a sudden it just quit working. Luckily I have my CD's copied onto another drive. Good thing because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429941755524 Tue, 13 May 2008 22:08:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429941755524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429469240964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jws-in-dallas - Bought two (2) of these because the price was pretty reasonable for the capacity. Both units worked well for about 4-5 months. Used them as "shuttles" for rather large zip/tar files and was happy and impressed - even dropped them, accidentally, a couple... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429469240964 Sat, 10 May 2008 14:18:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429469240964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429299306116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mongomad1 - Once upon a time, a man nicknamed Mongo had an 80GB SATA internal hard drive that came stock in his trusty, antique < <br/>b>Dell <br/> Dimension 4700 PC Desktop . Not so quickly, it became full to the point where virtual... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429299306116 Thu, 8 May 2008 15:53:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429299306116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428945608324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brjones - I wrote what is essentially a review of the W <br/>estern <br/> Digital WD10EACS 1TB hard drive, so please check out the link for full info. The review is technically for the "retail" drive, but aside from warranty, I don't think... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428945608324 Mon, 5 May 2008 20:55:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428945608324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428940430980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brjones - Raw performance and paper racing isn't everything when it comes to hard drives. For many, quietness and/or low heat are equally if not more important. THE RPM QUESTION To cut to the chase, the WD "Green Power" (GP) 1TB drive is a 5400rpm... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428940430980 Mon, 5 May 2008 20:09:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428940430980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428915134084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bluerayne - Although the drive works mostly, such as being a media server for devices such as the PS/3, when it comes to the user name, it cannot handle spaces, which is completely in opposition to its claimed Mac OS and Win 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista computability. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428915134084 Mon, 5 May 2008 15:18:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428915134084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428730650244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author echris1 - I bought this drive online for a hundred bucks, got it a few days later. Plugged it in, booted up, and it was there. Haven't had any problems with it yet, in Ubuntu or Windows XP. I needed to order a SATA II cable with it, so that I could get the full... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428730650244 Sun, 4 May 2008 02:08:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428730650244?linkin_id=8003929