[mythtv-users] Hard Drives that Actually Work?

Jesse Perkins jesse.perkins at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 14:19:21 UTC 2004


I am a Maxtor fan- but that experience is limited to my 3 computers at home.


On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:09:34 -0400, Mark J. Small <msmall at eastlink.ca> wrote:
> On December 14, 2004 09:53 am, Paul.Buchanan at thomson.com wrote:
> > I just had my second Western Digital Special Edition 200 GB drive die on
> > me.  Since I'm using an ASUS Pundit, I figured heat was the culprit, so the
> > second drive had a dual-fan cooler on it.  No such luck.  After about three
> > months of use, performance suddenly degrades, and the journals begin to
> > corrupt.  A few days later, I/O errors crop up, and the drive is pretty
> > much useless.
> >
> > Are these drives just not up to the stress of a PVR?  I'm interested in
> > hearing what kind of drives people have had good luck with, as I've about
> > had it with these.  I'll get my third on warranty, but It won't be going
> > back into a myth box.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul
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> As a VERY small dealer, I haven't been very happy with the quality of WD
> drives in the last few years.  I've seen too many come back dead, and many
> more come back very noisy.  These are mostly 20 and 40 GB BB or EB drives.
> I've switched to using Samsung as much as possible.  I haven't hit a bad one
> yet.  Of course, its only been a year since I started using them, and the
> next two years may teach me otherwise.
> 
> Mark
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