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Re: happy new y... Whaat! My laptop just died!
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2009, 12:45:33 pm »
Make sure you get the right one (SATA/IDE)
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Re: happy new y... Whaat! My laptop just died!
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2009, 01:04:04 pm »
Sorry to hear about your HD woes.  What a way to begin the new year. :(

A few months ago, I bought a LaCie 2big triple external dual 500 GB drive setup for backup purposes.  Follow this link:

http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?pid=10967
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Re: happy new y... Whaat! My laptop just died!
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2009, 04:18:50 pm »
Quote from: random006 on January 06, 2009, 01:04:04 pm
Sorry to hear about your HD woes.  What a way to begin the new year. :(

A few months ago, I bought a LaCie 2big triple external dual 500 GB drive setup for backup purposes.  Follow this link:

http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?pid=10967


already have 2 of them :D plus 1 320gig external for everyday use.
yup, got the correct SATA drive.  local supplier was apparently out of 120Gig one that is $50, so got Seagate 250Gig for $80.  ...  and found out that one in my laptop that just died is Seagate as well...  damn..  maybe another replacement will be made next year. :| 

anyhoo, installing osx 10.5 as we speak.
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Re: happy new y... Whaat! My laptop just died!
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2009, 06:40:10 pm »
I stick with Western Digital for hard drives.  Don't know if they really do last longer, but I have never had one die on me yet while Maxtors, Quantums, and Seagates have.  I still have a few 2 GB drives from WD still happily spinning 24/7.
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Re: happy new y... Whaat! My laptop just died!
« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2009, 06:41:18 pm »
^^^^Yea.  I noticed that too.  WD hard drives seem to really last.
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Re: happy new y... Whaat! My laptop just died!
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2009, 08:18:31 pm »
I am now back to UP and OPERATIONAL. :)

i lost some seriously headache inducing amount of personal/financial data, but fresh install always feel like fresh computer. :)

anyway, ..  I never had Seagate fail on me prior to this.  I usually get Samsung or Maxter HDD though..  i think this is like,.. my 3rd seagate ever.

hopefully it will last. :P

Thanks for all the sympathies before, eh!

take care.
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