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I am thinking of getting the HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 at newegg because of the great price and the good reviews. Does anybody here use it? I would like opinions of people I trust 
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no more ibm/hitachi deathstars for me -
Damn it
Wish you would have posted sooner it's already on it's way.I guess I will cross my fingers and hope for the best LOL.What I am going to do is put Windows on the new HD and then put my Linux on the 80gig drive. I went against messing with those modems I decided to shell out some money for the Sat DSL in a month or two.
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I think you will be alright BR...chewy said deathstar and you got a deskstar.
"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."Walt KellyComment
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@BR7 - To make ya feel a lil bit better, I got an old Gateway from 1999 from a cousin who upgraded that had an 20GB IBM Deskstar in it. The drive is still chugging along.
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I can't wait to get some extra space it has been a needed upgrade since I got my computer.But thanks to loco pointing out Chewys type-O and your friends gateway I feel I can breath a little easier now LOL
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I'm not sure of the timeframe awhile back but there usta be a lot of trouble with the Deskstars, thats how they became known as the Deathstars
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I just hope it's all taken care of here in the present.And from what I have been reading they have been holding upComment
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typo my arse
out of ~20 deathstars(40-60 gig pata models) over 90% died in 2 years
associates/friends/relatives(I was a maxtor man)
they finally changed their name to hitachi and quit honoring warranty
says it all, I know it's been almost 3 years but a PO'd wookie never forgivesManufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Other Thoughts: A little less than a year ago I configured a pair of these drives up in a mirrored RAID configuration. Recently I started to encounter write problems with both drives. Files are mysteriously becoming corrupted. I've performed a Drive Fitness Test (the Hitachi test utility) and forwarded the results to Hitachi. They have confirmed that, yes indeed, the drives are both defective. However, even with only less than one year of a three year warrantee passed, they are refusing to cover replacement. Their claim is that I am operating the drives 24/7 and that the drives are intended to be operated a maximum of 333 hours per month. 1. After shutdown, the entire system is powered off with a master switch at night. 2. Even if I was operating 24/7, I see nowhere in the product specifications nor in the warrantee, anything about a maximum duty cycle.Last edited by Chewy; 20 May 2007, 08:16 PM.Comment
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At least he got a good deal on 'em....
"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."Walt KellyComment
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Parts 5 years limited
The Seagate Barracuda ES drive is the industry's highest-reliability 7200-RPM drive, designed for 24x7 operation.Comment
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When it gets here I think I will send it back to Newegg and exchange it for the first one you listed.You guys have me weating bullets over hereComment
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newegg doesn't ship out till mondayComment
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I think it told me I can't cancel at stage 3 I will go there now to make sureComment
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