Thanks for the useful advice, Moose.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Strictly OT: System Crash
> On 6/8/2011 2:17 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> My C drive is the original 80GB drive, and is 6 yrs old. If I replace
>> it,
>> what is the currently preferred manufacturer,
>
> It doesn't matter. I went through this a couple of years ago and concluded
> it's a mugg's game and not worth it. Not
> that there aren't differences between different batches from various
> manufacturers. It's that it's impossible for an
> individual buyer to know enough to make a meaningful distinction between
> brands. I went through this a couple of years
> ago and concluded that.
>
> For example, at that time, there was a lot of noise on forums about one
> brand of a particular size drive. However, it
> was already old news. The old ones that ran afoul of some quirk in some
> operating system or other had all been fixed or
> replaced and a slightly different numbered drive was current. The
> replacement model didn't have that particular problem.
> Whether it, or any other model/brand, would have a problem in the future,
> nobody knew, including the makers. I bought
> another drive of another size at the same time, smallish, not bleeding
> edge. It failed while being initialized. That
> happens, but the incidence is so low that it's jut a crap shoot.
>
>> and what software would you use to clone the drive?
>
> If the existing drive is WD, I'd get a WD to replace it. They have a free
> version of Acronis which only works WD to WD,
> so you can save a couple of bucks. I've been using it to clone my C: Drive
> fairly regularly for insurance.
>
>> Do you open up the case and connect the new drive to a cable and clone it
>> that way, or do it over a USB connection?
>
> I would either install the new one in the case next to the old one or in
> an eSATA external case. Either way works fine.
> If the first, you can then remove the old one, if you want, or just unplug
> the connectors. USB is WAY slower than
> SATA/eSATA.
>
>> The last HD I bought was WD, and it seems to be fine. It is my external
>> eSATA photo drive. WD and Seagate are the big dawgs. One of them absorbed
>> Maxstor a while ago and one is buying Hitachi's drive operations (or is
>> it Toshiba's?).
>
> I have mostly WDs lately, partly as chance that brought a couple with my
> last computer partly based on pricing when I
> was buying and partly because of the Acronis drive clone/backup software.
> But I'd have no hesitation at all in getting a
> pair of Seagates, Hitchais, etc. in my next image data upgrade.
>
> The only drive I've ever had fail, above, was a WD, but I think it's just
> the luck of the draw.
>
> Moose
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