- 750 GB Ultra ATA/100 3.5-inch internal hard drive internal hard drive delivers high performance and powerful features
- 16 MB cache buffer; 7200 RPM for fast read/write times
- Fluid dynamic bearing motor for ultra-quiet operation
- Includes internal drive, interface cable, interface cable, DiscWizard installation software, SeaTools diagnostic software, quick installation guide, and mounting screws
- 5-year limited warranty covers parts and labor
Product Description
Seagate 750GB Internal Ultra ATA/100 16MB Cache Hard Drive. Seagate Barracuda drives provide high-performance, highly-reliable storage for PCs and advanced applications, backed up by an industry-leading five-year warranty. Their best-in-class combination of capacity, performance, and support ideally suit them for such applications as high-performance PCs, media PCs, ATA-based servers and RAIDs, and cost-effective network attached storage (NAS)…. More >>
Seagate ST3750640A-RK Barracuda 750 GB Ultra-ATA/100 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive
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Some years ago, about 10 years, i got a seagate drive, a medallist series hd with 1GB capacity (top of the line at that time); which died about two months after i first installed it on my computer. Now i bought this “big top of the line” hard disk on april 3rd and used it as a storage drive attached to an external usb case (never moved it from my desk) and now after just 1256 hours of use (around 53 days) it died. When i bought this drive last april, as a birthday gift for myself, i though that seagate had solved all the problems they had with those all drives they sold in the time the joined conner, but i see that i was wrong. The drives are having problems… i ran the seatools utility from seagete website and the tool tells that the drive has more than 99 errors and cant continue checking it. Now Windows is unable to access the drive and im afraid i lost about 600GB of that i had on it.
With this i want to tell you that you have to stay away from seagate drives, they really suck, these are the worst drives you can find around, I never had these problems with Western Digital, Maxtor or Hitachi Hard disks. So if you want to get a new hard drive go for even Western digital or Hitachi, and avoid seagate or maxtor (seagate bought them)
Now i have to send the disk back to seagate for replacement, the only good part here is that drive has 5 years warranty, but i would prefer a non faulty drive with just 6 months warranty (nobody wants to lose data)
Anyway, i would like to give Seagate and specially this drive a negative star (but i have to give them 1 star cause there are no negative)
Ohh i forgot to say if you want seagate to recover your data, you have to pay around 1400 bucks for the “service”. Maybe they make their drives faulty to make you pay for the recovery.
When ever you read customer reviews of drives you will see two types. Those who couldn’t get it to work and of course hate it, and those who got it to work and like it. I’m in the later. I bought it as I have an older Barracuda drive that’s been working without issues for a couple of years now and needed more storage for media files. While Seagate is not Linux friendly it was easy to setup with my Mepis distro.
Brilliant product, fit perfectly into my MVIX player and holds over 114 DVDS, no longer do I have to get up and switch DVDs
Although this drive was intended for server applications, I have found that it works very well in my desk top with very good seek times. It’s a great drive, dropped in and hooked up with no headaches what so ever.
So far I’m very pleased with this new Seagate drive. This is the third Seagate drive I’ve purchased recently and each one has installed without a single glitch.
The main reason for this is the CD/Software that comes with each drive called DiskWizard. This program will setup your drive for you, and then mirror your current drive including Operating System or you can install it as a second drive. No more fdisk, format, etc., DiskWizard does all of this for you. (Check Windows version compatibility)
If you are replacing a drive, after running DiskWizard, set the jumper (if not using CS (Cable Select) to Master, remove your old drive, turn the PC on and it boots right up. Truly painless.
This drive has performed very well, is fast, and has a high capacity for storing massive amounts of photos, movies, and mp3’s.
The drive seems to be well designed and quality is outstanding.