Hitachi disks.... any good?

[Jax]

Someone I know who says he knows about computer hardware says "Hitachi
disks are sh*t". As proof, he posted this picture of two Hitachi disks.

http://osama-is-dead.net/images/bad_hitachi.jpg

Is he right? How can a picture of a disk can show it is bad?

 

[Shadow]

Luck. I've always had luck with Hitachi. Usually had luck with
Seagate. Rarely had luck with WD.
If any one was "better", the others would quickly succumb.
But you certainly get pissed when you spend hours formatting,
transferring and optimizing a drive and it suddenly goes "clonk" and
refuses to boot. Usually when it's quite new.

(PS IMO, Quantum were superior to Seagate, which were superior
to Maxtor. Seagate bought them all)
[]'s

PS The photograph is hard to analyze. Is one of the
heat-dissipating holes covered on one of them ? You really should have
posted the text, rather than the URL. You made it sound personal. Next
you will be cross-posting to totally unrelated groups and harassing
someone.

 

[Rod Speed]

Plenty find that they are quite adequate.

Someone I know who says he knows about computer hardware says "Hitachi
disks are sh*t". As proof, he posted this picture of two Hitachi disks.

Is he right?

Those two disks may have died but that says nothing useful
about whether a Hitachi drive you buy now may be adequate.

How can a picture of a disk can show it is bad?

Most obviously when the drive has bullet holes in it.

He's just using the photos to show the model numbers etc.

 

[Rod Speed]

Luck. I've always had luck with Hitachi. Usually had luck with
Seagate. Rarely had luck with WD.
If any one was "better", the others would quickly succumb.
But you certainly get pissed when you spend hours formatting,
transferring and optimizing a drive and it suddenly goes "clonk" and
refuses to boot. Usually when it's quite new.

(PS IMO, Quantum were superior to Seagate, which were superior
to Maxtor. Seagate bought them all)
[]'s

PS The photograph is hard to analyze. Is one of the
heat-dissipating holes covered on one of them ?

There are no heat dissipating holes.

 

[Jax]

On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:22:48 GMT, Jax

Luck. I've always had luck with Hitachi. Usually had luck with
Seagate. Rarely had luck with WD.
If any one was "better", the others would quickly succumb.
But you certainly get pissed when you spend hours formatting,
transferring and optimizing a drive and it suddenly goes "clonk"
and refuses to boot. Usually when it's quite new.

(PS IMO, Quantum were superior to Seagate, which were superior
to Maxtor. Seagate bought them all)
[]'s

PS The photograph is hard to analyze. Is one of the
heat-dissipating holes covered on one of them ?

There are no heat dissipating holes.

Rod... ignore Shadow's strange comment. I know him from another
group and methinks he's trying to troll me into getting angry but I
like him too much!

 

[Rod Speed]

On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:22:48 GMT, Jax

Luck. I've always had luck with Hitachi. Usually had luck with
Seagate. Rarely had luck with WD.
If any one was "better", the others would quickly succumb.
But you certainly get pissed when you spend hours formatting,
transferring and optimizing a drive and it suddenly goes "clonk"
and refuses to boot. Usually when it's quite new.

(PS IMO, Quantum were superior to Seagate, which were superior
to Maxtor. Seagate bought them all)
[]'s

PS The photograph is hard to analyze. Is one of the
heat-dissipating holes covered on one of them ?

There are no heat dissipating holes.

Rod... ignore Shadow's strange comment.

I don’t ignore errors like that.

I know him from another group and methinks
he's trying to troll me into getting angry

Yeah, that was obvious from his comments.

but I like him too much!

Or like revving him up, anyway |-)

 

[Arno]

Luck. I've always had luck with Hitachi. Usually had luck with
Seagate. Rarely had luck with WD.
If any one was "better", the others would quickly succumb.
But you certainly get pissed when you spend hours formatting,
transferring and optimizing a drive and it suddenly goes "clonk" and
refuses to boot. Usually when it's quite new.

(PS IMO, Quantum were superior to Seagate, which were superior
to Maxtor. Seagate bought them all)
[]'s

And at the same time, long ago, Sun shipped a lot of workstations with
Quantum disks and they mostly dies within a year.

All manufacturers have duds. Some more than othrs, but it is a moving
target and things change. A good current analysis is this one:

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-update-september-2014/

Basically, at this time you should stay away from Seagate, at least
for 3.5" drives. Things may be different in a year or two.

Arno