Dead 300 gig Sata hd Outpost.com

[shinson]

And it's a Maxtor so you should raid 2 of these...
I would pick it up if it was a Seagate w/5-yr warranty

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: astrocase

Originally posted by: EKKC
ive said it before and i'll say it again, if your data is so damn important, you should've RAID1 or 5 it or at least do regular tape or external hdd backups.

its not the money lost or the hassle of RMA'ing a drive, its the data loss thats most painful IMO.

The worst part is not knowing what data you actually lost. I had 300GB go up in smoke and I'm not sure exactly what I lost.

personally i have 2 of these maxtors, and another maxtor external 300GB usb2, and another maxtor external NAS 300GB. they are all fine and quiet.

i put data that i absolutely cannot afford to lose (ex digital photos, home videos) on a RAID1 setup or backup with tape/external drives

 

[ParatoOptimal]

Currently OOS.
Would they accept an order and back order it?

 

[ParatoOptimal]

This is SATA 1 = 150MB/sec

SATA 2 = 300MB/sec

Newegg has Seagate Barracuda 7100.9 300GB 3.5" SATA 300MB/sec 16MB Cache OEM for $99.99 in their 8-hour sale from 9-5PM PST TODAY 6-7-06.


The also have the WD 300GB SATA 300MB/Sec 16MB Cache OEM for $89.99.

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: ParatoOptimal
This is SATA 1 = 150MB/sec

SATA 2 = 3GB/sec

Newegg has Seagate Barracuda 7100.9 300GB 3.5" SATA 3.0GB/sec OEM for $99.99 in their 8-hour sale from 9-5PM PST TODAY 6-7-06.

...and the real world performance difference is??

 

[ParatoOptimal]

The real world difference is that Outpost is OOS.
Newegg has the two models I mentioned in stock for slightly more with the possibility of faster transfer rates.

 

[bigboxes]

 

[bigboxes]

Back to $79.99... Why did you omit MAXTOR in the title and first post OP?

 

[aatf510]

Originally posted by: cheetoden
The warranty is horrible with Maxtor and Western Digital. Only Seagate for me now.

I haven't own a Seagate drive since the 486 era, and I currently have 10+ Maxtor & WD drives with me. Both of the advance RMA service worked more than fine for me in the past few years.

By the way.. as many of you say that Seagate drives are unbelievely reliable, then how did you find out about their warranty service being excellent?

 

[OhioState]

Originally posted by: toattett

Originally posted by: cheetoden
The warranty is horrible with Maxtor and Western Digital. Only Seagate for me now.

I haven't own a Seagate drive since the 486 era, and I currently have 10+ Maxtor & WD drives with me. Both of the advance RMA service worked more than fine for me in the past few years.

By the way.. as many of you say that Seagate drives are unbelievely reliable, then how did you find out about their warranty service being excellent?

they are fanboys.
truth is ANY drive can fail this is just like that ford/chevy talk

 

[ParatoOptimal]

Did they only have ONE in stock?

Last week and this week they have incredible HD deals that evaporate with only one or two people able to confirtm they got the deal.

 

[doornail]

Originally posted by: ParatoOptimal
What is best in life, to gain 20GB at the cost of 8MB cache or to gain 8MB cache at the cost of 20GB?

I thought it was to see your enemies driven before you and to hear the lamentation of their women?

 

[ParatoOptimal]

Am I correct that no one will PM this since it's OOS?

 

[Treyshadow]

Its showing back in stock for me.

Does anyone know if this is in store (Fry's) Also??

 

[ParatoOptimal]

06-09-06 12:30AM EST It's OOS for me at the link in the OP.

I've been checking since i found this post on 6-+6-06.

 

[ParatoOptimal]

Holy SH*T, Batman!

It's NOW in stock but they took down the free shipping sign.

 

[tealk]

Not to shabby at all.

 

[ParatoOptimal]

I just ordered mine.

It's odd that the difference between ground and 2-day shipping to MA is only $1.

I forgot to include http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4244114#detailed

It's just as well. I don't need to tie $40 up in rebates.

 

[bluemax50]

I try and purchase this drive and while the order page states 79.00 it's listed as 139.00 in my shopping cart! I've just about given up on Outpost.com. they either list bogus pricing or after taking the order it goes into permanent backorder!! iN MY OPINION THEY JUST PLAIN SUCK!!

 

[ImSeeker]

I see the 500mb maxtor for $189.... not as good a deal, but a bigger drive.

 

[ParatoOptimal]

I got confirmation that mine shipped today.

Tracking info says it was picked up at Outpost but doesn't say where it is at the moment.

 

[bjamm2]

I just bought the 320gb seagate 7200.10 (perpendicular) with 5yr warranty for 101 shipped.

 

[ParatoOptimal]

June 28, 2006
Site says available for preorder now at $79.99.

Mine arrived.
It turns out that they delivered it to the wrong house on my street.
Package had correct address.
Wrong house clearly had their number, not mine, on their door above where the delivery man left my HD on their porch.

The manual mentions that it has both a SATA power connection and the standard pin power connection on the back of the drive.
Mine only has the SATA power connection.
The did include a pin to SATA power adaptor.
I have an older Maxtor SATA HD that does have both power connections.

The manual mentions that it comes with 5.25" bay adaptors.
Mine didn't.
This is the one time I actually new I was putting it in a 5.25" bay when I ordered it.
Luckily I had a set of adaptors on hand.

I didn't use the Maxblast 4 software supplied on disc as I already had MB4 installed from a previous HD.
I dion't know if they have 4.x.x versions of MB4 or not.
My old MB4 installed it fine but ate up 29GB.
I'll have to fix that with Partition Magic 8.
I've found that XP often wastes space that I can reclaim with PM8.