Heh... yep!
I know experiences vary, and a bunch of people will surely insist that Seagate drives were always the most reliable for them. But in the 25 years or so I've been using computers, I can confidently state that I had more issues with Seagate's products than any of the other brands. Yes, I can recall a nasty recall with Western Digital hard drives (if memory serves, it was a 1.6GB EIDE drive, many years ago). And sure, IBM had that fiasco with one particular version of the Deskstar drive. But all in all? It seems like it's Seagate that gives me problems.
Just a year or two ago, a friend of mine bought a new HP TouchSmart PC that had a recall on the Seagate drive in it, too.
I know experiences vary, and a bunch of people will surely insist that Seagate drives were always the most reliable for them. But in the 25 years or so I've been using computers, I can confidently state that I had more issues with Seagate's products than any of the other brands. Yes, I can recall a nasty recall with Western Digital hard drives (if memory serves, it was a 1.6GB EIDE drive, many years ago). And sure, IBM had that fiasco with one particular version of the Deskstar drive. But all in all? It seems like it's Seagate that gives me problems.
Just a year or two ago, a friend of mine bought a new HP TouchSmart PC that had a recall on the Seagate drive in it, too.
This is what happens when you switch from Western Digital to Seagate, if you ask me.
I've probably owned over 50 different hard drives over the years, three have failed and all were Seagate drives. Well, one was a Maxtor disk, but since they've been acquired by Seagate now it's all the same.