HD is dying in PowerMac, advice on new drive

[jsarrasinjr]

The HD is my PowerMac MDD Dual 867 is dying and I need a new unit. Does anyone have any suggestions on what brand to use, and how to go about moving everything from my old drive to the new one?

Thanks

 

[bokdol]

i had really like the samsung drives from new egg. i got one. and i love it. it's fast and quite. the seagate is much louder. i have mdd 1.25

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152011

but read all the reviews on the drives. i have had no problems.

also use carbon copy cloner once you install the drive. it make a exact copy of your computer on to the new drive. works really well.

http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

just remember to repair permissions.

 

[~Shard~]

Seagate makes excellent quality drives, and has an excellent warranty as well, not matched by most other HD manufacturers out there. I would stay away from Maxtor, I've had too many bad experiences with them. WD is good as well.

And another vote for Carbon Copy Cloner - excellent little app!

 

[Platform]

I have been having a WD 80GB drive in my PC for 1.5 year and it runs at room temp......can't feel any heat Have been down to 0bytes free several times and have been under a gig for 6months and it just runs and runs

Then now I just got a 300GB Seagate, OK it runs a bit hotter but it sort of should......Both are good.......think the Seagate is quieter but I can't say how much bashing it can take......Recommending both....WD and Seagate