Most reliable HDD
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hitach, toshiba and western digital}
western digital bought hitachi, so it is toshiba and western digital mostly
don't buy seagate and you will be fine
remember to make backups regularly outside that hard disk in case it fails
western digital bought hitachi, so it is toshiba and western digital mostly
don't buy seagate and you will be fine
remember to make backups regularly outside that hard disk in case it fails
The most reliable HDD is one that is backed up regularly.
People will no doubt give you their personal opinions... but sample sizes are far too small to take that as any more than anecdotal advice. You can look at the Backblaze data, which is really interesting and potentially useful, but they don't use those drives in "normal" consumer environments, so it's not necessarily a good indication of what you or I might see when we present them with light, sporadic use.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/
The bottom line is that the only data you store in one place should be data you don't mind losing. If you back up your important data, then you can shop based on drive warranty. If a drive fails early, you're covered for a replacement under warranty and can restore the important data from backup.
That's really the only way to do it.
captaincharisma
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i witnessed a lot of sea gate drives fail, the most reliable drives i found are western digital black and blue editions
Just to counter the anecdotal experiences for WD and against Seagate above, if you look at the 2016 Backblaze data you'll see that their WD drives were almost twice as likely to fail as Seagate drives in 2016: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/
I actually work in research to pay the bills and I'm well aware that it's totally irresponsible to look at the headlines on that report and use it to define the reliability of an entire brand. But... that's still better than taking anecdotal evidence from people who've used what, 5 drives? 10? 50, even 200!? Whatever it is, it's not enough to quantify the reliability of a brand.
I come back to what I said originally, back it up, buy for the warranty if you're worried about drive failure... remember no data is safe if it's not backed up (and, ideally, stored somewhere else).
I actually work in research to pay the bills and I'm well aware that it's totally irresponsible to look at the headlines on that report and use it to define the reliability of an entire brand. But... that's still better than taking anecdotal evidence from people who've used what, 5 drives? 10? 50, even 200!? Whatever it is, it's not enough to quantify the reliability of a brand.
I come back to what I said originally, back it up, buy for the warranty if you're worried about drive failure... remember no data is safe if it's not backed up (and, ideally, stored somewhere else).
'Does anyone know of any reliable HDD's'
Reliable hdd is a perfect example of an oxymoron. I agree with rhysiam .... you have to be back them up (and keep the sales recipt lol). All hdds are gonna fail - it's just a question of when.
Reliable hdd is a perfect example of an oxymoron. I agree with rhysiam .... you have to be back them up (and keep the sales recipt lol). All hdds are gonna fail - it's just a question of when.
I'm not assuming anything about what you do.
You could oversee a massive Government department with thousands of computers and spend a month analysing the drive failure data, and you still wouldn't have the data you need to make a generic statement about an entire brand of HDDs.
The Backblaze data is by far the best we have, but from a research perspective it's still poor quality data for decision making around consumer hard drives. Plus, as I've noted, that data has recent WD drives failing at a rate of almost 2:1 compared to Seagate drives which everyone loves to hate on.
We can share anecdotal opinions and that's fine. But you need to recognise that what we're essentially holding here is a popularity contest, not any objective or solid basis for decision making for a device which will fail at some point in time anyway. That's fine if it helps OP sleep better at night, but we need to be honest about the information we're providing.
Anecdotal, apples-to-oranges comparisons - all accurate comments. In the past 7 years I have modified/upgraded/built half a dozen desktops and a couple of servers. In that time I have purchased 15 WD drives from 1-3 TB and 2 Seagate 3 TB drives. All of the WD drives are still running. Both Seagate drives failed.
dudeman509
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Agree with WD & Toshiba/Hitachi.
4/5 of my Seagate drives in the past 10 years have met an early death - less than 2-3 years from most. The only one that has surpassed my expectations is an external, which is going on 5.
1/6 of my WDs has gone bad, and it was knocked off a desk. The others either became obsolete in space/speed or were retired for SSDs.
4/5 of my Seagate drives in the past 10 years have met an early death - less than 2-3 years from most. The only one that has surpassed my expectations is an external, which is going on 5.
1/6 of my WDs has gone bad, and it was knocked off a desk. The others either became obsolete in space/speed or were retired for SSDs.
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