Seagate Barracuda

[AKASH NAIN]

Can anybody tell me hows the performance of Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD Internal Hard Drive (ST1000DM003). I got some negative reviews on it that it has some problems like:
not recognized by computer....
please reply fast I'm in need of a fast and cheap hdd and I prefer seagate over wd..
thanks in advance

 

[itzdanielp]

Seagate tends to have great products. It is always a possibility that it could fail, but that is the same no matter which brand.

 

[AKASH NAIN]

thanks itzdanielp for reply. but my question is that some buyers complained that they need to install seagate s/w of some kind i don't know which to make it able to recognize by the cpu. Is it recommended by seagate or it is for only those who are facing problems????..

 

[itzdanielp]

If it is software, then there is no need to install it. It is usually some sort of backup or drive help utility, and is unnecessary.

However if it is a firmware update, then it should be installed. A lot of people look at firmware updates as "If it's not broke, don't fix it" which is fine, but I tend to run them early, instead of regretting later.

 

[AKASH NAIN]

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