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Comment on Major chkdsk Bug in Windows 7 RTM by Avedis

Avedis — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:14:07 +0000

I had the same problem when i had to upgrade from vista to windows 7 home, igot the blue screen of death shortly after installation.Is there some kind of fix or patch,PLEASE!!!

Comment on Seagate 1TB and 1.5 TB models failing at alarming rate by T. M.

T. M. — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:43:32 +0000

I own nine seagate hd’s and all are Baracuda 7200.11 a few other laptop seagate drives. I have had to return two in the last couple months and one of the “certified repaired” drives they sent me just failed. It costs me about $12 in shipping costs alone besides the time lost discovering the issue to it’s final resolution. I have become very concerned about this issue and like others plan on switching to another brand at the best opportunity. I have been using seagate drives for ever a decade now and in the past couple years I have replaced more drives than the last eight combined. I try to keep up with backing up my data but can imagine the nightmare these issues are causing for lay computer users who cannot diagnose these issues let alone backup or reinstall a hard drive. I am not a fan of class action lawsuits since you lawyers get rich while the users get pennies on the dollar. What would help is a lawsuit that forced seagate to replace failed hard drives at their own expense paying for shipping to and from the end user as well as forcing them to send the end user a brand new hard drive with a brand new warranty as recompense for their miserable failure.

Comment on Interview Segment: Cullen Dudas discusses Copenhagen Project by Michael

Michael — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:07:07 +0000

This is a great first step in the direction to ‘true’ customizable user experiences. ‘IF’ this can be officially supported by Microsoft, then and only then, will it open the doors and minds to the possibility of having a ‘custom’ computer, which still runs off the VERY widespread Windows OS.
I must make a note that I disagree entirely with Hans. “if people are seriously THAT “interested” in and driven BY, computers” then the world is becoming a better place. For example, Most of the most important operations in the WORLD are now operated, or at least recorded, on computers. Much of this information is also very important to the end user. Without ‘people who are THAT “interested” in and driven BY, computers,’ computers would be unreliable, unstable, and all-over insecure.
Anyone whose primary focus and waking hours are taken up by this stuff, Deserves a place in the computing world, Because there are not enough of them out there!

Comment on One Step Forward and two steps back… by sandra742

sandra742 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:38:06 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Seagate 1TB and 1.5 TB models failing at alarming rate by greg

greg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:13:09 +0000

i have the exact same problem you describe, a 7200.11 1.5tb drive used on Ubuntu Linux. Purchased in April 2009, the first drive was installed for only 60 days and then started clicking a lot. then pausing during media playback, then failing. They said it was not a firmware issue as i was already at the latest version. Replacement drive installed on July 7th (they gave me a refurbished unit). The new drive worked for about 25 days with no issues and then started the same clicking problems and also boot failure. Ran the Seatools for dos and it found no problems but the test stalled and restarted 5 times before it said “all is well” The second replacement drive is on the way now but from what i read here i don’t expect much.

it is amusing to note that the newer 7200.12 drives do not have a 1.5 TB version yet. so, assuming i end up throwing out this drive and getting another brand, what’s good in the 1.5tb range?

Comment on Seagate 1TB and 1.5 TB models failing at alarming rate by Dave T

Dave T — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:13:50 +0000

Small claims may be a better choice. Class action suits rarely have a significant benefit to class members. In any case, here’s the response I got:

We have concluded our investigation into this matter. We are not moving forward with this law suit.

Thank you,

Comment on Major chkdsk Bug in Windows 7 RTM by Bob

Bob — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:55:13 +0000

If MS would actually let some competent programmers LOOK AT “their” code, they could have it fixed in hours. That’s why the OS model is now the only way to develop software and operating systems. “Security” throuh obscurity doesn’t work any more.

Comment on Seagate 1TB and 1.5 TB models failing at alarming rate by Ryan G.

Ryan G. — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:17:43 +0000

OutlandishTrendz : I blame Maxtor for Seagate’s problems.

What about Quantum? I know we can blame them somehow. Seriously though, I was working with a Seagate 1TB drive with "good" firmware preinstalled, and after transporting it by car, reasonably gently, it never spun up again. The owner of the drive has not yet been able to RMA it to Seagate. Not that it matters anyway, the drive causes the Silicon Image RAID BIOS for the ATI SB450 on a Sapphire motherboard to hang at boot up. Hot-plugging the drive after XP boots allows the drive to mount and work fine though.

Comment on Seagate 1TB and 1.5 TB models failing at alarming rate by Ryan Price

Ryan Price — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:27:24 +0000

William nice find… this is definitely it something that needs to be discussed. I will add this to the frontpage.

Comment on Seagate 1TB and 1.5 TB models failing at alarming rate by Arwine

Arwine — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:04:49 +0000

We had three 7200.12′s @ work and all failed within two months