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    Recover Data after multi-pass wipe/zeros?

    15 Passes of write zeros? I don't think even the most expensive deep level scanners in a lab would find the data. Since I think even 5 passes would already be impossible to recover something.
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    Hard drive lost its formatting

    Could be a possible controller driver issue. You can try to use IRST drivers to find out if the issue still persists.
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    Is my hard drive failing?

    I assumed it is a multi-bay enclosure, have you tried swapping the drive into a different bay within the enclosure?
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    Which hard drive is best for configuration

    The Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K3000 sound a best buy...
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    HDD pricing

    Hard drive prices will eventually fall down but not really that quick. Thinking that a 80GB hard drive 15 years ago cost as much as a 4TB drive today. :)
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    Need help making a exact duplicate of my C drive

    I think Runtime DriveImage XML could let you do this since it supports hot imaging/cloning. Meaning you could be able to clone your system drive while it is in use. I have tried it in XP machines before .
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    Ha! Ha! The old freezer trick worked!

    This trick might actually work on some older drives that still had low density platters. But is not totally recommended on todays earlier high density platter drives.
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    Two new drives do not bench the same?

    Try to get it RMAed though and see if the replacement would give you better results like the first drive.
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    Two new drives do not bench the same?

    I think that the QAs just missed to let that 2nd drive pass the quality check. :)
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    WD6401AALS is dying, need a 1 TB replacement

    I'd prefer HGST Desktar 7200 over Barracuda ST2000DM001.
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    Dying disk, recovery suggestions?

    I'd probably suggest you to image the drive using ddrescue in Linux. Then it would be much easier for you to recover the files you wanted from the image you got.
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    RAID 0 for gaming rig?

    I'd better go with the single 1TB SSD in AHCI mode than doing 2x512GB in RAID 0. There seems no big difference in performance.
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    Diagnose and repair SSD?

    Have you able to check the SMART status of that drive using CrystalDiskInfo?
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    How do I swap out a PATA hard drive?

    You can try to replace the optical drive or make a bootable USB windows 7 installation disk from the Windows 7.iso that you have and try to install Windows 7 on that PC from the bootable USB that you've made.(That is if the BIOS of this PC already supports booting from USB)
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    what ssd maker do you prefer?

    Yes, any SSD is far better than HDD in performance but then it then comes to the next question. What brand gives you a better quality SSD?.. ;)
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