Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB External HD - Delayed Write Failed Errors

[dlt123me]

Well, I have finally decided to rid myself of bad Hard Drives and need help choosing a better external HD. I'm willing to put together an internal HD and external case/power supply/etc. but do not know what cases or drives will work the best and be cost effective.

My last two drives gave up the ghost along with some of my valuable data, so it looks like it's time to get more serious about my next HD. I am looking for a good, not too expensive external HD or external kit and welcome your opinions.

I have been doing some research here and found that some posters seem to like Samsung Spinpoint drives.

I have gleaned from some postings these two HD's...

Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB

I have also seen that several posters have Seagate drives, but my last drive was a Seagate 500 GB FreeAgent Go USB drive and it kept giving me "Delayed Write Failed" errors. I did extensive research on the net to find a solution to this problem and none I tried worked so in frustration I came up with my own fix to this problem and placed it on the net for others having this problem to consider.. For those who get the same error as I did, here is what I done to resolve my HD problems... YMMV

http://www.roadtobetterliving.com/HardDriveProblem/HardDriveProblem.html

I realize the fix for my Seagate FreeAgent HD is rather drastic but I need a drive I can depend on and this Seagate HD just wasn't one of them... and my trust for Seagate has really been burnt.

Any suggestions for dependable Hard Drives are appreciated...

Note: I am looking for a 500GB or 1 TB hard drive that will be used for backup purposes and storage of sensitive data files.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Dennis

 

[dlt123me]

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