Reptoholic Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I am looking at getting a /Seagate GoFlex Desk 4TB USB 3.0 Black External Hard Drive STAC4000100/ and was going to see if any of y'all have had any experience with them. It's gonna be $280 and I was going to get y'alls opinion. Have you had any experience with them? what do you think ?Just let me know, any advice would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Den Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Pretty much only thing I can say here is that this is a bad idea, a few weeks ago my dad sent me a 4TB drive and man was I happy. So I pretty much moved everything I had on my other externals to it, everything was going fine until for some reason a bloody message came up telling me I had to format it in order to use it, now this use to happen with my other drives sometimes and I'd just switch PC's and run a virus check on them and they would be fine but not this time. I figured it was no problem so I switched to another PC and the same message came up so that when I started to worry lastly I tried it on my desktop and what do you know the same message came up once more, I might have went into a little mad rage nothing much. In the end I had to format the drive but luckily for me I had not gotten around to wiping out the source of those files from my external and PC's. I returned the drive to my dad he took it back but I still haven't herd from him since then. I've also herd many different people complaining about drives this big crashing, even all computer stores I go to always advice me to get drives below 4TB.My advice would be rather get two 2TB or get a maximum of 3TB but nothing above that, cause imagine losing over 2TB on data you can't get back. I'd just take the radio with me to the shower after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Honestly I'd avoid Seagate. I have one Seagate and 3 Western Digitals and well the Seagate is always making loud noises and loads a lot slower. Most of my friends experiences with Seagate has been bad as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Seagate isnt that great, and a 4TB is also a bad idea. Two 2TB would be a better idea. The only real way that a 4TB will work and not destroy your files is if its one that plugs into a wall, but thats rather useless... I would say no to getting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Den Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Couldn't have said it better myself Lemming but imagine carrying around a 4TB usually drives that big it's best to get the ones you plug into the wall.But I just noticed something the price of that drive is rather small compare to how much my dad had paid for mine damn I have to start ordering my stuff of online more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 But I just noticed something the price of that drive is rather small compare to how much my dad had paid for mine damn I have to start ordering my stuff of online more.I bought two of my 2 TB Western Digital hard-drives for $79 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Den Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I bought two of my 2 TB Western Digital hard-drives for $79 each.The fuck, man it's official I've become a bitch. Just under a month ago I needed some serious space so I bought a 2TB it was after my PC crashed, and I bought it for 200$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackWater Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 AVOID IT!I own a Seagate 2TB FreeAgent and it keeps making the "Clicks of Doom", clicking noises that are made because the writer heads keep resetting themselves. Maybe I'm lucky, I've had it for over 4 months and it hasn't died yet but nearly 50% of the people who bought it on Amazon say differently. a few weeks ago my dad sent me a 4TB drive and man was I happy. So I pretty much moved everything I had on my other externals to it, everything was going fine until for some reason a bloody message came up telling me I had to format it in order to use it, now this use to happen with my other drives sometimes and I'd just switch PC's and run a virus check on them and they would be fine but not this time. I figured it was no problem so I switched to another PC and the same message came up so that when I started to worry lastly I tried it on my desktop and what do you know the same message came up once more, I might have went into a little mad rage nothing much. In the end I had to format the drive but luckily for me I had not gotten around to wiping out the source of those files from my external and PC's. I returned the drive to my dad he took it back but I still haven't herd from him since then. I've also herd many different people complaining about drives this big crashing, even all computer stores I go to always advice me to get drives below 4TB.That message usually happens when the computer recognises the hard drive but there's some kind of a glitch in the connection so the drive appears to be unformatted. The only way to get rid of that was to 'Safely Remove USB' every time you plugged it in. If that gave you an error and you took it out anyway, you'd have to restart the computer every single time you want to access the files.Every.Single.TimeTrust me, its better to look for another manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptoholic Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Thanks all for the responses, I did not know all of that. I was planning on getting one that plugged into the wall though, I have plenty of room on my mac to take my favorites and what I am watching with me, so I was just going to put all the rest in a big hard drive in my desk. Is it true the the ones that plug into the wall run faster?I bought two of my 2 TB Western Digital hard-drives for $79 each.Where did you get these at? Also What Kind of Hard Drive do y'all recommend ? Any Ideas? I am trying to get a good deal with plenty of room. I need something to put my anime, movies,music and Pics on. So I need plenty of room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 One was on NewEgg while the other was at Target.I just checked and was going to link you to it, but man prices have seriously jacked up in the past month.This is the drive I have two of:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136471http://www.target.com/p/Western-Digtital-Elements-2TB-External-Hard-Drive-Black-WDBAAU0020HBK-NESN/-/A-12714787http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+Digital+-+WD+Elements+2TB+External+USB+2.0+Hard+Drive/9693904.p?id=1218150607338&skuId=9693904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptoholic Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 One was on NewEgg while the other was at Target.I just checked and was going to link you to it, but man prices have seriously jacked up in the past month.This is the drive I have two of:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136471http://www.target.com/p/Western-Digtital-Elements-2TB-External-Hard-Drive-Black-WDBAAU0020HBK-NESN/-/A-12714787http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+Digital+-+WD+Elements+2TB+External+USB+2.0+Hard+Drive/9693904.p?id=1218150607338&skuId=9693904 are they usually at the price you got them at or was that a sale price? I mean $80 is an amazing deal.I know they usually jack prices up near christmas time and Im willing to wait till after if they have better prices then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameanberg Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Nah the HDD prices rose so much because of flooding in Thailand; where they make alot of the HDD parts.And Seagates aren't the great as others have mentioned.But if 3-4TB became more common and cheap does that mean a rise in lossless video (Lagarith I'm looking at you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 i use a seagate goflex 1tb and a seagate freeagent 300gb ive had the 300 gb for months nearly a year now and the 1tb for a few months now ive never heard anything out of any of them and the tb one works pretty damn well considering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†An IP BreAKDoWN Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 How about a couple of 1-2 TB HDD in a RAID 5?Pro tip:If you are worried about losing data then 2 HDD in RAID 1 would mean that you have a complete backup in real time, helpful if a drive goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 are they usually at the price you got them at or was that a sale price? I mean $80 is an amazing deal.I know they usually jack prices up near christmas time and Im willing to wait till after if they have better prices then.Well normally the price is around $99 for them. I did catch both on on different sales nearly a year apart.I'd probably wait if I was you if you can as it seems ALL HHD's on NewEgg, Target, Walmart, and BestBuy have had their prices skyrocket way beyond normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†An IP BreAKDoWN Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'd probably wait if I was you if you can as it seems ALL HHD's on NewEgg, Target, Walmart, and BestBuy have had their prices skyrocket way beyond normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptoholic Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Ok, thanks ,I will keep a look out for a western digital. I will be sure to wait and get one after Christmas and New Years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameanberg Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Don't buy immediately afterwards unless you see a bargain (2TB were going for ~$110 at one point; use as reference), 4TBs as they come through will push down the price per GB of HDDs, that will naturally decrease the price of the other HDD sizes.SSDs wont be replacing HDDs for storage for a while (2-3 years at least) and will always have a place as they seem to last forever (i.e. indefinite time till fault) whilst SDDs will die eventually (case in point, I had some HDDs that were 15+ years old (magnetic) still working). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupathingy220 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I would avoid buying hard drives in general right now, since the prices are outrageous due to the flood in Thailand. Also, higher capacity drives are still a little iffy. While hard drives as a whole have been around for a while, single drives with capacities that large are a relatively new trend, and have a tendency to be unreliable. Also, If I remember correctly, the 4TB drives actually have high density 2TB platters, and the chances of one of those platters failing is greater, and it would more than likely knock out the entire drive if one goes. All in all, I say it's a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon316 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 I agree with the other posters and someone advised me also never to really go past 1TB as if you lose all the data it can be a long hassle to get them back.Also Fat 32 IIRC has a limit of 1.5 or 2TB, so you wouldnt be able to connect a 4TB to hardware that only accepts Fat 32 such as a PS3 or most HD TVs etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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