400GB Hard disk from Seagate
In the times of broadband when we can download gigabytes of data on a daily basis and games coming on DVDs, the demand for bigger hard drives for PCs have been constant. And add to that the capabilities of today’s computers to edit and make home movies. No hard drive size is good enough.
To cater to this market, Seagate has just released a hard drive offering 400GB of storage space. It is the fourth member of the Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.8 family and is available in two versions, Ultra ATA/100 interface, and Serial ATA interface.
The drive includes three platters each of which stores a massive 133GBs of data. This capacity is a record for a drive aimed at desktop PCs. Prices for these drives are not out yet. The drive features advanced technologies like Native Command Queuing (NCQ), which let the Serial ATA version users to see performance closer to 10,000-rpm drives.
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March 1st, 2005 at 5:56 pm
Seagate has “a known problem” with the 400gb hard drives (internal/external) and some 300gb models. They currently have no inventory to provide replacements for those who have RMAs. My RMA was registered 02/05/05 and I have yet to receive a replacement. According to their support website, my 30-day old RMA is still pending. I received a phone call 2 weeks ago promising a replacement express shipped to me in 7-days or less plus an exended 1 year warranty. Still waiting…and fuming.
October 4th, 2005 at 2:44 am
I brought 4 Seagate HDD (some are 200G, 300G), all failed. Easily to lost data and I need to recover it many times. Strong recommendation: don’t buy Seagate HDD. I now use WD or Maxtor exclusively.