Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB

TheKeith

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Jun 11, 2003, 10:48:41 PM6/11/03

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I just bought this drive and was a bit surprised to hear the read/write
heads pretty well. I thought this drive was supposed to be very quiet. Maybe
I'm just a little spoiled, being used to 2 maxtor diamond max plus drives
(1x 30GB and 1x 20GB), but I just want to be sure nothing is wrong with the
drive--is it normal to hear the reading and writing on this drive? also,
what would be the best way to scan the disk thoroughly to make sure nothing
is wrong with it physically--should I use something within windows (XP) or
one of western digital's disk utilities that you can get on their site?

Wheat Muncher

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Jun 12, 2003, 1:09:04 AM6/12/03

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TheKeith Babbled on and on and on about:

I have found the WD to be a bit noisier that the Maxtor drives during the
read write process. It also depends on where it is mounted and teh quality
of the case. The noise could be amplified through the case (Compaq, and HP
specials).
On the flip side though, I have found some of the Maxtor's to just scream
when they spin up (30 and 60 GB). It is the little slimline drives (you
have probably seen them- they are about half of the thickness). Those
things howl like a banshee, so if you want quiet, avoid em. I think it has
something to do with the odd platters needing a special bearing/ bushing
arrangement? dunno, correct me if I'm wrong because the regular size
Maxtor's don't seem to be prone to this.

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Wheaty...

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The PC Guy

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Jun 12, 2003, 3:38:37 PM6/12/03

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Hello:
I've used both WD and Maxtor drives to replace older drives and the
customers were happy with the results.
My own experience is some drives are just noisier than others. IBM tends
to make the quietest drives. But then, IBM drives, lately, have developed a
reputation for premature failures.
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regards,
bruce

The PC Guy
Bruce Von Deylen
Pierceton, Ind. USA
Serving the computer impaired in northern
Indiana and southwest lower Michigan

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"Ed" <nom...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My WD 120gb JB is pretty quite compared to my WD 40GB drives. I've had
> it for a little over 2 months now, I never hear the heads, all I hear is
> a click on boot up, and it spinning.
>
> WD Utilities...
> http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
>
> Good luck,
> Ed
>

Larry Lamington

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Jun 13, 2003, 12:44:12 AM6/13/03

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I've got one (albeit in a very quiet Antec 1080 case), that I can honestly
say I've never heard a peep out of. It's possibly audible if I opened the
case and put my ear to it, though I've never tried.

For future reference, Seagate Barracudas (version 4 onwards) are reckoned to
be the quietest drives.

Charles A. Burge

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Jun 13, 2003, 10:04:23 PM6/13/03

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Definitely use the WD utility. I think it's called Data
LifeGuard or something like that. Anyway, it's a small download
that makes a boot floppy which you can use to check any WDC
drive.

HTH,

Charles

TheKeith

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Jun 13, 2003, 10:03:35 PM6/13/03

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yeah I actually used the windows-based data lifeguard util (windlg10.exe)
since I removed my floppy when installing the new hd. I did a quick test and
a full test and they both checked out. I'm not sure if the windows-based one
is as good as the floppy-based one though.

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