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| Brand | Seagate |
| Item Weight | 626 g |
| Product Dimensions | 14.7 x 10.1 x 2.6 cm |
| Item model number | ST2000DM001 |
| Hard Drive Size | 64 MB |
| Wattage | 6.2 watts |
Additional Information
| ASIN | B006H32Q3S |
| Best Sellers Rank | 440 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) |
| Shipping Weight | 880 g |
| Date First Available | 10 Dec 2011 |
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Warranty, Parts: Replacement parts covered under manufacturer's warranty terms for 12 months from date of purchase
Warranty, Labor: Labour cost covered under manufacturer's warranty terms for 12 months from date of purchase
Warranty, Labor: Labour cost covered under manufacturer's warranty terms for 12 months from date of purchase
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Seagate Barracuda 2TB Sata Int 3.5in 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S
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Interfaces:1 x Serial ATA-600 - 7 pin Serial ATA, Compatible Bays:1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H, Service & Support Details:Limited warranty - 2 years, Service & Support:2 years warranty, Compliant Standards:RoHS, Compatible with Windows 7:"Compatible with Windows 7" software and devices carry Microsoft's assurance that these products have passed tests for compatibility and reliability with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7., Drive Transfer Rate:600 MBps (external), Spindle Speed:7200 rpm
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71 of 75 people found the following review helpful
By Karvala
This is currently the best value 2TB 7200RPM drive around, being some £25 cheaper than the nearest competitor. It's also the fastest in most benchmarks, which means if you're after a fast, cheap 2TB drive, it's a no-brainer on the face of it.
The problem is that these drives are also showing some problems. As you'll see from some of the other reviewers here, as well as elsewhere, the two problems are:-
(1) Bad sectors, which can appear very early, and are obviously a very serious problem if they occur, with likely data loss.
(2) A loud clicking sound which occurs periodically, which is the drive starting a load cycle after sleeping. This is a problem because the drives are only rated for 300,000 load cycles, and due to the power settings on the drive, this figure will be reached within a few months on the firmware that most of the drives are shipped with (CC4C). This problem can be fixed by updating the firmware (to CC4H) using Seagate's free utilty, but not all drives are managing to successfully update in this way.
Essentially, it's a lottery. If you get one of the drives made in Thailand, then the chances are it will be fine and you'll have a bargain. If you get one of the drives from the China plant to which production was shifted following the Thailand floods last year, then there seems to be a much greater chance that the drive will exhibit one or both of the above problems. Then it's a case of changing it and hoping for the best. I had a faulty drive from China, and swapped it for one from Thailand, and I'm pleased with the it now. It's a risk, though.
The problem is that these drives are also showing some problems. As you'll see from some of the other reviewers here, as well as elsewhere, the two problems are:-
(1) Bad sectors, which can appear very early, and are obviously a very serious problem if they occur, with likely data loss.
(2) A loud clicking sound which occurs periodically, which is the drive starting a load cycle after sleeping. This is a problem because the drives are only rated for 300,000 load cycles, and due to the power settings on the drive, this figure will be reached within a few months on the firmware that most of the drives are shipped with (CC4C). This problem can be fixed by updating the firmware (to CC4H) using Seagate's free utilty, but not all drives are managing to successfully update in this way.
Essentially, it's a lottery. If you get one of the drives made in Thailand, then the chances are it will be fine and you'll have a bargain. If you get one of the drives from the China plant to which production was shifted following the Thailand floods last year, then there seems to be a much greater chance that the drive will exhibit one or both of the above problems. Then it's a case of changing it and hoping for the best. I had a faulty drive from China, and swapped it for one from Thailand, and I'm pleased with the it now. It's a risk, though.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I purchased a total of 4 of these hard drives to go into my NAS box. Whilst the drives initially appeared to be fine after I while I noticed a repetitive noise coming from my NAS box. After many hours of investigation I finally found that these disk drives have an annoying power management scheme that results the drive parking it's heads approximately every 2 minutes if the drive is not being accessed. Looking at the Seagate forums this seems to be a known issue with these drives, often mentioned as a 'chirping' noise coming from the drives. So whilst the drives themselves seems to work OK, the parking of the heads every couple of minutes can become somewhat annoying. The Seagate forums appear to suggest that Seagate is aware of this and that nothing has been done to address it. I'm not sure if this behaviour has any impact on the long term reliability of the hard disk, however it does become somewhat disconcerting after a while and personally I would not trust these drives with any important information.....just in case.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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First impressions are very good, I only hope that it maintains the initial good start.
I tested it with a destructive read write cycle with Disk Sentinel software for 8 hours, no faults or bad blocks where found.
I got the speed with HD Tunepro of Min 30 Max 188 Avg 135 Mb/s This is about 50% faster than the 1 GB 2 year old drive it is replacing.
There is a slight scraping noise when the drive activates from idle, but in general use it is very quite.
The temperature is mostly between 38-48 Degrees C
The drive was quite well packed on arrival, marked as ''Made In China''.
The scraping noise I mentioned is often cured by a firmware update, check that you have CC4H version if not apply the free Samsung update while you are still in the 30 day refund period.
This is a very important update that can lengthen the service life of the Drive.
Update the good start did not last! after less than 3 months use. 440 sectors where reallocated (marked as Bad) this rose in less than two weeks to over 1,000 sectors even Seagate's own disk checking tool advised a replacement drive, this was done but with me paying the return carriage cost of £4.40
I tested it with a destructive read write cycle with Disk Sentinel software for 8 hours, no faults or bad blocks where found.
I got the speed with HD Tunepro of Min 30 Max 188 Avg 135 Mb/s This is about 50% faster than the 1 GB 2 year old drive it is replacing.
There is a slight scraping noise when the drive activates from idle, but in general use it is very quite.
The temperature is mostly between 38-48 Degrees C
The drive was quite well packed on arrival, marked as ''Made In China''.
The scraping noise I mentioned is often cured by a firmware update, check that you have CC4H version if not apply the free Samsung update while you are still in the 30 day refund period.
This is a very important update that can lengthen the service life of the Drive.
Update the good start did not last! after less than 3 months use. 440 sectors where reallocated (marked as Bad) this rose in less than two weeks to over 1,000 sectors even Seagate's own disk checking tool advised a replacement drive, this was done but with me paying the return carriage cost of £4.40
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1.0 out of 5 stars
DOA
Drive arrived, connected it up, made horrible grating noises DOA. Either poor QC or bad handling through the postal system
Published 3 hours ago by mefts
4.0 out of 5 stars
had a boot problem on my PC
I had to change the BIOS to get this to boot on my Win 7 64 bit PC, I didn't understand why but it worked. The BIOS has to be changed back for use of the old drive.
Published 1 day ago by Mr. Dennis V. Long
4.0 out of 5 stars
seagate 2tb hdd
finally realised my old hdd was on the way out (sounded a bit like bacon frying)
installed the new hdd (with clean OS install) - now running almost silent - the cpu fan is now... Read more
installed the new hdd (with clean OS install) - now running almost silent - the cpu fan is now... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Patrick Warner
4.0 out of 5 stars
so far so good
Been running for 2 weeks so far no gripes.
fast and quiet, temps are low in a desktop environment as you would expect
fast and quiet, temps are low in a desktop environment as you would expect
Published 5 days ago by kevin berry
5.0 out of 5 stars
So far so good
I've a pair of this disks in my NAS and so far so good, never had any problems with them.
Published 9 days ago by vpereira
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works Great on an iMac
I bought this because it seems to be one of the few to work with an 2009 iMac which had seagate disk.
Eventually, everything worked like a charm. Just plug and play. Read more
Eventually, everything worked like a charm. Just plug and play. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Ilias Papas
5.0 out of 5 stars
seagate is the best
Already using Seagate hard drives (20 pcs) and never had any problems. theses ones were for CCTV and they are performing very well.
Published 11 days ago by Mad technologies Ltd
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beware 2000GB not 2TB
Apart from the obvious mis-advertising all else perfect
2000 GB on the casing not 2TB
2000,396,288,000 bytes = 1. Read more
2000 GB on the casing not 2TB
2000,396,288,000 bytes = 1. Read more
Published 13 days ago by TonyB
5.0 out of 5 stars
does its job
You get what you ordered. 2TB hard drive with descent speeds. I've had it for two months and it still does its job. I would recommend it
Published 14 days ago by Ludamara
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works exactly as it should
Bought this drive as a replacement for a 500Gig second drive. Copied files over from the original drive and let it do its thing. Read more
Published 14 days ago by K. Moorhead
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