Review on Renewed Seagate BarraCuda 5TB SATA 6Gb/s Internal Hard Drive - 2.5-Inch, 15mm (ST5000LM000) with 128MB Cache by Jared Coleman

Name: Renewed Seagate BarraCuda 5TB SATA 6Gb/s Internal Hard Drive - 2.5-Inch, 15mm (ST5000LM000) with 128MB Cache
Item: Renewed Seagate BarraCuda 5TB SATA 6Gb/s Internal Hard Drive - 2.5-Inch, 15mm (ST5000LM000) with 128MB Cache
Rating: 5

October 03, 2022

It seems to work but crashes. A better power source may be needed.

Data corruption and data loss problem next day after purchase. The hard drive also fails and accumulates from the system to reboot. However, this does not appear to be a drive error. Switched to ext4 file system instead of NTFS. I know from experience that Windows processes often require more effort and often require more power. So I'm waiting for a case with an external power supply instead of what I have now which is only USB powered. So I believe this drive may draw some power, so be sure to use a drive case or computer with enough power. Will be updated as soon as there is a new case.

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