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Review on πŸ’Ύ Seagate Compute 2TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA for Desktop PC (ST2000DM01C) by ng Hong Dng ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

The product is usable, I expected a bit more.

It is imperative that you are aware that the hard drive is always the weakest point of any computer. As a general rule, it fails more frequently and more quickly than other components, which is why it is imperative that you never forget to perform routine backups of any important data! Purchasing this model, as well as its analogues from other companies, can be similar to playing a game of chance: for some people, the product will work perfectly for the entirety of the warranty period and much longer; however, for other people, it will not "start up" when plugged into the system unit immediately from the store. In my experience, the issues began to surface after a few months had passed: the operating system started to become unstable with frequent "blue screens of death" during periods of inactivity, such as when the user is not performing any tasks on the device. Although I was aware of the issue, I did not pay it much attention because I normally power down the computer before leaving it, and specifically on this hard drive was not particularly sinful, so I suspected that the issue was caused by departures and other factors. So, he labored for more than a year, during which time SMART's alarm bells occasionally rang. The first parameter to have its value raised was "High Fly Writes," however this change was not a major one. After a few months, "Command Timeout" began to dial in, and everything seemed to be going well so far. A short while later, it was time for "Reported Uncorrectable Errors," which is an acceptable amount of mistakes. Well, in recent times, greetings have been communicated with enormous values of "Current Pending Sector Count" and, of course, "Reallocated Sectors Count" - as the expression goes, the hard drive has reached the handle. Now it still works, but since this is already an emergency mode, it will serve any file garbage for as long as it continues to work, no matter how long that may be. To recap everything that has been stated above: when working with hard drives, you should always be prepared for difficulties, as hard drives are prone to having them.

Pros
  • 2 TB for a reasonable price
Cons
  • As is the case with any hard disk, but particularly one from the more affordable category, a variety of problems, up to and including total failure at the most inopportune time, are always possible.