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Good deal, Just got a 2tb one from staples for 90 shipped. Mine came with the 7200 rpm drive in it and I opened the case. Good luck trying to get this case open without making any marks. It was a...
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Is there anyway to identify from outside of the retail box (serial number, date codes, etc.) which drive is actually inside the case?
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doubt it, have to plug it in to check I imagine.
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Thread created 04-29-2012 by choli0090
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just a question:
do you have a video/tutorial to crack the external enclosure without damaging plastic tabs or enclosure
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so i can give you realistic measures - I do get your point :)
I have an older Seagate FreeAgent, 2TB, it might be a 7200rpm inside, I don't know.
Anyways, USB 2.0 speed on it has never really...
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Video of how to open the shell and take out the drive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN2ikVYBLK8
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There are only two mechanical hard drive makers left, Seagate and Western Digital. Any reliability ratings you'll find on mechanical drives are completely anecdotal. My belief is that both Seagate...
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was looking for the realistic speeds not some 5Gbps theory whitepaper, but then in reality getting 50MB/s
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I was at Costco two weeks ago and it was 129.99 also. I don't think it's a special price.
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Hitachi's drive business was bought by Western Digital. Samsung's drive business was bought by Seagate.
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Sorry for not mentioning as I meant too.
I was at the Cypress Costco today where I saw plenty of these.
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Any idea what is inside this?
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A Barracuda ST3000DM001. 7200RPM, 64MB cache.
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While technically they still make mechanical drives, they're no longer in the 3.5" consumer market. They mostly make 2.5" ultra-portable, specialty, OEM and enterprise products. You're not going to...
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I can confirm that mine also came with a ST3000DM001 Barracuda
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN2ikVYBLK8
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Thanks for the response. I guess my concern is that everything I've seen states that xp32 bit does not support GPT. Thinking ill just use this as external and get a 2TB drive to save the hassle on...
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Verified back to full price.
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Wow, you CAN shop for free at costco! I never knew! How come I've never seen this on slickdeals???
http://thefrugalfind.com/you-can-shop-at-costco-without-a-membership/
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Dumb question alert....can I use this to expand my DVR memory on my Dish Network box?
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I have 2 of them in an Unraid media server in addition a few WD drives. They are set to spin down after 1 hour. Using the Seagate Disc Wizard, I see that the drive at default was set not to spin down...
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OK. This drive is already partitioned for XP already i.e. you do not have to do anything for the 3 TB use. If you do take it out of the enclosure and only then, you will need to partition it with GPT...
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Oh really?
I thought all Win XP users had to partition it themselves using Seagate DiscWizard software.
I revisted the website i referred to -- and just realized that was for an "internal"...
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What does it show if you just pull the drive out and sit it into a dock? does it ask you to reformat or anything? Or could I pull it out, transfer the data from the drive and then reformat?
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I thought so as well. Can you quote the exact wording from the warranty? I remember reading that it says something like hard drive cover. It used the same wording as the internal drives when I was...
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If you have a mobo w eSata capabilities, slap it in an eSata enclosure, set it, and forget it!
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Picked one up today (the 12th).
They had at least a dozen more on display so should be pretty accessible.
Thanks!
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Plus Tax
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I have this one, runs very hot... i would crack the case and use the drive without the enclosure for it's own safety. Case has no way of opening without cracking atleast 1-2 hinges.
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I used this video and a guitar pick, no damage to the plastic at all.
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I'm not sure of what you mean by chirp, but I'm concerned about the noise mine make. I get a single, short, high pitched sound when I shut down my computer from each of these drives. It's not a...
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Any instructions of how to crack this open? I want to pick up one to use as an internal storage drive for my desktop.
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just in case it helps any of you wondering which case it's currently armored with, here are a few shots.
vented from three sides...
top - large perforations
bottom - smaller perforations
rear -...
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130-135 after tax, which isn't much different than the $100 2TB from Amazon.
I wouldn't go voiding my warranty over this.
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Staples retail stores will price match prices at brick–n–mortar retail stores and at Staples.com.
None of the three local Staples stores will match Costco, because they can't call Costco and...
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Why bother trying? Just let them shop at their QFCs and Safeways and fill up at Arco.
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I would call this a repost of a repost but for some reason I can't find those postings either, but I know I've seen this posted a couple times already today.
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Well I guess I have to "BUY THAT LINE" short of walking out of Staples and stealing the item. You got a better idea when they won't match the price? I'm all ears.
Now, slap yourself in the...
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I picked up one this weekend.
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