I've heard WD red/green are really quiet, I think red are slightly quieter. I have an HGST 3TB drive I'm using for my nas/plex and it's really quiet except for when it spins up. Makes pretty much no noise doing seeks.
On 06/28/2017 05:10 PM, Victor Villa wrote: > so, i've never really had an opportunity to use this, but I've heard in > this situation ddrescue can work like spinrite in that it reads each sector > trying for data recovery. may be worth a shot. > > v > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Barry Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I ran fsck, but it wouldn't finish due to read errors. I'm guessing >> it's time to buy another hard drive. >> >> It's frustrating because the original drive in this computer (a WD), >> lasted about 2 years. I replaced that with an SSD and a Hitachi disk, >> and it lasted about 2.5 years. And here I am again. >> >> At least (knocks on wood) the SSD appears to be good for now. >> >> Can anybody recommend a reliable, quiet 3-5 TB hard drive? >> >> Thanks, >> Barry >> >> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Barry Roberts <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I ran fsck, but it wouldn't finish due to read errors. I'm guessing >>> it's time to buy another hard drive. >>> >>> It's frustrating because the original drive in this computer (a WD), >>> lasted about 2 years. I replaced that with an SSD and a Hitachi disk, >>> and it lasted about 2.5 years. And here I am again. >>> >>> At least (knocks on wood) the SSD appears to be good for now. >>> >>> Can anybody recommend a reliable, quiet 3-5 TB hard drive? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Barry >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ >
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