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marcuschen79

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#151131 14-Aug-2014 21:33

Hi Guys, i am a newbie here. I have encountered errors with my internal hard drive. It wont show up in My Computer. Can someone please help me here? I dont want to lose any of my important data in it. Please please help me out.

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Lias

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#1109147 15-Aug-2014 15:49

Personal preference really.

With the consolidation of the drive manufacturers only 3 companies make drives any more, every other brand of drive is just rebranded OEM product You have Toshiba, Seagate, and WD, and only the last two target the consumer market.

I prefer WD over Seagate, others views may differ.

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#1109160 15-Aug-2014 16:30

Lias: Personal preference really.

With the consolidation of the drive manufacturers only 3 companies make drives any more, every other brand of drive is just rebranded OEM product You have Toshiba, Seagate, and WD, and only the last two target the consumer market.

I prefer WD over Seagate, others views may differ.

I prefer Western Digital over Seagate as well. In my experience Western Digital drives fail less.

There are also these links..

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089464/three-year-27-000-drive-study-reveals-the-most-reliable-hard-drive-makers.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hdd-reliability-storelab,2681.html

Also, I would suggest getting another drive to be used for backup.