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Second hdd that stops working... What am I doing wrong?

Legenderys
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My laptop had inside an WD blue 10JPVX and after it broke I bought this one: hitachi travelstar 7k1000 and some days ago it broke too...

Was it a bad purchase? What should I buy then?

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If you are particularly rough on your laptop, HDDs will absolutely not like that.

 

The best thing you could do is try an SSD if your usage needs a lot of movement...  plus its lighter :)

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1 minute ago, Weak1ings said:

If you are particularly rough on your laptop, HDDs will absolutely not like that.

 

The best thing you could do is try an SSD if your usage needs a lot of movement...  plus its lighter :)

I want to use like 500gb or more and I don't want to spend 300 euros for a storage drive.

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33 minutes ago, Legenderys said:

I want to use like 500gb or more and I don't want to spend 300 euros for a storage drive.

I am completely unfamiliar with the Euro & Europe, in the US you can find 500GB SSDs for $120... is it possible to find similar in Europe?

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21 minutes ago, Weak1ings said:

I am completely unfamiliar with the Euro & Europe, in the US you can find 500GB SSDs for $120... is it possible to find similar in Europe?

I actually found samsung evo 850 250gb with 89euros and i think I'll purchase this one

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4 hours ago, Legenderys said:

I actually found samsung evo 850 250gb with 89euros and i think I'll purchase this one

Yeah, I would recommend a SSD as well. My laptop came with a hard drive...after 8 months it slowed down to a crawl (Took 3 min to boot). I installed a Crucial M500 (It was the best bang for the buck at the time) and it boots really fast since I installed it. Though, I think you just had bad luck and had a dead drive from the factory. It happened to me once, the UPS guy KO'd the WD red I bought (I thought the newegg box had been run over by the truck from how the box looked...). I usually test any hard drives with a scan from the manufacturer's hard drive toolkit to make sure it's not dead. But yeah, I would still get the SSD, they can handle abuse far better.

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