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Reviews for Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 GB Internal Hard DriveSATA/150 - 7200 rpm - 8 MB Buffer - 3.5" - Hot Swappable - MPN: ST380817AS
$27.00 - $43.00
By member:
brettski111
- May 2, 2005
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 GB Internal Hard DriveStrengths: Easy configure, stores data, good price, decent performance Weakness: No LED connector on drive. This is my first SATA drive. I bought 2 which I have striped. The drives are pretty quiet and perform decently. I would by more of them if I need to. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
doucrix
- Jan 14, 2005
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 GB Internal Hard DriveStrengths: fast, effective, reliable Weakness: a bit louder, than Maxtor Drives or maybe its more like a higher pitched sound from the durabilty of the casing. The only thing I didnt like about this drive was that at OEM I didnt have any floppy disk of the drivers that I needed to install XP Pro or else it won't read the dam hard drive as being present. So I had to first of all BUY A FLOPPY for my pc, which i should of bought when I ordered my case custom, creat 2 floppy disks of drivers from my motherboard cd utilities of the SATA drivers on my girfriends pc using my new floppy drive, very easy on the A8V deluxe by the way, for Windows XP only searches for floppy instead of all drives for drivers, wich is lame, then transfered the floppy drive to my pc then installed XP Pro no problem, everything from there was a Snap! 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
Reply by member: Archmaille
Sep 13, 2005 The only reason you should ever have to buy a floppy is to flash your BIOS. If your BIOS didn't originally support SATA I understand this article, but if you are truly talking about Windows XP not supporting the drive there are several things about your review that don't make sense. Windows XP supports any form of media for installing drivers. I've used everything from Tape drives, USB (jump drive), direct from the Hard Drive, Floppy, and CD/DVD drive... the only thing I can't figure out (and not sure if windows supports) is a way to pull drivers offline during configuration. Of course you can always download the drivers and configure later.
Reply by member: L4nd0n14n
Dec 26, 2005 It seems to me that he was using a RAID setup which would explain why he needs drivers to setup windows
By member:
dadposner
- Apr 28, 2005
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 GB Internal Hard DriveStrengths: Very fast, quiet and reliable. NCQ coupled with the Intel 925XE Chipset AHCI gives me a 50% reduction in WindowsXP Home load time. Weakness: The drive gets hot under constant use. It is fine for a home computer but i would look for soemthing that runs cooler for a server. The NCQ SATA HDDs, when set up correctly in BIOS and the operating system are incredibly fast. This really is SCSI on a budget. Users must know how to set BIOS IDE options and install the correct Intel drivers to take full advantage of this drive's speed. 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
Reply by member: Archmaille
Sep 13, 2005 I was thinking about getting this drive so that I could upgrade to SATA RAID and I was wondering if you knew a temperature that it got to? and if you had fans on your hdd? I have fans, but don't want a drive getting hot on me with two of them being stuck right next to each other.
By member:
phx3840
- Aug 15, 2005
Seagate Barracuda ST380817AS 80GB Hard DriveStrengths: Easy to install. Great software. Fast transfers. Weakness: No cables. A little noisy. Seagate is a trusted name and they have produced another winner. Install was smooth using Abit VIA KV7 based motherboard and Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2. Drive was recognized by the mobo and Windows had no problems partitoning and formatting the drive. Great price for the performance and the size. Would definitely buy again and highly recommend if you need just an average sized system drive. 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
464cowboy
- Mar 12, 2005
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 GB Internal Hard DriveStrengths: Very quit, 5 year warr. Weakness: none I had no problems installing on my new pc. I didn't have a floppy drive but didn't need it. Windows XP Pro went on just fine without any problem. I also put a 250g HD from seagate in as well. This was my first pc build. 71% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
Reply by member: knute44
Jun 5, 2005 Thanks, this may help me as I too have Windows XP Pro and am starting to build a new computer.
Reply by member: Archmaille
Sep 13, 2005 First computer is always an exciting thing! Especially when you start out with quality products like this. When you decide to build a new one I suggest going Linux next time it's more stable, faster, more powerful, and comes with much more applications than Windows... oh... and did I mention it's FREE! that is if you download it yourself. Most of the time you can find a vendor who will sell it to you at a fair price though. Personally I use SuSE 9.3 Pro and love it. SuSE is good to start on it's pretty easy, and has little setup involved. Advertisement  
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 GB Internal Hard Drive
Strengths: Quiet, Fast, Inexpensive
Weakness: Sata cables not included
I have two of these in RAID1 in a home file server. Would probably be incredibally fast striped but I'm more concerned about data loss. These are my first SATA drives and were very easy to install and configure in a RAID array. The smaller SATA cables helped with airflow and keep the system temp lower. Have owned drives by many different different manufacturers but Seagate has yet to crash and tend to be the quietest. I would recommend these to anyoune.
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