I want to replace the hard drives in my Apricorn HDDVR expanders.that came with Green WD10EADS's that pixilate and freeze. Will these work? I asked Seagate and they said I need a drive that "does not auto correct" and would run 24/7. He said they don't...
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I am not using the HDD in question, I am using a Seagate SV35 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6-Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive for Video Surveillance ST1000VX000 in a security camera DVR. This system records 24/7 and I have not had any problems with it. Understand though that I am recording in 700 lines, not high definition. In addition, I am recording 8 cameras at the same time and still no problems. You should test to see if you find out why it is pixilating. Is it the connection to the unit, i.e. is it USB, HDMI etc.? Does it pixilate when recording in standard definition? You will also need to know the specs for a replacement drive from the manufacture as to drive speed, type, and maximum size. DVR are to use 24/7 if they are recording all the time. Also check to see if the system you are trying to connect the expander to will work with that expander. This information you need to get from the manufacture of the DVR. he reason I suggested testing and questioning is because I had a Brand new 55" TV that I was hooking up to a Home entertainment center that I could not get to work properly. I was finally directed by the manufacture to try the highest end HDMI cable. BANG, that was the problem, not the same but it does show that it can be a simple solution to an pain in the neck problem. Hope this helps.
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I have used a 4TB WD MyBook successfully. I made the mistake of connecting that 4TB drive to an old Windows computer which mangled it, then even after a reformat, the DVR crashes every time I connect the drive. Somehow only the original factory format could work.The DVR can use a large FAT32 drive but formatting a 2TB+ HD as FAT32 results in 1.6TB capacity.
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I found that the drives are several years old. I bought a bunch of them (10+) it was a mistake. I tried to get warranty from WD and they did not honor the 5 year warranty and in fact when I returned the drive, they claimed it wasn't manufactured by them. I ended up returning the drive to the seller for a replacement. Don't count on the 5 year warranty, better yet buy it from another manufacturer. I've had too many failures of WD drives in the last year or two. I have switched to Seagate.
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You can buy from Apricorn, $10 plus tax & shipping. You can also use a Y splitter USB cable. I had an older one for their EZ GigII that I had forgotten I had bought, so ordered the Y cable--which can also be used for other devices. So I have both, and ended up using the power supply. My problem is that I have a Dell laptop, and Apricorn software did not do an exact clone, leaving out the Dell partition, thus the resultant drive would not boot, missing the boot sector. Ended up using EaseUS, after trying WD Acronis and Partition Wizard, without success. So the Apricorn ended up just being an expensive enclosure.
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Hello J.L., It all depends on several factors: 1) Has the drive been recently been verified as being sound; does the SMART data indicate as being sound? All depending on your operating system, there are various tools to obtain this information. BUT this data has to be taken with the understanding that this is the drive reporting on itself. Personally I use SPINRITE to maintain and verify all my drives. In over 20 years of using computers, I have NEVER had a hard drive failure because I use SPINRITE regularly on all my hard drives. It is the BEST hard drive maintenance and recovery software I have ever used. I can't explain how it does what it does but it works ! So my recommendation is to purchase SPINRITE from grc.com and run it on your drive. After you use it, you will know how dependable your drive is to store an image for recovery. Steve Gibson is the developer and creator of SPINRITE. I have watched his podcasts on TWIT.TV.COM (Security Now) for 9 years now and he is my most trusted person you can encounter anywhere. Bottom line: Purchase SPINRITE from grc.com and run it on your drive. After the review of the findings, you will know whether or not you can reliably create an image on your WD drive. I hope this helps, jp
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I don't know why someone would say that. I have found them to be the most reliable drives I have ever owned. In fact, I can honestly say that I have never had to replace a Western Digital RE drive because of a failure. We have replaced some that were small enough to be obsolete, but in my recollection have never replaced one for any other reason in 9 years of business. Of course, your mileage may vary. We do make sure to keep them cool.
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I have the Seagate 2tb and I also run Windows 7 and it just asked me to upload an out of date app but it works. That's all I can tell you.
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Amazon have been sending me the WD20EARS-00MVWB0!If you do buy it, please buy it thru my Amazon Store, its the same price and I get a small kickback from the sale.http://astore.amazon.com/brisperpag-20/detail/B002ZCXK0IGreat drive btw, use this for my main data partition and for an external backup drive on many servers.
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I couldn't get the timers to work correctly. There is an update Seagate OS 4 you can read up on. The new software may work for you.
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I actually had a bad drive that because of the simplicity of this device I popped in to see if I would have any better luck reading. The answer was no it behaved like you expected any hard drive to act installed in your system. It has no error correction capabilities any different than an internal hard drive on your system. If error correction could/or would be possible it would have to be something running/installed in your O/S
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I'm not sure why QNAP would suggest Seagate drives, their failure rate is much higher than Western Digital or Hitachi. Just google for it, you'll see what I mean.
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I only have experience with the Western Digital one, and it works fine once you use Acronis to format it. It's up to you. But, keep in mind if you do get the Western Digital one, they send the drive alone, no screws and no cables, just the drive.
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I am a Vidéotron customer with a Illico DVR (Explorer 8300HD+ with 320GB hard drive). Western Digital web site reports compatibility with my Explorer is only with their 500GB model. I requested compatibility report to WD with their 1TB model and my Explorer but no news yet. I see many people with my Explorer model have installed the 1TB version and it appears to be working fine. I am undecided about buying either the 500GB or 1TB version. Do both versions work with my Explorer unit ? Can anybody confirm this? Please advise if you can. Thanks very much, regards.
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Hi. I never use greens, they fail to quickly. Red is ok, ensure you are ok with RPM. I tried 6tb red, didn't work. 4tb is max from my experience. I have two of these, work best on eSATA. Enjoy.
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If you pre purchase the 16TB it comes with Reds and you cant change that. But if you buy the disk less version you can put any drive in their compatibility list on WDs site. Some current Greens are on there, but they are unable to test backward with older Greens that are no longer manufactured. (but may still work) I am using 2 not on their list and they work fine.
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I ordered the diskless and installed 2ea, 3TB Western Digital Green drives which were on the approved drive list. Worked flawlessly. I would hope that any drives pre installed would follow their own drive list.
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I have two 4TB drives of different models. I'm running Windows 8, and I occassionally have to run "chkdsk /f y:" due to corrupted disks. I have 2 3TB drives that don't have this issue.