I want to buy a Hard Drive

[Jonas]

I have a 8-9 year old 1TB Toshiba HDD + 240 GB SSD right now.

Yes, I can free up some space. But I think it's time I buy a new HDD, because Toshiba might fail at anytime. It has some bad sectors.

My usage is pretty basic, I mostly do photo and video editing on this PC, and I take online backups as well.

Once I get a new HDD, I will transfer data to the Toshiba drive which is of little value and isn't frequently accessed.

 

[xyx2000]

You can get a 2 TB Seagate.

 

[wheatbread]

Buy Toshiba again. They went through some corporate voodoo sometime ago and now their storage company is called KIOXIA.

 

[Jonas]

2TB 7200 RPM, right?

Found this: Toshiba 2TB Desktop 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive

 

[Tejas01]

@Samuel I got the same Toshiba model in 2020. Serving me good. Use it as a backup. My experience with Seagate has been bad. Either WD or Toshiba.
Just confirm one thing whether Amazon's giving enough packaging. Offlate they have gone carton-free in the name of environmental protection but it damaged my BP monitoring device during transit. On replacement it came with a proper carton.
Or you can get one from Prime Abgb or Md computers. You can't go wrong with their packaging (atleast Md computers).

 

[Aakash Malhotra]

hdd on Amazon is over priced. prime abgb is also over priced. md computers is trash. try vedant computers. they are good.

 

[Jonas]

Not sure if Nehru Place is open or not nowadays. Will try to check over there.

@Tejas01 Have you checked the warranty status? A guy has complained in reviews that the warranty doesn't apply on this one, it was imported long ago.

Vedant has one listed, WD for 4.5k WD Blue 2TB Internal HDD (7200 RPM)

 

[xyx2000]

Check computer hardware prices for delhi here

https://www.costtocost.in/list/pricelist.pdf

, i have never had issues with seagate, currently running a 10 year old 1 tb and a 8 year old 2 tb both perfect condition.

 

[Tejas01]

Nope, I got it from Prime so I know I can eat their head if any issues prop around.
Maybe the buyer got it from Amazon seller so difficult to comment about warranty. Possible since getting imported in bulk helps to reduce costs.
If you are getting it from reputed stores (Nehru, Prime, Md, Vedant) you can be rest assured with a resolution should any issue arise. With Amazon, you may have to do send drives on your own.

 

[FujiwaraTofu]

Not sure if Nehru Place is open or not nowadays. Will try to check over there.

Nehru Place is open.
Also as someone who has used the consumer drives from Seagate, WD and Toshiba all of have failed on me so I just buy whatever has good pirce + good warranty. Always keep backups though.