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Seagate Barracuda XT
7.6 out of 10

Seagate Barracuda XT

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Reviews and Problems with Seagate Barracuda XT

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Overall 2
2.0

Buyer beware - seagate is not reliable

fmp7 "willlynilly", Amazon
23 December 2012
  • Summary: Years ago, Seagate took the crown of being the best drive on the market. Then they bought the Maxtor company, a drive not known for being great.
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Overall 2
2.0

Part arrived DOA

Leftboston, Amazon
10 May 2012
  • Summary: The drive arrived DOA and it would not run at all. I can't say I hate the drive but by the time I got around to install the drive, it was past the return date so I am...
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Overall 2
2.0

IT Company - Unreliable drive

Jack Toering "IT_Architect", Amazon
1 March 2012
  • Summary: We are an IT company and we have been putting these drives in for use as backup drives, and drive is e approved by Seagate for this purpose.
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Overall 2
2.0

It's a FAKE!

Amer Bedi, Amazon
27 February 2012
  • Summary: I ordered this drive and it arrived pronto. The carton was the right one, but the drive inside was a similar one with a slower speed (3Gb/s 32MB).
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Overall 2
2.0

Watch out for Bait-and-Switch

Shopper, Amazon
25 February 2012
  • Summary: I ordered a Seagate Hard Drive model ST32000641AS for $230 but actually received a Seagate drive ST2000DM001.
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Overall 2
2.0

DOA

Ed, Amazon
11 January 2012
  • Summary: As soon as I connected the drive, it made very scary mechanical sounds and wasn't even recognized. Dead on arrival.
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Overall 2
2.0

Crashed during initialization

Tech Fan "ASH", Amazon
3 December 2011
  • Summary: Purchased 2 of these for a Synology NAS unit. First one initialized fine but the second crashed during initialization. Returning them and purchasing WD units instead.
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Overall 2
2.0

2 of 4 drives failed

Dr. Lon H. Mcpherson "Lonald", Amazon
9 November 2011
  • Summary: Purchased 4 3TB Seagate drives to use in a RAID 5 configuration as part of a Home Theater installation.
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Overall 2
2.0

Reallocated Sectors Count

Sergio Handal Zalaquett, Amazon
30 September 2011
  • Summary: This model is facing problems. I have this drive for less than a month and is showing "Reallocated Sectors Count" on the S.M.A.R.T information.
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Overall 2
2.0

Reallocated Sectors Count

Sergio Handal Zalaquett, Amazon
30 September 2011
  • Summary: This model is facing problems. I have this drive for less than a month and is showing "Reallocated Sectors Count" on the S.M.A.R.T information.
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