Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Internal Hard Drive HDD 8.89 cm (3.5 Inch) SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256 MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC (ST2000DM005)

It does the job. Not much noise, good price for the size.

Worth.

The drives are very low quality. I may be one of the many customers who is having the same issue as most of the customers have of this drive. The drive worked only for a few months then it started making a click sound and drive suddenly becomes unresponsive. The drive stops reading and writing and the head is constantly making the click sound. The drive finally gave blue screen error and then a black screen appeared S. M. A. R. T. status is bad backup and replace.

I gave the drive to seagate warranty but they said data recovery is not covered so lost all data and i did the RMA to seagate and returned their product and after a week they gave me a refurbished drive note that this is not a new drive but a used and repaired drive which is fit for normal use that drive was given to me as replacement which i received and installed in my pc and used it for a week and guess what happened! This drive also malfunctioned the same way as the original drive malfunctioned that too in a week only. Imagine the shock and pain you have to go through to see the drive that seagate dispatches to you after certifying it as refurbished product that too is also not reliable.
Now i am currently sending this refurbished drive also for RMA to seagate warranty service becauae this also is not working. Can you believe it. The pain and stress you have to go through while backing up and restoring data twice can not be said in words. Also there is no data recovery warranty so rely on your god and luck for whatever portion of data you can backup cause if drive goes completely malfunctioned then forget whatever data you have to get back. The memories of your life that you want to cherish is all gone. All because seagate has exported really low quality products which does not seem to pass any reliability test of any type and just dumped them all to india.

Very bitter experience from seagate. Never buying any storage media or any electronic product from this company.

Also the packaging that was done by AMAZON and APPARIO clearly showed their ignorance regarding how a product sensitive like hard drive shoud be packed and given.

The packaging was of very inferior quality and AMAZON really does not know how handle logistics of sensitive products.

Never buying any seagate product for me and probably never order any eletronics good from amazon anymore.

Lo compre mas que nada para guardar mis preciados proyectos de animación, funciona muy bien, excelente compra, gracias!

PRODUCT REVIEW:
– Checked out the drive. Not a refurbished drive. No scratch marks anywhere, seal and hologram intact.
– Worked smoothly.
– Plugged in, connected, powered up the tower, installed the OS through pen drive… worked perfectly. No hitches whatsoever.
– As a product the Barracuda SATA 1 TB internal(PC) HDD worked perfectly. 5 STARS for that.

NOTE: Actually a miracle that it worked considering the horrible packing that it came it. (see pictures)

Packing and Delivery:
– The delivery partner came in the first half of the day which I sincerely appreciate.
– Now the fun starts, he came on a honda activa scooter with this HDD and several other products in a – Nylon Gunny Sack. God alone knows how many jerks and falls the sack must have gone through before it reached me.
– Absolutely pathetic packing. (see pictures) – Just an amazon cover, with the plastic jacket and an anti static cover. The plastic jacket was punched.. either buffeted in the sack or fallen. No external bubble/paper mache buffer wrap. Or a protective cardboard box.

Experience:
My heart was in my mouth when I powered up the drive. The packing left me speechless, and this is replacement only product. I was praying when i set up the HDD and powered up the computer that I should not hear the continuous beep that signifies a damaged hard disc. But thanks to the powers of the universe the device functioned as expected.

Request to Amazon and the seller:
Please pack your products, particularly delicate electronic products like spindle based HDDs properly. How much would it cost you to swaddle in a few layers of bubble warp and a cardboard box? The feedback is a suggestion since the drive worked well. What would be my reaction if the drive had conked off? The torture of phone calls, replacement requests, and if the packing is as bad as it is now, there is no guarantee that the problem will not recur. Please avoid issues when you know things can go wrong. Better to be safe than sorry.

Thank you