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    Dell D620 7200rpm hard drive?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by boe, Apr 14, 2006.

  1. boe

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    Hello,

    Can you tell me who is the manufacturer for the 7200RPM hard drives being used in the Dell D620s?
     
    boe, Apr 14, 2006
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  3. boe

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    Bummer - thanks for the answer though :)
     
    boe, Apr 14, 2006
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    Cerebral_mamba Notebook Consultant

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    HItachi is one of the best drives..... why is that a bummer? What drive were you expecting?
     
    Cerebral_mamba, Apr 15, 2006
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    Agreed, im glad the HDD's are Hitachi. There are a lot of others out there, far worse. Be blessed ;)
     
    nickspohn, Apr 15, 2006
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    Everyone's set of experiences is different. Myself I've had bad luck with them in the past. I haven't had any experience with Seagate laptop drives but I'd probably go somewhere unknown than use hitachi drives.

    My laptop experience typically is good for toshiba fluid bearing drives.
    PCs - western digital
    servers -seagate.

    But as I say everyone has there own experiences so I'm sure some people will completely disagree with my preferences.
     
    boe, Apr 15, 2006
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    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    How can you guys be sure that it's a Hitachi? Dell uses many different companies products. For example in my XPS M140 I have a Sony DVD Burner, and a Fujitsu HD. In a friends he has a NEC DVD Burner and a Seagate HD. I wouldn't be at all surprised if dell put a 7200 RPM Seagate HD in the D620
     
    Jason, Apr 15, 2006
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  8. Cerebral_mamba

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    Yup, that is true. When you call for support and it comes to replacing a part, you can ask the tech what parts od they have. He will mostly shoot out the choices he sees on his screen and you can often make your pick. I used to make the customers take their pick when I used to work for Dell :).

    Boe: It's unfortunate that you have had bad experiences with hitachi drives. Well, sure Toshiba's pathetically slow 4200 RPM drives may just be more stable, but I will need a knife on my throat to pick the snail-pace-age drive from Toshiba over any other reputed brand.
     
    Cerebral_mamba, Apr 16, 2006
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  9. Teledatageek

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    My 7200RPM, 100GB drive in my D620 is made by Hitachi. FYI
     
    Teledatageek, Apr 16, 2006
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