Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB Serial ATA SATA 3.0Gbps 3.5 Hard Drive, 7200RPM, 16MB, HDT721010SLA360 0A38016,...

The Hitachi 0A38016 is perfect for storing all your files. The fast and quiet drive provides fast and reliable access to all your data.

Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Unless you receive your drive in a WELL PACKAGED box, you better install and run it immediately upon receipt to insure it won't fail within a few days (potentially due to damage in shipping)!!! This model drive was installed in a NAS unit when I purchased it, so when I wanted to expand my storage, I naturally ordered the identical models to add (in 3 years time, I never had ANY problems with the ORIGINAL drives in the NAS). The first drive I received from Amazon was DOA and just made the click of death. Of course, I'm not so sure that Amazon's packaging isn't what killed the drive in shipment - the drive was merely placed in a box with an airbag at one side. That's certainly not adequate protection for a hard drive! Anyway, I immediately returned it (major kudos to Amazon for making this so easy!). I suspect Amazon must have had similar returns from others because THIS particular version of the drive was no longer "available" and a slightly more expensive version was suggested as a replacement (NOTE: This "second" version was in fact identical to the first but with improved packaging!) Still, this more expensive version was reasonably priced compared to elsewhere so I bought it. I received the second drive with improved albeit still inadequate shipping protection. The drive initially worked fine but quickly died with a SMART failure reporting excessive errors. I received a similar Western Digital drive in this same shipment (although in a separate box and packaged MUCH better). The Western Digital drive has been fine. Since both drives were in the same external box but had separate internal boxes that were packaged quite differently and the poorer packaged Hitachis have been so problematic, I suspect the poor Amazon internal packaging COULD be the cause of failure (after all, the Western Digital and Hitachi would have been subject to identical shipping stresses since they were in the same external box). Once again, Amazon's return process on the defective drive was super easy (one of the reasons I continue buying from them) but this time I'm going to order a Western Digital instead of the Hitachi as a replacement. Since I can't be sure whether or not it is actually the drives that have been bad OR Amazon's inferior airbag protection that's been causing good drives to go bad during transit, I wasn't sure I wanted to chance another Hitachi. Then I found lots of blogs that report similar problems with Hitachi drives over the last few months so I figure they're having problems and that made the decision to switch a no-brainer! Back-ups or not, who wants to go through the trouble of replacing 1 TB of data on a regular basis due to drive failures? Bottom line: I've had two of this model Hitachi drive work flawlessly for nearly 3 years and 2 others purchased within 30 days that were DOA so I'm giving Hitachi the benefit of the doubt with 3 star ratings (2 would be 5 stars and 2 would be 1 star). Consequently, if you buy these drives, get them installed IMMEDIATELY and run them thoroughly to check for failures or increasing error counts so you can get them replaced by Amazon if required.