(Old Model) Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD Sata 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST1000DM003)

This hard drive works like a champ with my setup. NO glitches. It's a BARE drive so no manual, no screws for install and no software. Really, all you need are screws or a screwless bay. So save the money and get a bare drive and download whatever drivers or Seagate software you need before installing. This starts up anyway using Win 7 drivers. To Partition and Format the drive: Use Windows 7 Control Panel > Administration > Computer Management > Disk Management Utility to Partition and Format as you want. Instructions for partitioning/formatting are all over the web, but I use the ones from Windows Knowledge base on the Microsoft Website. Very clear. Also -- using the cache for performance settings. At the recommendation of others, I did a full format (vs quick format) after partitioning - no errors / bad sectors on any of the drives. This takes a LOT longer with 1TB and 2TB drives than the quick format option, but it thoroughly checks the drives so you know what you've got (or not got) up front. Figure a couple hours for 2TB drives or thereabouts. Before purchasing any of the Hard Drives for my new build, I thoroughly read all the reviews. This is the third of 3 Seagate 3.5" Bare Drives I've installed in my HAF X case. The Other Two are Seagate Barracuda "XT's" -- 2TB. All work great. While I "wanted" solid state drives, they are not practical from a cost standpoint for me because I do Video Editing and need so much hard drive space. Even 3TB isn't near enough yet. I decided to stick with one vendor -- and it was Seagate vs Western Digital for the internal hard drives for performance and reliability reasons, and because of the warranty periods. I've had both types of internal drives in the past. Only the Western Digital gave out, but that was also after a long time and heavy use. Not intended as a slam. Both brands are probably fine. Still the Barracuda XT's especially outperform the WD Caviar Blacks for the type of programs I run. I have installed and briefly read through all the Seagate software, but have taken it (and all other bloatware & unnecessary starup files) out of my startup sequence, which makes for very fast POST and Windows bootup of ~ 8 seconds on my Asus P8Z68-VPRO/Gen 3 motherboard/I72600K CPU. (That boot time is off the Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT boot drive with 64MB cache with NO overclocking.) Still, may use re-enable Seagate Tools software for backups vs Win7 and some of the other features that software offers. Very pleased so far with performance, speed, temps of these drives, and they are NOT noisy at all. In fact, very quiet. Last -- this 1TB drive is for a 6.0Gb/s SATA port, but just FYI -- it's backwards compatible with 3.0 Gb/s SATA ports and cables. I installed this drive on a 3.0 Gb/s SATA port using a 6.0Gb/s cable (only kind of SATA data cable I purchased) and it works just fine. That 3.0 Gb/s SATA "port speed" is really faster anyway than what any spinning hard drive can accomplish anyway and I've already used my two Z68 6.0 Gb/s SATA ports for the 2TB Barracuda XT's. Avoided using the Marvel 6.0 Gb/s controller SATA ports on the Mobo. Using the Z68 SATA ports instead -- too many people having problems with using both controllers at the same time, especially if they have a RAID setup (I don't). 3.0Gb/s connection is fast enough for now but by purchasing the 6.0Gb/s drives, may have some future capability compatibility at a minimum markup now.

I purchase this drive as a secondary storage HD for my workstation. It runs 24/7 and has been working fine since installing over 2 months ago. I use it mainly for video clips which are accessed constantly through a public domain and local access network. Currently have the drive about 40% populated and will continue until about 90%. Have an no failures or problems saving or reading with this drive. I went with an internal drive as I was getting failures with an external drive (guess they are not designed for frequent access). You need to know a little about computers if you purchase this drive (or any like it). It does not come with any software, cables, etc. You will need to know how to install the HD and more importantly, how to format it before use. Otherwise your computer will not recognize the drive through "My Computer", etc. ALSO - Do NOT format as FAT32 if you play to transfer large files to this drive as it will not recognize anything much above 3-4gb in size (which is the case on any HD) I would buy this drive again.

thank you for the fast delivery. I was able to get back up and running within the day.

As hard drives grow larger and larger, the one fear I always have is reliability. It was one thing to lose a few hundred gigabytes of information, but something entirely different when you lose a terabyte of photos, movies, games, and other information important to your spouse (hint, hint). I am happy to report that Seagate makes a quality product that has not had any issues since first purchased and installed in our system. Of course, this does not alleviate my need to backup my data on an external system (bigger hint), but I am not concerned that my day-to-day operations will be lost because of faulty technology. A few years back, the hard drive industry was in a race for speed (reported in rotations per minute - RPMs) and size (reported in bytes - MB, GB, TB, etc). While this led to some amazing advertising claims, we really never saw the type of increases that have come recently. Since the first SSD (solid-state drive) was introduced, manufacturers have finally divided their focus - to our benefit. Higher capacities (which do not require amazing speed to read/write) are becoming cheaper and cheaper to acquire in HDDs - while faster loads of the operating system (O/S) and software are being offered by SSDs. Unless your computer is space limited, it is advisable to have both - some things are not better when mixed together. Overall, if you're looking for an affordable high capacity hard drive, then Seagate fits the bill. It is outfitted with a 6Gb/s connector (which, if supported by your motherboard, is adequate for data transfer) and 64MB of on-drive cache - allowing the drive to better handle data transfers, as it spins and finds the data to feed to the system. I have a large collection of movies, games, and photos and still have plenty of room on this drive. I keep my O/S and other software on my SSD - so if/when I decide to finally upgrade from 1TB to the next, bigger drive - I can simply copy the data from this one to the new one - without any other issues. But always remember - as noted before - make off-machine backups of your important data.

Hola, soy de México D.F. Compre el producto un domingo, y llego al dia siguiente, el lunes, fue demasiado rápido. El producto venia totalmente cerrado en su bolsa, y protejido por una cajita de carton, lo instale en mi computadora que por cierto es S-ATA, y el disco es S-ATA 3, le quedo perfectamente y es compatible en todo, (obvio no le saco todo lo que puede ofrecer este disco duro ya que mi compu es de menos calidad) instale el sistema operativo, y la verdad siento mi computadora mas rápida, trabaja excelente, y claro que volvere a comprar este producto para una nueva PC que comprare en un tiempo no muy lejano. Totalmete se lo recomiendo a las personas que lean mi comentario, no se arrepentiran, YO ESTOY FELIZ CON EL. =)

gran marca a buen precio

Very good product, Work perfectly, BUT the HDD was NOT activated, I thought it was borken at first, and did'nt know that I had to "activate" it, I had to go to the computer shop/repair store to get it activated, Did'nt cost me anything and the guy said I could activated it myself, if I figure it out, so its no big deal. 5 Star ! I like that HDD. Side note: It work very well with the Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drives Docking Station for 2.5 Inch & 3.5 Inch HDD SSD SATA.

He estado usando el Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 en mi PC durante un tiempo y ha superado mis expectativas. Es perfecta para tareas cotidianas y almacenamiento de grandes cantidades de datos. Es bastante silencioso en su funcionamiento y no genera ruidos molestos, lo cual me gusta mucho. Además, responde bien cuando necesito acceder a archivos pesados. El espacio de 1 TB es ideal si no quieres estar constantemente preocupado por el almacenamiento. Lo he probado durante largas sesiones de uso y no he tenido problemas de fiabilidad ni de rendimiento. Si buscas un disco duro interno que ofrezca buen rendimiento y sea de confianza, el Seagate Barracuda es una opción muy sólida.

Se merece tener las 5 estrellas por que el producto llega muy bien empacado, en el interior de la caja del empaque viene con bolsas de aire y otra caja en la cual se encuentra el disco duro sujetado por anclajes, ademas se encuentra dentro de su bolsa anti-estatica, la cual esta muy bien sellada; dejando ver atra ves de ella el disco duro en exceltes condiciones. Me encanto mucho lo que fue esta seguridad del empaquetado. Les recomnedo este producto a todas las personas que quieran tener un disco duro de gran capacidad para guardar sus archivos, videos, musica, juegos, etc sin tener gran limitacion de espacio.Recomiendo mucho este producto y este vendendor.