Seagate ST3160023A-RK Internal Barracuda 7200 160 GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive

by Seagate

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 9.7 x 3.8 inches ; 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000A576D
• Item model number: ST3160023A-RK
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 20, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Features

• 7,200 RPM desktop performance
• 350 Gs non-op shock
• 3-D Defense System
• Fast performance
• Protection against handling damage
• Protection against handling damage and data loss
• Best combination of performance, acoustics and robustness
• Best-in-class non-operating shock for excellent reliability
• Idle acoustics of 2.5 bels- the industry's best

DRIVE DEFENSE

• SeaShell packaging for drive protection against 1,000 Gs of nonoperational shock
• Enhanced G-Force Protection

DATA DEFENSE

• Error-correction code (ECC)
• Safe Sparing

DIAGNOSTIC DEFENSE

• SeaTools Suite diagnostic software
• S.M.A.R.T. Technology
• Web-based tools
• Enhanced Drive Self-Test (NDST)

Product Description

SEAGATE ST3160023AR - Digital hardware experts agree that ultimate desktop performance must include a SEAGATE hard drive. Ultra-fast, virtually silent and uncompromisingly reliable, this drive is the best way to expand your computer's storage capacity, while in many cases actually increasing performance speed - without upgrading the processor! 8MB cache Compatibility - PC and Macintosh Dimensions - 1H x 4W x 5.75D Weight - 1.4 pounds Five year warranty with unmatched technical support

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fast and reliable drive, February 26, 2005

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Patrick Madigan (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagate ST3160023A-RK Internal Barracuda 7200 160 GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

It's pretty hard to go wrong with a Seagate drive; great performance and a five year warranty make this hard to beat, and the price is right. Other than that, there's not much you can say about a hard drive... most of the time you don't care about it, until it crashes! That's why it makes sense to go for the best quality drive you can find, and that would be the Seagate.

While the drive comes with software to migrate your old operating system to the new drive, be warned that it's hard to get a clean migration. I tried this twice, and some things kept getting scrambled in the registry. I finally decided to just reload the operating system from scratch and copy the data files over (made the new drive the master, and the old drive the slave; the documentation explains how to do this, it's easy). A fresh installation is probably for the best anyway, as registries tend to get gunked up over time. Keep in mind that your operating system installation CD may not recognize the full 160GB (my older WinXP Pro CD only saw the first 131GB, until I loaded SP2 later), so you may wind up with a second partition. But that's not a big deal, it's still a great drive, and my system is noticeably faster now.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BIG BANG for a little buck!, August 29, 2004

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LabelD "Hardwire Ventures, inc." (Fayetteville, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seagate ST3160023A-RK Internal Barracuda 7200 160 GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

I bought this hard drive knowing that SEAGATE was an awsome hardware company, but I had never actually owned one of their products. Well, everything good that you about them, belive them! This drive is super quiet, and with an 8MB cache, it is extremely quick and responsive. I don't use it in a PC or Mac, so I don't know for sure how it performs for those, but it has got to be even better. I used this drive to replace my XBOX HDD since it decided to crap out on me about 4 months ago. I run multi GB programs off it and it handles the data stream PERFECTLY! And for $85, you just cannot come close to beating it!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to install and works great, February 24, 2006

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Farhan Hameed "Farhan Hameed" (Rockville, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagate ST3160023A-RK Internal Barracuda 7200 160 GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

I installed this as a second hard-drive to enhance space. The drive was very easy to install and works great. It also seems quieter than my other drive. I am not very tech saavy so the ease of installation was extremely important to me. One issue is that I have an old BIOS and computer so it can't format anything above like 128 GB. If I had to do it again, I might opt for the 120 GB version.