Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid HDD w/ built-in 4GB SSD

[jclausius]

For those pondering getting the new 8gb Nano I had a 320 gb 4 gb nano first then upgraded to the 750gb 8gb nano and found it not any faster for my needs. The 4 gb nano worked excellant.

What is your type of SATA port? SATA II or SATA III?

[batoto05]

how to partition my momentus hybrid.....any1 can teach me?i already install my os...can i do a partition after os installation?

[Puferiu]

Yes, with EASEUS Partition Master.

[batoto05]

is that a software?

[tijo]

You can use window's built in disk management tool.

Here's a video that should answer all your questions: How to partition a hard drive on Windows 7 - YouTube.

[thomasw333]

I have the 500gb xt with 4gb ssd. I did not notice any difference in speed. Waste of money for me. I will be looking to get a full SSD on my next laptop.

[hydra]

I got the momentus xt 500gb and i have the following issue:

When i move my laptop around i hear a faint buzzing noise (like a cpu fan getting out of balance?) but it is clearly my momentus xt.

I did a read test and moved the laptop around, you can see a clear drop of read speed (kb/s) while i tilt the laptop, it immediately continues after the tilt and the buzz-sound but is this normal for 7600rpm harddisks?

Never experienced this with my previous 5400 WD Blue...

The noise has been covered many times in past post. This is a hard drive, not an SSD. If you keep banging the thing around you may have a head crash, as in any spinner, if you exceed a certain g force.

That said, mine makes that sound, if i'm rough with it..so I don't. I have had great use in almost 2 years of service, with 3 years left for the SSD to come down further in prices I have two wd blues collecting dust but serve in external cases now.

[hydra]

is that a software?

Yes, old good software, but no need as per tijo. Use W7 tools but you may want to read up on the procedures and back up ur good stuff just in case.

Here one of many to help you;

Disk Management Windows 7 - How To Access Disk Management in Windows 7

[Kallogan]

I just had one momentus xt in my lap which has only one hDD bay. I'm in love. Threw my low capacity ssds at garbarge. Computer starts within 30 secs, 500GB of pure happiness.

I had a clicking noise due to this damn useless APM thing but solved it and now the HDD is silent.

[jimlad21]

anyone know why windows see's it as 5.9 ? surely it should be higher