hard drive woes

[Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy]

Maxtor has a great warranty, too.  At least they did when I purchased my 
drive.  It's 5 years, now I think its one.  Drive was 2nd day aired to 
me, too.  The only problem was when I opened the box they'd sent me, it 
was another Maxtor drive ;)

mike neuliep wrote:

>All, the other thing to consider is when you have an equipment failure,
>how was the customer and warrantee service on the product?  When my 4.9
>years old fujitsu scsi drive died, they 2nd day aired cross shipped me
>another drive without any hassles.  They will honor warrantees with drives
>shipped as part of an OEM system too -- no hassle.  Seagate warrantee is a
>pain the rear and western digital takes weeks and weeks to get your dead
>drive back.  Every company will have failure with their gear, but how they
>handle the failure is what makes, to me, one of the biggest differences in
>my consideration to purchase new equipment.
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>Just my two cents worth,
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>	Mike
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>>Yes, I think it's the "propensity to b*tch" that earmarks products for all
>>to be leery of.  I wanted a decent multi-function printer/scanner/copier
>>type machine and the Lexmark X83 was my choice after exhaustive studies.
>>Now I look through and see tons of "what a peice of poo" type messages.
>>*Sigh*  It would really be *helpful* to know how many of a certain product
>>are out on the market vs. how many are being complained about.  
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>>How do you truly evaluate someone's "it's crap" type rantings?  Ok, there
>>might be something with a swanky harddrive causing a cheapo power supply to
>>flucuate that then causes it's early demise.  (I'm reaching here, but hear
>>me out.)  Buying another drive may lower the amperage hit and then the
>>cheapo power supply keeps the new drive happy.  
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>>(I'm all for knowing all the facts . . . like do Ford Explorers really
>>turnover more often?  Well, whether they do or not, if more people drive
>>them then more rollovers will occur.  Do they have a higher rollover rate
>>than other brands because more people are driving them or is it because
>>they get a higher percentage of less skilled SUV operators?  Think about it
>>. . . )
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>>-- Bradley Miller
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