10-08-2007, 09:31 AM
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 Re: Any Drive Brand to Avoid?
No Spam wrote:
> jim evans wrote:
>> The common drives available in my price range are Maxtor, Segate,
>> Western Digital and maybe Fujitsu or IBM. Are there any brands to
>> stay away from?
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>> -- jim
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> I give another vote to Seagate. I personally have had good luck with
> their drives (YMMV). I also like their 5 year warranty.
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> Conversely, I will never buy another Maxtor drive. The last four
> drive failures that I had were all Maxtors. Their 1 year warranty at
> the time I bought them was also pathetic. (Since Seagate bought
> Maxtor, they have increased the warranty to 3 years.)
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> As a side note, carefully check the warranty when you buy a drive. I
> see W-D drives with both 1 year and 3 year warranties. I think
> Seagate always offers 5 years.
One exception is their external drives which only have 1 year warranty.
Their OEM drives dont necessarily have any warranty from Seagate.
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