On Thu, 4 Nov 2010, Jon Radel wrote: > I had a really bad string of drives in external USB enclosures dropping > dead a couple of years ago. I never pinned down whether it was something > inherent to USB enclosures, my environment, or inadvertently purchasing a > string of really cheesy hard drives.
Jon, At least I'm not alone in this. :-) > Just remember that some drives have to be at the leading edge of the > failure bell curve, and sometimes it's just your turn. I thought those drives went into machines running Microsoft as no one would notice the difference. > Some brands will tell you warranty status based on serial number somewhere > in the support section of their website. I have the invoice here: purchased 2 December 2009. It's a WD drive so certainly still under warranty. Now I'll need to figure out again how to format and structure the replacement. I tend to dump such knowledge once the job's done and I don't need it in the grey matter RAM any longer. Thanks, Rich _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list Dirvish@dirvish.org http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
