On Thursday 25 August 2005 16:46, A. Khattri wrote: > I had a Maxtor drive die just after the one-year warranty expired. We had > one server with Maxtors that died twice in one year. > > Because of this, we now have a "Seagate-only" policy for hard-drives - > they may cost a bit more but they're reliable and many come with a three > year warranty.
Maxtors RMA process is exceptionally quick and simple though, as long as the drive is still detectable by the BIOS. Their warranty periods are 3 year and above now too. All you pay is postage back to Maxtor (in Ireland for the UK). I've sent 7-8 back, and had replacements about a week or so after returning them. 3 200's I sent back got replaced with 250's! No, I don't work for Maxtor! And yes, I avoid Maxtors now! -- Mike Williams -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
