> > From: > Mark Roberts > > My hard drive horror story: > > Bought a Western Digital hard drive -- I forget the capacity but it was > in the mid-90's so it was small by today's standards. Mid-capacity and > mid-priced at the time. > > It worked fine for about 6 months then died completely. > > W-D provided (after I jumped through many hoops) a replacement; exact > same model. > > That one lasted 4 months before ringing down the curtain and joining > the choir invisible. > > W-D again supplied a new replacement under warranty. That one was dead > right out of the box. No kidding. > > They sent a replacement for *that* one and I ... > <snippage> > ...but to this day I won't buy a Western Digital hard drive. Call it > superstition, obstinacy or whatever. Plus the fact that Seagate is a > "local business": Their stuff is of course built overseas but their R&D > headquarters is in downtown Pittsburgh :)
Western Digital warranty = 1 year. Seagate warranty = 5 years. We report. You decide. ;-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
