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andynormancx;323363 Wrote: > I can't see that the extended warranty is very useful. When a drive dies > the most painful thing is the restoring and fixing things up. The cost > isn't much of an issue since by the time a drive fails, even if it is > after just a couple of years, a drive of the same size typically costs > a small fraction of what you paid for the drive in the first place. > > Add to the fact that you normally need a new drive straight away and > therefore can't wait for the warranty replacement to happen and it > makes the extended warranty pretty much useless. Yeah fair points. I guess my point was that drives with a longer warranty -should- last longer than those with a shorter one. I say that purely on the basis that manufacturers wouldn't offer longer warranties if their drives usually failed in that time period ;-) -- Ian_F ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ian_F's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8308 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
