For your problem, go with the one with the longest warantee....
Interesting quote in todays NY Times Circuits column where he had
the same problem of a dead drive.... Since he reviewed a recovery
outfit a few weeks, he was trying them out....
Quote:-
So how did DriveSavers do? I'll let you know next week.
But one bit of advice Rian gave me is too important to
withhold. When I asked if any one brand of drive was better
than the others, he gave me an emphatic no. "EVERY drive will
fail," he said, with the tone of somebody who's spent ten
years watching a parade of broken hard drives. "It's not a
matter of if, but when. The only good hard drive is one
that's been backed up."
End Quote:-
For your problem, go with the one with the longest warantee....
Since you have a backup system in place
Pete
Nick Rout wrote:
As per last thread, time for a new drive.
The drive is 120G. Of the comparable sized drives, all from the same
store, which are recomended?
Seagate barracuda (5 yr warranty) $165
Samsung (3 yr warranty) $169
Western Dig (3 yr) $189
all 7200 rpm, 8 MB cache 120 GB
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