Chuck, If you look very carefully at the specifications of the drives offered you will probably come to the same conclusion that I did what you are probably buying from WD with your extra cost is a guarantee'd good for 1 year drive, with an extra replace it if it don't last 3 years insurance policy. rather than getting a drive that with a before failure time of 3x366x24 hours.
Last time I looked, WD were offering some drives with a 3 year warrantee as standard, and some with only a 1 year The main difference is you should expect to get to recover/restore your data once, or 3 times within the next 4 years Disk serial numbers - screwdriver and little torch to look at the drive - and for many of my clients etch/scratch an owners ID onto the case Won't stop theft, but can help in identifying the item, and getting a thief convicted JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:02 PM Subject: Re: HDDs > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Button" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:39 PM > Subject: Re: HDDs > > > > Warrantee > > 1 year - not good > > Standard 3 year OK > > Standard 5 year Good > > Avoid extra cost warrantees - think of them more as a payment via the > > manufacturer to an insurance company for the cost of replacement > > > > In a way a Western Digital 3 year warranty is an extra cost (hidden cost) > warranty. I as an OEM have to pay more for a Western Digital hard drive with > a 3 year warranty than I have to pay for a Western Digital drive with a 1 > year warranty. I am talking about the price of the hard drive to the OEM, > not the optional warranty offered to the end user. > > Hard drives in name brand computers come under the overall warranty of the > computer which is usually 1 year. Watch out for white box builders who often > opt for the cheaper hard drives with the 1 year warranty. Again, we are > discussing the purchase price of the hard drive, not the optional warranty > sometimes offered to the end user. > > Please note that you have the option to by from an white box builder and > instruct them to install a 5 year warranty SATA Seagate hard drive. That way > if the white box builder goes out of business, at least your hard drive is > covered by Seagate for 5 years. If you go this route, obtain the hard drive > serial number from the computer builder, look it up at the Seagate site and > ensure that it is a 5 year warranty drive. > > Trust, but verify! > > Chuck > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
