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Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years

Posted by simoniker on from the lifetime-of-neglect dept.

swordboy writes "Seagate have just announced that they are going to standardize on a five year warranty for all of their hard drives, including desktop and notebook units. While this seems like amazing news, I'm certainly hoping that the company will be around to honor these warranties." The press release notes: "The new warranty applies retroactively to applicable hard drives shipped since June 1, 2004."

6 of 359 comments (clear)

  1. So long, smartmontools . . . by homeobocks · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . hello, HDDBurn!

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    MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING
  2. The tiny print... by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...This warranty is void when the tape covering the drive connectors is removed... ;o

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  3. Seagate is thumbing its nose at competitors... by stienman · · Score: 4, Funny


    Seagate is clearly saying to its competitiors:

    We uped our standards - now up yours!

    -Adam

  4. Re:Yeah but what about ... by jpmkm · · Score: 1, Funny

    He never said it was, you ignorant goat roper.

  5. Re: "SATA 10k rpm Raptor drives from Seagate"?! by nusratt · · Score: 2, Funny

    "we just purchased 6 SATA 10k rpm Raptor drives from Seagate and they came with the 5 year warranty"

    Did Seagate take over WD while my back was turned?

  6. Re:Yeah but what about ... by kzinti · · Score: 4, Funny

    What he said was "Backups, if you can".

    What I'm saying is "Backups: you must".

    See the diff? Good, 'cause now I got to go rope me some goats.