Have had numerous dead Seagate drives over the years. I don't care if they replace them with good grace - I just want my HDD to function as expected for a period of many years (OK, "function as expected" in. Seagate's case probably means "die at the most inopportune moment").
My external WD HDD, however, still works 8 years after purchase. This is despite getting wet, being dropped both when running and when not plugged in, having the cable yanked out a few times and sent flying across the room at various gigs, and being trod on so hard by a punk in para boots that the cover came apart. The only difference is that after that last incident, it now runs more smoothly upside-down since the metal it's mounted on inside the case is slightly bent now.
No data loss, no real issues at all. The plastic cover isn't even chipped. Nice one Western Digital.
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Have had numerous dead Seagate drives over the years. I don't care if they replace them with good grace - I just want my HDD to function as expected for a period of many years (OK, "function as expected" in. Seagate's case probably means "die at the most inopportune moment"). My external WD HDD, however, still works 8 years after purchase. This is despite getting wet, being dropped both when running and when not plugged in, having the cable yanked out a few times and sent flying across the room at various gigs, and being trod on so hard by a punk in para boots that the cover came apart. The only difference is that after that last incident, it now runs more smoothly upside-down since the metal it's mounted on inside the case is slightly bent now. No data loss, no real issues at all. The plastic cover isn't even chipped. Nice one Western Digital.