Western Digital, Seagate, and Maxtor all go to 1 year warranties...

Vehementi · Sep 14, 2002

Seagate, Western Digital to cut warranties too
by Mike Magee: Saturday 14 September 2002, 10:39
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5392
SYSTEM INTEGRATORS were told earlier this week that from October the 1st, some of their warranties on IDE drives will be cut from three years to one year.
That follows an earlier, similar announcement from Maxtor, which we reported earlier in the month.

The Western Digital Caviar drive warranty is being reduced to one year, but the Caviar SE warranty will stay at three years.

Seagate has reduced warranties on its IDE Barracuda IV and V series to one year.

Seems we're stuck with only one manufacturer supporting 3 year warranties...how ironic

Terrible...just terrible. I can't believe it...

labuerkle · Sep 16, 2002

Who?

Who is the last one left with a 3 year warrenty?

Vehementi · Sep 16, 2002

IBM. I think Samsung does too. It's ironic because the Deskstar models of IBM drives are now nicknamed the Deathstars.

Don't get me wrong though, I wouldn't buy an IBM drive if it were $30 cheaper than a HDD of the same speed/capacity by WD or Seagate.

labuerkle · Sep 16, 2002

Business

I won't be buy any drives with a one year warranty. I have had 2 drives go out since I have had a computer back in 94. One after 2 years and 364 days and another one some time in it's second year.

A one year warranty is simple not enough and I can't trust a company that can't back up its products. To me this means they don't believe their hard drives can last longer then a year. Wheater this is true not doesn't matter to me.

Larry

Vehementi · Sep 16, 2002

Agreed labuerkle, but keep in mind not all of the models made by these drive companies are 1 year warranties. I think WD's only warranty cut was on the Caviar.

Mictlantecuhtli · Sep 17, 2002

Looking at my 7200 rpm model, http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/sv4002h.html , I noticed that there was Component Design Life 5 years. The store from where I bought it says warranty is indeed three years

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But still, five years is not much. I have a twelve-year-old hdd (105M Seagate) which still works 'as new'.

Western Digital, Seagate, and Maxtor all go to 1 year warranties...

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