On 02/06/11 23:13, Brent Brown wrote:
> I've had good experience with WD. Not that they don't fail, but the 3 yea=
r warranty is
> peace of mind. Just returned a 1TB drive (nearly 2 years old) to my suppl=
ier - it had
> constant repetitive sounding activity when it shouldn't have had any acti=
vity, which I
> took as a sign of internal problems and possible imminent failure. They'v=
e agreed to
> replace it, no questions asked.

That's really my point from the last email. I can appreciate that hard=20
drives will die. I've seen it happen, I expect it (Rsync rocks, BTW).

Some warranties just aren't worth the paper they're printed on...

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