Another Seagate Drive Bites the Dust
Yet another Seagate drive I own bit the dust a few days ago. The current victim is a Barracuda 7200.11 500 GB drive. I can’t quite recall when I bought it, but it is still under warranty for quite some time.
Before anyone asks – yes, I updated the firmware. No, not the original “fix” put out by Seagate – the for-real, 100% fixed and working firmware they put out after that. This was your good-old run-of-the-mill “whir, click…whir, click” death that typically signifies a dead logic board.
Alas, I know Seagate would never consider simply replacing the board and returning my drive (along with its precious data) to me. A company that charges for an advance replacement would surely never adopt such a policy.
I am this close to giving up on Seagate altogether…
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Nathan, I suggest you stick to buying Western Digital from now on
Also, I have to thank you very much for your RAID after Vista install articles, those have to be some of the BEST hacks ever, and I’ve seen quite a few in my time. You have now earned a spot on my RSS feeds!
Much thanks,
-Atom
Atom,
I am happy to make your RSS feed list, though I suppose that means I need to add content more frequently!
As for WD drives, it’s funny you recommend that. I decided that my money will be going to WD from now on, but I had originally switched to Seagate because I had tons of problems with Western Digital drives dying on me. This was quite some time ago, so I am totally willing to give WD another try.
I anxiously wait for the day that SSD prices are down to well below $1 a gig…..