3TB drives, only 1yr warranty? And recommendations?

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Looking to upgrade one of my internal drives to a 3TB one, but I've noticed my preferred choice of Seagate Barracuda only give a 1 year warranty?

That worries me!?

Any suggestions/alternatives?
 
Seagate also do a NAS range with 2yr warranty. Personally though I'd probable go western digital where they offer 3yr warranty...
 
Western Digital Greens? - These only seem to have a 2yr warranty? And they seem to have quite a low RPM?
 
NeilFawcett said:
Looking to upgrade one of my internal drives to a 3TB one, but I've noticed my preferred choice of Seagate Barracuda only give a 1 year warranty?

That worries me!?

Any suggestions/alternatives?
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That's why they are so cheap. It lowers costs for Seagate, but it also shows they don't have a lot of faith in the longevity of their products. The only alternative is WD, but you can spend more and get a Seagate or WD enterprise drive and get a longer warranty.

I don't think the enterprise drives are better made, but they will replace them when they fail for several extra years!
 
RedvGreen said:
What is the extent of the warranty - does it cover the HDD damaging other systems, or data loss/recovery costs?
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No, in fact they usually specifically exclude incidental damage and data loss. They will just tell you that you should have backed up your important data.

Seagate does have a data recovery company, but they will charge you an arm and a leg to retrieve data off a broken drive.
 
NeilFawcett said:
How about the Western Digital Black drives? If I get a 2TB one?
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IIRC, they have a longer warranty, but they still won't cover loss of data.

How could you judge things like photo's of your kids when they were a baby, or that novel you were working on that would have sold millions? It's impossible to really put figures or liabilities (or even prove them) on such things.
 
Steampunk said:
IIRC, they have a longer warranty, but they still won't cover loss of data.

How could you judge things like photo's of your kids when they were a baby, or that novel you were working on that would have sold millions? It's impossible to really put figures or liabilities (or even prove them) on such things.
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Everything is backed up... Just want to have:-
a) A reliable drive (within reason)
b) If it goes in the reasonable future to have it replace. A ONE year warranty sounds utter pants! Two seems shortish!
 
NeilFawcett said:
Everything is backed up... Just want to have:-
a) A reliable drive (within reason)
b) If it goes in the reasonable future to have it replace. A ONE year warranty sounds utter pants! Two seems shortish!
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It is pants, but you might have to pay twice as much to get an enterprise drive.

I bought a couple of cheap Seagates, run them as RAID 1, backup important stuff, and keep an eye on them with diagnostics. They might last, without problems, or they might need replacing. WD is probably better than Seagate (there seem to be less failure complaints), but it's all luck of the draw.

If one or other of them fail in a couple of years, it's probably still cheaper to get a new drive, and maybe we'll have something cheaper and faster by then. Memristor drives FTW!
 
NeilFawcett said:
Looking to upgrade one of my internal drives to a 3TB one, but I've noticed my preferred choice of Seagate Barracuda only give a 1 year warranty?

That worries me!?

Any suggestions/alternatives?
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-027-TS&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1954

If you want a faster drive with 2 years Warranty at a reasonable price.
These are the first products from Toshiba as a result of the acquired 3.5" drive business from Hitachi.
 
YarwoodUK said:
How long have Barracudas been 1 year?

Last time I looked, I'm sure it was 3.
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IIRC, it's been 2 or 3 years since they dropped they five year warranty, though I think Euro rules say they must have a two year warranty. I know the ones I bought six months ago have two years on them according to the Seagate warranty checker.
 
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Sort of seems the 3TB have the worst warrantys? As if the manufacturers actually trust them less!
 
If WD marketing is to be believed then they are designed for 24/7 and have an increased MTBF. It would suggest a more robust drive so hopefully less issues long term.

Single drive use is fine :)
 
Sh4rkie said:
If WD marketing is to be believed then they are designed for 24/7 and have an increased MTBF. It would suggest a more robust drive so hopefully less issues long term.

Single drive use is fine :)
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They do state "With a 35% MTBF improvement over standard drives"...

So there's no downside to using one of these as a standard drive, stand alone in a PC?
 
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