[BC] Hard Drive woes

[Dave [Grandhorn]]

I have never actually had issues with Seagate product but I have had failures with Maxtor. When talking with IT and engineering staff, it's interesting to note how many have really strong preferences one way or another. Someone will have issues with Seagate but not Maxtor or Western Digital but not Seagate etc. It's almost like a personal relationship! Knowing the warranty policy is key. Some have very limited warranties and the customer may have only a few months left upon receipt of the drive. One supplier I can definately get behind is Newegg. I still use alot of SCSI stuff. Some of my machines are running the SAS drives. 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Davis [mailto:jdavis at sunset.net]
>Sent: Monday, April 9, 2007 12:18 PM
>To: ''Broadcasters' Mailing List''
>Subject: RE: [BC] Hard Drive woes
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>BE-WARE! Maxtor is now Seagate! You will deal with Seagate on all matters
>soon. They are continuing the Maxtor line, but for how long, no-one knows.
>Western Digital is still a good alternative.
>
>James "JD" Davis
>Chief Engineer
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>In a message dated 04/09/2007 11:13:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>RLO2L at aol.com writes:
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>> As it was, I was running without a back up for more than seven week until
>
>> Sea-gate finally sent me a new drive. My next purchase will not be a Sea-
>> Gate as they were very difficult to work with.
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>This is why I use only Maxtor. I have never had a whit of trouble exchanging
>
>a *Rare* failed drive within warranty. They will cross-ship, by putting the 
>new drive on your credit card, then reverse the charge when they get the 
>returned unit. I can count on one hand the number of times I have had to do
>thi
>s in 
>the past 12 years since I started building/upgrading/repairing PC's. Dozens
>of 
>drives later... all but 2 are still up and running, and all are Maxtor. (The
>2 
>were units that failed within warranty.) No other Maxtors I know have failed
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>since or yet! One's going on 12 years! Other drives I have seen have had 
>significantly higher failure rates.
>
>> I have had much better success and have an open account with Newark 
>> Electronics and also Mouser. They are much more customer friendly and
>both 
>> do deliver in a timely manner.
>
>Yes, they do. For computer hardware, I have had *stellar* performance & 
>support from Newegg.com! Second-to-none.
>
>Willie...
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