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RE: OT: Advice on Western Digital warranty


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  • Subject: RE: OT: Advice on Western Digital warranty
  • From: "Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 12:05:32 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruno Prior [mailto:bruno@xxxxxxx]

> > Using IDE raid is a subject I'm sure you don't want me to go on
> about, so...

I said I wouln't go into it ;)

>
> > I assume the disks work fine as single drives?
>
> My understanding of what is happening is that they put themselves
> to sleep
> after a certain amount of time (not sure why that time seems to
> vary -
...
I'm not sure that's the same
> thing as saying they work fine.


OK, but if you were going to sell them you could test them beforehand to
confirm they are suitable for single use.

>
> > If so, your best option might be to sell the drives individually,
and
> > replace with another set of drives from a different
range/manufacturer.
>
> You may well be right, but how much could I expect to get for
second-hand
> 120Gb disks? My guess is it's not going to be a lot, and I might
> be better
> off keeping them to do backups (I never have figured out a
> satisfactory way
> of backing up 360Gb of storage).

At a rough guess, you would get around 60-70 each on ebay.

>
> > It will cost you money, but not a huge amount.
>
> £400? Not a huge amount, but significant. How much do you think I
could
> shave off the replacement cost if I did manage to sell these disks?

At a guess, about £250

>
> > You are stuck between a rock and a hard place I am afraid. Have
> you spoken
> > to WD support about the issues you are having? They might be
> able to come up
> > with a solution you are happy with?
>
> A while back. WD don't want to know and say it is CCL's problem.
Another
> reason not to use WD. Of course, if I wait until October, it becomes
WD's
> problem, which is another reason possibly to hang on to the
> drives. I will
> enjoy annoying them.

Not very consumer friendly are they :/ I'll stick with Maxtor, at least
they
do advanced replacement.

>
> I was afraid I didn't have a lot of options. Thanks for confirming
that.

Unfortunately :/

Cheers, Des.



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