RE: HDD Choices

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about this... 1TB for =A349... :-)

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150256

Tempted???

Paul G.


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Marcus Warrington
Sent: 09 June 2009 10:24
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HDD Choices


Warranties are fine but be aware that the replacement you get back is
usually a refurb unit so I tend not to trust them in for important data,
an=
d
tend to use them in desktops instead.

Also I would *NEVER EVER EVER* buy a Fujitsu.
I had a friend who's hard drive went in his laptop. He asked me to look at
it and when I checked the date of manufacture of the drive it was still
within its 3 year warranty,=20

With every other hard drive I've had that needs replacement, its been a
simple case of going onto the manufacturers website typing in the serial
number to confirm its eligibility and then sending the drive off to them.
With Fujitsu that isn't the case, they will ONLY deal with the trade and
yo=
u
must return the drive back to the shop who sold it to you !=20

So I told my friend to take it back to PCWorld, who said although their
warranty was 12 months and applied to the laptop as a whole, so wouldn't
honour the hard drive 3 year warranty... although they would
"repair" it fo=
r
=A370.


Marcus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 06 June 2009 10:04
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HDD Choices
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> Whatever you do go for, I'd strongly recommend getting one=20
> with a longer warranty if you have the option?
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> That comes after replacing about 8 HDD's over the last year -=20
> all about 1-2 years old (I do have rather a lot of HDD's=20
> here!). Western Digital have a great advance replacement=20
> warranty too that I've used a lot.
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> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf=20
> > Of Tim Hawes
> > Sent: 06 June 2009 07:15
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HDD Choices
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> > Wow, 10 degrees is quite a difference.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Tim.
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> > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Phil Harris<phil@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > > In my server at the moment...
> > >
> > > 10 x WD10EACS "Green Power" drives running at 28
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> +- 1 degree
> > > 2 x Samsung F1 drives running at 26 degrees +- 1 degree
> > > 1 x Hitachi Deskstar 1Tb drive running at 36 degrees
> > > 1 x Seagate 1.5Tb drive running at 32 degrees.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > >> Of Ian Oliver
> > >> Sent: 05 June 2009 15:18
> > >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HDD Choices
> > >>
> > >> In article
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> <2829695e0906050624q7e3030e3s6baced191ca4bbfe@xxxxxxx>, Tim=20
> > >> Hawes wrote:
> > >> > Initially the 1TB ones will just be used for
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> backup, but
> > in
> > >> > all likelyhood they'll end up a NAS box sooner
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> > so
> > >> > the cooler drives would definately be better.
> > >>
> > >> I use the Hitachi Deskstar 1TB for non-spinning
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> and 4x1TB=20
> > >> WD Greenpower in my NAS box.
> > >>
> > >> Ian Oliver
> > >> Sunny Leeds, UK
> > >> Using Java on Tini for control via Dallas 1-wire
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