[geeks] FORSALE: 400GB Seagate SATA drive (update)

[Jonathan Groll]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 08:08:10PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> I'm still pissed at Western Digital; the WD-branded external 250G disk
> (firewire/USB enclosure) died TWO MONTHS out of its only-one-year warranty
> and I lost a ton of stuff (because I was stupid and didnt have backups) -

Isn't the warranty period on Western Digital meant to be 3 years?

Also, I've found that drives die more quickly in external enclosures,
perhaps from being knocked around more (or overheating)?

Cheers,
Jonathan.