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However, for me, the deciding factor is warranty.

If one Manufacturer offers 90 days, and the other 3 years, (or better, 5) well, I'm going with the 3 years. I feel that if the manufacturer is worried enough about the quality of their product to not stand behind it for long then I should be worried as well. Also, I notice some manufacturers will warranty high end drives for a decent period, but then have a short warranty on their "Consumer grade" type drives. To me that suggests: Good quality control for the high end, but low quality/rejects for the "Consumer". Either way, I call it on warranty.
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However, this is rather disappointing, and would just ensure my switch to Seagate.

If I felt like sharing from my network, whether it be approved or not, I should be able to do so without interference.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-why-19593742 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:11:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-why-19590562 said by KrK:

Their drives are crap anyway. I used to only use WD, then a few years ago, they dropped the warranty down to 1 year or somesuch.. and low and behold I had 2 200 GB drives die while very new.

I use only Seagate now due to the long warranty.
I have the opposite experience, my seagate and maxtor drives have failed, but the WDs and IBM (deathstars) still going strong.
Seagate snubs Linux >> »www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/···bs-linux
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I use only Seagate now due to the long warranty.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-why-19589818 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:56:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-why-19587554 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-why-19587554 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:30:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/why-19587060 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/why-19587060 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:46:04 EDT