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Frank Vuotto
 
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Default Maxtor 250 GB drives - are they a bad idea?

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:04:30 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
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It came with a 1 year warranty. If it doesn't die in 1 year, it will
probably last much longer than that.


Hard drive infant mortality is usually over with in a month or three. If
you're out a year, the overall failure rate has decreased, but it still
could fail at any time.


The year warranty sucks. I've had several drives that lasted less than
the old 3 year warranty. Sent them back and got a rebuild that would
last another few years.

Drives are cheap but 1 year just isn't long enough.

Frank /~ http://newmex.com/f10
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