Seagate and WD Hard Drives no Longer with Three or Five Year Warranties
It seems that some of Seagate’s and WD’s most popular hard drives for desktops and laptops will no longer carry three or five-year warranties.
In an article at ComputerWorld they are saying that these two hard drive manufacturers are cutting back on hard drive warranties, in some instances from five years to one, in order to save money or redirect it to product development.
Seagate’s warranties on certain drives will be reduced as of Dec. 31, and WD will follow beginning Jan. 2. All drives shipped prior to those dates will continue to carry the current warranty term associated with the products.
As well as the flooding in Taiwan pushing the prices of hard drives to treble in the last few months the every day consumer now has this to contend with too – Not good!
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