[QUOTE=khansdream]Please read the warranty card carefully whenever you buy a piece of hardware. We usually skip reading.
FYKI a harddisk with the problem of only bad sectors can not be replaced, you have to damage ur hdd first, either remove all the bad sectors for its use which is of course not easy or create one more bad sector in MBR area so that u can not get booted and then go for replacement.
Which world r u living in.......
I have 72 computers to support...... means 72 HDDs.......
in past 7 months I have replaced 7 HDDs...
1) 5 Nos Segate 160 GB
2) 1 No. Samsung 160 GB
3) 1 no Samsung 80 GB
All reason Badblocks developed in HDD......
None was damaged because of any other reasons...
and waht do u mean by this that
u have to damage ur HDD first....
only damage which HDD can get is Badblocks..... (Max of the time 90%-95%))
Media Bad, Power Supply Bad, are 3-4% and Physical Damaged or Damage because of Powersurge are not covered under warrenty...
I started my career as Service Provider in 1995, days when 540 GB was max avaliable and That time too I used to gfet replacement because of bad blocks.. ofcourse we used to get replacement after 2-3 months but we used to and there was lot of paperwork then....
If u say We dont read the warrenty card than i would suggest u that if u read the warrenty please read carefully
http://www.seagate.com/support/service/warranty.html
What Do Our Warranties Usually Cover?
Our warranties cover defects in material or workmanship in new Seagate products. Only consumers purchasing Seagate products from authorized Seagate retailers or distributors may obtain coverage under our limited warranties.
defects in material or workmanship.....
Bad blocks r defects and it requirs replacement .... BAD blocks occur and tell u that media is going bad and ultimatly the full HDD will die.... so it has to b replaced
thanx