So I have a 160GB Samsung Sata harddrive which died few months back. The manufacturer date says 2006 but i don't have any receipt for the thing, warranty on samsung is 3years. Does anyone know if i can get it replaced without a receipt? Also where in Cape Town do I go to do it?
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Dead Samsung SATA Harddrive
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shadow_man
Executive Member
Oh dear god I just bought 2x samsung 500gb's , dont scare me man.
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
At least it's not a Seagate 500GB. Mine is slowly dying, managing to back up small bits at a time thank goodness.
Praeses
Executive Member
Other Pineapple Smurf
Honorary Master
Hi, my samsung "died" on me 6 mths ago and after checking their site I downloaded a special util which scans for errors.
After a low level format, problem solved. Give it a go as this saved mine from the rubish dump - still trying to figure how it got corrupted in the first place.
After a low level format, problem solved. Give it a go as this saved mine from the rubish dump - still trying to figure how it got corrupted in the first place.
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
What are the symptoms? If mine dies, I die (on the inside)
Well for me, Windows started taking long to boot (500GB is not my OS drive), PC started slowing down in Windows, navigating around hard drive became slower, and eventually Windows gives a 'write failure writing something.msf' error and PC freezes up for a bit.
Praeses
Executive Member
My brother used to have a drive which slowed windows' boot etc. I just zero-filled it and it was good as new...still works now. It's probably around 6 years old.
Thestealth
Expert Member
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