ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Of the many many drives I've owned, I've only ever had to return one during the warranty period.. the rest failed outside of it.
For me its a risk worth taking, if the drive inside is a standard desktop drive.
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Of the many many drives I've owned, I've only ever had to return one during the warranty period.. the rest failed outside of it.
For me its a risk worth taking, if the drive inside is a standard desktop drive.
Not always. Some new hard drives have have USB connector, not SATA. Don't buy these.
akescpt
Honorary Master
So how do we find out? I wanted to rip out this hard drive as well
Praeses
Executive Member
Never heard of those before...
Speedster
Honorary Master
D4N
Expert Member
On some 2.5", not 3.5" drives
The_Unnamed
WUD FTW
^This.
akescpt
Honorary Master
good luck with that
tygervalley game had 6 2TB drives left when i left @ 9:15
Samsung were infamous for doing that. Having only a USB interface coming off the circuit board, so that you are unable to use it for any other purpose even if you take it apart. Also, you are unable to replace the enclosure when the USB interface breaks. A$$h0Le$.
But I have only ever seen this on 2.5" drives. It is supposed to allow the manufacturer to make the drive as small as possible. Obviously this isn't a concern with 3.5" drives as stated above. And, as Toxic said, warranties are useless for the most part. Hard drives hardly ever suffer mechanical failure, unless you are an idiot.
But I have only ever seen this on 2.5" drives. It is supposed to allow the manufacturer to make the drive as small as possible. Obviously this isn't a concern with 3.5" drives as stated above. And, as Toxic said, warranties are useless for the most part. Hard drives hardly ever suffer mechanical failure, unless you are an idiot.
dryburn.macbook
Senior Member
I used to be a Technician at Mustek and the head of Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer repair Acer had the least problems and Toshiba had the most. Lenovo wasn't too bad.
I learned that you have to go for the one with the longest warranty because without one you rather buy a new laptop(well in some cases)
Jar-man
Expert Member
I have 2 portable hard drives where the usb fell off (250gig and 320gig). Is there any adapter I can buy?
Hence I feel this ACER 3 Year on site warranty deal from Game gives me complete peace of mind and hence I bought one
Saw a Verbatim 1GB 2.5" HDD at Incredible Corruption for R799. With Discovery Card discount it will be around R700.
Seems like a decent price... but are Verbatim a decent manufacturer? Their old stiffy disks were top class, but I haven't heard anything about their HDDs.
Seems like a decent price... but are Verbatim a decent manufacturer? Their old stiffy disks were top class, but I haven't heard anything about their HDDs.
No. That's why I hate them. In future I will just buy an internal 2.5" and get my own enclosure.
Spend the same money for a 3.5" 2TB WD external.
DrJohnZoidberg
Honorary Master
Mine was delivered a few minutes ago:
DrJohnZoidberg
Honorary Master
Stupid drive is split somehow in to two partitions which are showing as separate devices. Not a big issue, but would much rather like to have the option to partition it as a single 3TB if I want.
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