Seagate Warranty?

[Athena]

Is there anywhere I can get pre-purchase information about the warranty on Seagate drives? Seagate retail kits used to carry a 5-year warranty and that's what is shown at Amazon for this drive. Newegg though, shows only a 2-year warranty for the same model number. How do I know which is correct?

 

[Elixer]

1 year warranty is what seagate does now, except for the constellation class drives.

Barracuda and Barracuda Green 3.5-inch drives: 12 Months
Momentus 2.5-inch (5400 and 7200RPM): 12 Months
Barracuda XT: Three years
Momentus XT: Three years
SV35: Two years
Pipeline HD Mini and Pipeline HD: Two years
Constellation 2 and ES.2 drives: Three years



Caviar Green 3.5-inch: Two Years
Caviar Blue 3.5-inch: Two Years
Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch: Two Years

http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_and_seagate_cut_hard_drive_warranty_lengths

 

[geekinit101]

look up the serial number on the seagate website
http://support.seagate.com/customer/en-us/warranty_validation.jsp

 

[Athena]

1 year warranty is what seagate does now, except for the constellation class drives.

http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_and_seagate_cut_hard_drive_warranty_lengths

I'm in the process of replacing a 5-year, 2-month old drive. AMEX extended warranty refunded the purchase price, which means I have enough to buy two drives -- one as a desktop replacement and one for my server. I ordered a WD Red drive for the server and am thinking of getting a Barracuda XT or WD Green for the desktop.