what to do with seagate 2TB out of warranty driveB

[lotust]

seagate online checker says im out of warranty. The drive seems to have some issues. Its been in my NAS for over a year running 24/7 But after I reboot the NAS this drive seems to return errors.

But what can do with this drive besides throw it out? I cant beleave seagate lowered there warranty time in 2012 from 5 years to just 2... lame

 

[Cerb]

It was especially lame, since they had been marketing on their longer warranty.

In any case, the only thing you can do is maybe salvage the magnet. They're strong magnets, good for the fridge, or magnetizing screwdrivers. But, you'll need a suitable T8 or T6, depending on drive, to try.

WD's Reds have a 3-year warranty, if you're looking into that, as it concerns replacements.

 

[lotust]

Yeah im actually looking to pick up a WD red. Funny you said that. I have a FT: post right now looking to trade an iPhone 3Gs 32gb for the WD red ;-)

I was really shocked to find the seagate was OOW... crap crap crap.. What a waste of money. I think it was an external drive that I opened up and removed the drive to put in the NAS. I guess the seagate green was never ment to run 24/7

 

[smitbret]

I can relate. Of the 3 drive failures I've ever had, 1 was a Seagate that I had pulled out of the external enclosure and stuck in my PC after I dropped the enclosure and damaged it. Worked fine for awhile, but after about 6 months it just started getting progressively more unstable until it just stopped getting recognized by any computer to which it was attached.

Awhile back there was a thread where someone claimed that the HDDs in the Externals were often binned as consumer grade and more prone to failure than those that were intended to be used in systems. Maybe that's the case........ IDK

 

[lotust]

I bet the warranty would be void on the drive since I removed it from an enclosure anyways.

 

[bryanl]

Warranty extensions provided by some credit cards can be good here, especially Amex and Visa. Forget mechanical repairs unless you need the data recovered.

I can't find any evidence that the HDDs shipped inside externals are lower grade bins, but I have seen them contain internal drives with smaller caches or that were last year's model (most of the last 7200.11s shpped were in externals).

 

[mfenn]

I was really shocked to find the seagate was OOW... crap crap crap.. What a waste of money. I think it was an external drive that I opened up and removed the drive to put in the NAS. I guess the seagate green was never ment to run 24/7

The warranty was voided the moment you pulled the drive out of the enclosure, so the length of Seagate's warranty period is kind of moot here.

 

[lotust]

The warranty was voided the moment you pulled the drive out of the enclosure, so the length of Seagate's warranty period is kind of moot here.

Figured that but I thought there was a chance the drive was also sold not in an enclosure. Retail in a static back like new egg sells.

 

[vailr]

As a last resort, try running SpinRite 6.0 from grc.com.
Could take 12 hours or more to complete, however.
So: run on a spare PC, if available.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Figured that but I thought there was a chance the drive was also sold not in an enclosure. Retail in a static back like new egg sells.

That wouldn't matter. They do it by individual serial numbers. They know that *that* exact drive was sold in an enclosure. So therefore, they won't warranty it separately.

 

[lotust]

As a last resort, try running SpinRite 6.0 from grc.com.
Could take 12 hours or more to complete, however.
So: run on a spare PC, if available.

im looking into that right now thanks ;-)

That wouldn't matter. They do it by individual serial numbers. They know that *that* exact drive was sold in an enclosure. So therefore, they won't warranty it separately.

thank you Sir for that information

 

[mfenn]

That wouldn't matter. They do it by individual serial numbers. They know that *that* exact drive was sold in an enclosure. So therefore, they won't warranty it separately.

:thumbsup: It's not that easy to pull one over on them.

 

[lotust]

the thing is a drive is a drive. i was not trying to scam.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

the thing is a drive is a drive. i was not trying to scam.

If its oow, then sorry, you're SOL

 

[lotust]

Yep , it's weird it fails the segate tests but passes other software tests.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Yep , it's weird it fails the segate tests but passes other software tests.

It should be fine. Im using a 7 year old HDD that hasnt died yet, does boot check every time I load xp

 

[lotust]

nope it just seemed to overheat and die :-(