On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Chris Schumann wrote:
>> Besides, it's the data that's important, not the drive.  And even if
>> they make good on the warranty 4 1/2 years from now, it'll probably be a
>> "refurbished" drive anyway.  Would you trust that?
>
> From day two, the drives you have are used drives. You get your broken 
> used drive swapped out and a working used drive swapped in. It's just as 
> trustworthy as your other used drives and Seagate backs that up with 
> their warranty.

I ahave no problem with refurb drives - they have generally been much more 
heavily tested than new drives.

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