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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------