Jimmy Bradley wrote:
I'm just curious if any one else has noticed this. I've bought
hard drives from both Walmart and Best Buy. If I can wait, I order them
from newegg.com. I'm beginning to think that the staff at both Walmart
and Best Buy, somewhere along the supply line must dribble the drives
like basket balls. The reason I say that is all the drives I have bought
from those two places fail within a few months time. Has anyone else
noticed that? Just curious.
How large is your sample? If you use enough drives you'll find bad ones
from every vendor and distributor - and they tend to be bad in
batches. I'd guess you just hit a bad batch. Get your warranty
replacements from the vendor - I've had pretty good luck with those even
though they are probably mostly rebuilt units. Most vendors have some
sort of diagnostic utility that you can run if you suspect a problem.
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Les Mikesell
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