in case you haven't heard about the new policy
If anyone already knows this, then my apologies, I'm late on the news as usual.
Effective Oct. 1, 2002, both Maxtor and Western Digital will start shipping out certain models of ide hds with only 1 year warranty instead of the traditional 3 yr warranty.
Some models like the scsi or their upcoming serial ata models will still offer a 3 year warranty (5 for scsi).
The hd market must be getting real bad???
So any maxtor or wd hds or surplus stock bought before or a couple weeks after Oct 1st should still have the 3 yrs.
Here are the links.
Wd will offer a 3 year warranty through an extended warranty plan and charge an extra fee. Wd will still offer a 3 yr warranty on their WD Caviar Special Edition.
http://support.wdc.com/warranty/newpolicy.asp
http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp#extwarranty
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/se...at-a-glance.htm
So, get them while you still can.
I think Seagate and Samsung are the only ones left who still offer 3 yrs on their ide line. But that may change eventually as well.
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