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[Speedway]

Warranties cover the drive only they specifically do not cover data stored on them. as stated many times Back Up, Back Up and Back up again I have used many different drives over the years, the oldest I still have is the 10 year old 200Gb Seagate which is the system disc in my desktop I also have 1 320Gb WD & 2 1Tb Seagate internal HDD's. External I have a 1 500Gb Seagate, 1 1Tb WD and 1 2Tb Seagate and will order another one of these next week. I have been lucky over the years never having a HDD die completely the only ones that have eventually died I was able to save the data before failure. I am also watching the prices on SSD,s to replace the system drive with one when the prices get to a reasonable level.
Cheers
Keith.

[Dazz1]

I have been lucky over the years never having a HDD die completely the only ones that have eventually died I was able to save the data before failure.

That reminds me, I meant to say that it's a good idea to monitor the SMART status of your drives. The error rates etc will usually give early warnings.

[andrewvid]

Warranties cover the drive only they specifically do not cover data stored on them. as stated many times Back Up, Back Up and Back up again I have used many different drives over the years, the oldest I still have is the 10 year old 200Gb Seagate which is the system disc in my desktop I also have 1 320Gb WD & 2 2Tb Seagate internal HDD's. External I have a 1 500Gb Seagate, 1 1Tb WD and 1 2Tb Seagate and will order another one of these next week. I have been lucky over the years never having a HDD die completely the only ones that have eventually died I was able to save the data before failure. I am also watching the prices on SSD,s to replace the system drive with one when the prices get to a reasonable level.
Cheers
Keith.

Thanks Keith, well I sure am going to purchase more than one backup drive now, as a system disk SSD's seem quite reasonable if the only thing you store on it is the OS and application files. But yes, will have to wait till the prices eventually drop a little..

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That reminds me, I meant to say that it's a good idea to monitor the SMART status of your drives. The error rates etc will usually give early warnings.

Another great idea i did not think of. Cheers for that !