Seagate extends HDD warranties to five years

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Seagate extends hard drive warranties

Seagate extends hard drive warranties 07/28/2004 09:38 AM
Personal Computer World Jul 28 2004 1:59PM GMT

Seagate Warranties Jump to Five Years

Seagate Warranties Jump to Five Years 07/26/2004 04:13 PM

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“After compressing hard drive warranties to just a year, Seagate is reversing the trend, announcing a heady five-year warranty for its internal desktop and notebook hard drives. The extended warranty covers drives bought from authorized dealers, says Joe Cousins, Seagate’s senior director of Global Channel Marketing. Buyer demands drove the decision, he says. “Our customers are telling us that a one-year warranty isn’t satisfying their needs,” Cousins says. “We’re working to get closer to our…

Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years

Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years 07/26/2004 05:30 AM
Seagate Technology has increased the warranty of almost all of its hard drives to five years, reversing a trend toward shorter-period warranties.

Seagate ups drive warranties to five
years

Seagate ups drive warranties to five
years 07/26/2004 04:13 PM
Longer warranty for internal drives shipped through distributors and retailers should pressure rivals, analyst says.

Seagate Believes In Self, Ups Hard Disk
Warranties to Five Years

Seagate Believes In Self, Ups Hard Disk
Warranties to Five Years 07/27/2004 09:21 AM

Unless you consider hard drives to be disposable (not a bad policy, given current failure rates), you'll probably be interested in hearing that hard drive manufacturer Seagate has upped to warranty period for all of its consumer hard drives to five years. Over the last couple of years, most major hard disk manufacturers had quietly changed their warranty period to one year (most were at a three year warranty before that), in spite of (or because of) an increasingly poor record of drive life-cycles. It has since become almost a joke to presume that any hard drive will last longer than a couple of years without failure; an interesting proposition, considering that the average computer user still keeps all of their data on a single drive.

Of course, just because a drive has a five year warranty doesn't mean the drive will last that long. You should still back up like a good Computer Scout. But in the worst case, at least you'll be able to get a replacement drive while you're tearing up over years of lost pornography.

Read - Seagate Warranties Jump to Five Years [Yahoo]
Read - Seagate Authorized Retailers [Seagate]

Seagate reverses standard practice and
lengthens HD warranties

Seagate reverses standard practice and
lengthens HD warranties 07/26/2004 04:05 PM
Seagate will now offer five-year warranties on drives purchased through authorized resellers, upping their protection by an impressive four years.

Congress extends tax cuts for years
(USATODAY.com)

Congress extends tax cuts for years
(USATODAY.com) 09/24/2004 07:53 AM
USATODAY.com - Congress overwhelmingly approved $146 billion in middle-class and business tax cuts Thursday night, handing President Bush a big victory 40 days before the election.

Microsoft extends product support to 10
years

Microsoft extends product support to 10
years 05/25/2004 04:31 PM
The updated support policy is valid for Microsoft's business and developer products currently in the mainstream support phase, as well as future products, but it doesn't apply to consumer, hardware, multimedia and Microsoft Business Solutions products.

Four more years: US Senate extends
Internet tax moratorium

Four more years: US Senate extends
Internet tax moratorium 05/01/2004 01:13 PM
After a few days of vigorous debate, the US Senate has approved another four-year ban on Internet access taxes. VoIP is unaffected by the legislation, which now must be reconciled with a House version making the ban permanent.

TechEd: Microsoft extends product
support to 10 years

TechEd: Microsoft extends product
support to 10 years 05/25/2004 06:01 PM
SAN DIEGO - Microsoft Corp. next month will institute a new product lifecycle policy that extends support for Microsoft products to a minimum of 10 years from the current seven years, the vendor said Tuesday.

Scientific Games Extends Online Lottery
Contract With West Virginia Lottery For
2 Years

Scientific Games Extends Online Lottery
Contract With West Virginia Lottery For
2 Years 06/07/2004 08:21 PM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Jun 7, 04:32 pm GMT

Other News: Apple Florida Warranties

Other News: Apple Florida Warranties 04/05/2005 12:04 PM
The St. Petersburg Times revisits Apple warranty issues in Florida.

Despite Claims, Apple Could Honor
Warranties

Despite Claims, Apple Could Honor
Warranties 04/04/2005 07:11 PM

The warranty situation has frustrated some of Apple's loyal customers. By Dave Gussow, St. Petersburg Times

Harddrive Industry increasing
warranties?

Harddrive Industry increasing
warranties? 09/01/2004 03:09 PM
X-Bit Labs is reporting that major hard drive maker, Maxtor, has increased the length of time its products are under warranty. Maxtor are now offering their products under 3 year warranty, up from 1 year. Apparently, the move is being made after rival Seagate increased their warranty time from 3 to 5 years.

This action will come as a relief to many, and a surprise. It was only 2 years ago that the major industry players reduced the length of time their products were under warranty. The move was sparked after a series of high profile product faults that cost hard drive makers a lot of money.

In recent years, the hard drive market has matured with many traditional makers (IBM, Fujitsu) leaving the market. Rapid technological advancement, coupled with tough competition in the market, are cited as reasons for the exits. It's expected that other market players will follow Maxtor and Seagate in increasing the length of warranty.

View: Maxtor Homepage | X-Bit Labs


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Monkey-See, Monkey-Do; Maxtor ups their
warranties

Monkey-See, Monkey-Do; Maxtor ups their
warranties 09/05/2004 06:47 PM
In late July, Seagate was the first company to realize the errors of their ways and they increased their warranty coverage for consumer-oriented hard drives from one year to five years.

Seagate to cut 2,900 jobs

Seagate to cut 2,900 jobs 06/03/2004 12:18 PM
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate Technology LLC will lay off about 7 percent of its global workforce, or about 2,900 employees, under a restructuring plan announced Wednesday.

Seagate Floats -- for a Day

Seagate Floats -- for a Day 09/07/2004 02:04 PM
Seagate Technology offers a better than expected revenue and earnings forecast; the stock should still be avoided.

Seagate ups Q1 estimates

Seagate ups Q1 estimates 09/07/2004 10:54 AM
Expects good quarter

Seagate queues up 400-gig DVR

Seagate queues up 400-gig DVR 04/04/2005 04:36 PM
At cable show, hard-drive maker demonstrates add-on external drive, unveils DriveTrust software.

Seagate sees red in Q4

Seagate sees red in Q4 07/21/2004 01:11 PM
Betting on tiny drives

Software That Lasts For Years And Years

Software That Lasts For Years And Years 07/14/2004 06:51 PM
We were just talking about the rise of quick and dirty programs as a way for individuals (not necessarily programmers) to solve specific needs. However, as was mentioned at the time, that would be a different "tier" of software programming, and there would still be a need for programmers to do higher level "big" projects. In the past, we've also discussed the problem of data extinction, where old computer systems and formats die out, leaving content and applications virtually useless on ancient media. This is a big problem for many applications, and Dan Bricklin is now suggesting that people need to start designing "Societal Infrastructure Software" that can last for centuries, not just a few years. The idea is that this type of software shouldn't have to worry about new computers or new formats or new anything... but will be able to just keep on working. In order to build this, though, Bricklin believes it will require embracing open source programming, though not necessarily the way people view open source programming today. It's a fascinating concept, but getting people to think long-term is so difficult these days, that you wonder if such ideas will actually catch on.

Seagate Debuts 120 GB Laptop HDD

Seagate Debuts 120 GB Laptop HDD 04/19/2005 05:58 AM
TechTree Apr 19 2005 10:29AM GMT

Seagate has 120 Gig Drive for Laptops

Seagate has 120 Gig Drive for Laptops 04/18/2005 02:31 PM

Oh that is just music to my ears, until I look at the specifications for it. Love the size hate the speed. The question is now how fast can I get one and will my laptops bios like it.

I have always banged my head against the wall when it comes to laptop hard-drive capacities. A few years ago I purchased a Firewire 60gig laptop drive and case while in Japan and I never leave home without it. [Engadget]

Seagate axes thousands

Seagate axes thousands 06/03/2004 03:26 AM
The Register Jun 3 2004 7:49AM GMT

Cornice countersues Seagate

Cornice countersues Seagate 08/19/2004 05:48 AM
Hard drive rival's patents 'invalid', company claims

Seagate Revs Up Notebook

Seagate Revs Up Notebook 04/18/2005 06:17 PM
Techzonez Apr 18 2005 9:33PM GMT

Seagate drives, both big and small

Seagate drives, both big and small 06/14/2004 09:52 AM
Company aims for a hard drive or two or three in every home.

Seagate to Eliminate 2,900 Jobs

Seagate to Eliminate 2,900 Jobs 06/03/2004 10:01 PM
It will reduce its work force by 7 percent, or about 2,900 jobs, as the maker of computer hard drives struggles to cut costs as prices fall in the competitive industry.

Seagate spins 10k rpm disks

Seagate spins 10k rpm disks 02/18/2004 07:21 AM

AMD, Seagate Shuffle Execs

AMD, Seagate Shuffle Execs 04/30/2004 03:16 AM
Advanced Micro Devices and Seagate Technology made unrelated management moves late Thursday and early Friday, restructuring the executive offices at both companies.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 160 GB

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 160 GB 09/22/2004 11:47 AM
TechTree Sep 22 2004 3:07PM GMT

Seagate queues up 400GB DVR

Seagate queues up 400GB DVR 04/04/2005 07:18 PM
At cable show, hard-drive maker demonstrates add-on external drive, unveils DriveTrust software.

Seagate reports loss

Seagate reports loss 07/20/2004 06:22 PM
Disk-drive maker posts $33 million loss and says the industry is "still facing challenging times."

Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its
New Barracuda.

Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its
New Barracuda. 02/10/2004 02:45 AM
Tom's Hardware: Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its New Barracuda. It's still pretty evenly matched against the 7K250. And where are our 400GB drives?

Seagate 5GB USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive

Seagate 5GB USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive 03/14/2005 04:39 PM
Review Flash killer?

Seagate to use 'perpendicular'
technology for HDDs

Seagate to use 'perpendicular'
technology for HDDs 04/13/2005 08:37 AM
Seagate Technology is developing a perpendicular recording technology for hard disk drives and intends to be one of the first companies to use it in its products, the company said Wednesday.

Seagate modernizes notebook drives

Seagate modernizes notebook drives 04/18/2005 04:38 PM
Seagate Technology has begun selling notebook drives with the newer Serial ATA, or SATA, standard.

Creative MuVoČ FM 5GB Seagate CF Removal

Creative MuVoČ FM 5GB Seagate CF Removal 09/04/2004 05:30 PM

Inventory Glitches Hurt Seagate

Inventory Glitches Hurt Seagate 04/21/2004 12:49 PM
Although profitable, Seagate Technology Inc. said it badly overestimated its ability to sell notebook disk drives into the channel.
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