external hard drive

krp · 04-25-2011, 05:25 PM

If a hard drive fails under warranty, will the manufacturer help you recover the data?

metalmania · 04-25-2011, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by krp

If a hard drive fails under warranty, will the manufacturer help you recover the data?

No, definitely not.

jremick · 04-25-2011, 07:51 PM

+1 for LaCie. Been running them for years and no issues.

Also, please oh please backup your photos to more than one location, one preferably offsite. Houses burn down and data centers fail, so once your data is gone, it's gone. That's why I keep four backups of my most important data (like photos). One on an external drive, two in different online datacenters and one just as my JPGs on SmugMug.

**TaiChiTom** · 04-26-2011, 07:36 AM

Thanks to all for your replies. The multitude of answers gives me much to contemplate.
Tom

loco · 04-26-2011, 05:21 PM

I work in IT and have had horrible experiences with both WD and Seagate. Right now, I have one 500GB Seagate and one 1.5 TB WD external drive sitting on my desk. The Seagate has been plugging along for years and I just recently got the WD.

The internal drive in my Dell was a Seagate and it died in less than a year. Seagate replaced it promptly. If not for a full image external backup, I'd have spent days getting myself back to square one.

Always backup everything ... twice!

admatts · 05-08-2011, 01:20 PM

I have owned a WD My Book 1tb for two years. Used to backup my photos, 3d modeling work and such with no probelms so far. So we just purchased a 2tb My Book for reduncancy.

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04-25-2011, 05:25 PM	#16
krp Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Illinois Photos: Gallery Posts: 470	If a hard drive fails under warranty, will the manufacturer help you recover the data?

04-25-2011, 07:12 PM	#17
metalmania Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 253	Originally posted by krp If a hard drive fails under warranty, will the manufacturer help you recover the data? No, definitely not.

04-25-2011, 07:51 PM	#18
jremick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 141	+1 for LaCie. Been running them for years and no issues. Also, please oh please backup your photos to more than one location, one preferably offsite. Houses burn down and data centers fail, so once your data is gone, it's gone. That's why I keep four backups of my most important data (like photos). One on an external drive, two in different online datacenters and one just as my JPGs on SmugMug.

04-26-2011, 07:36 AM	#19
TaiChiTom Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 318 Original Poster	Thanks to all for your replies. The multitude of answers gives me much to contemplate. Tom

04-26-2011, 05:21 PM	#20
loco Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,846	I work in IT and have had horrible experiences with both WD and Seagate. Right now, I have one 500GB Seagate and one 1.5 TB WD external drive sitting on my desk. The Seagate has been plugging along for years and I just recently got the WD. The internal drive in my Dell was a Seagate and it died in less than a year. Seagate replaced it promptly. If not for a full image external backup, I'd have spent days getting myself back to square one. Always backup everything ... twice!

05-08-2011, 01:20 PM	#21
admatts Inactive Account Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 3	I have owned a WD My Book 1tb for two years. Used to backup my photos, 3d modeling work and such with no probelms so far. So we just purchased a 2tb My Book for reduncancy.