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(49,036 posts) Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:01 AM Nov 2019

Seagate Firecuda HDD. Dead in 30 days. [View all]

Replaced a 7 yr old Barracuda .5G that was still working in a 7 yr old Asus gamer laptop. Freaking Best Buy won’t take it back. Thing just died right in the middle of the Dem debate, but started developing bad sectors last night, no previous signs. I’m restoring a backup to the original drive and then buying the SSD I should have. I’m pissed.

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Seagate Firecuda HDD. Dead in 30 days. [View all] BootinUp Nov 2019 OP

SSDs are so cheap nowadays, and cloud storage is cheap too. Hoyt Nov 2019 #1

I was surprised how low that price got BootinUp Nov 2019 #2

Seagate hdds suck UpInArms Nov 2019 #3

The barracuda line has a good rep BootinUp Nov 2019 #4

I try to go with a product I trust UpInArms Nov 2019 #5

Sure. Me too. Nt BootinUp Nov 2019 #6

That's very odd ... hopefully it's not actually the laptop ... mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #7

The original drive is working well. It's not the puter, it BootinUp Nov 2019 #10

Warranty? CloudWatcher Nov 2019 #8

It has a 5 year warranty. BootinUp Nov 2019 #9

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