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1. SSDs are so cheap nowadays, and cloud storage is cheap too.

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:10 AM

Nov 2019

Just don’t trust spinning, mechanical drives as much.

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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