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    Question Seagate hard drive warranty policy prevents me from protecting my data

    In November 2023 I bought a Seagate EXOS 16TB to do backups. After light use the drive failed on May 15 2024 and Windows Computer Management > Disk Storage reported "fatal device hardware error" and I could not access the drive. On Thursday May 16 I went to the Seagate website warranty page...