Is it necessary to full format the new HDD?

[GSTe]

WTF are you talking about?

These boards are mainly used by homebuilders and enthusiasts. Any of them with a grain of sense would know to spend the extra few dollars on the Seagate or WD with 3 to 5 year warranty.... and yes Seagate are extending their warranties, not reducing them, and yes Seagate are the biggest HDD manufacturer with 37% market share. And they've just bought Maxtor, so their warranty will most likely increase soon as well. Western Digital, 20% market share, 3 year warranties on most products, Hitachi, 15% market share, 3 year warranties on SATA drives.....

It is plainly obvious to anyone with a brain that you are wrong, so just man up and admit it. Or at least stop making offensive posts, before you are excommunicated.

 

[Zorg]

Unrelated to your battle with Wiz, I'm thinking that a lot of these HD failures are caused by people running woefully under powered power supplies. Especially all the PSs in the oem boxes, they suck. My niece's HP had two failures in about two years. I replaced the PS with a decent one and have had no failure yet. Knock on wood.

 

[GSTe]

Thanks for all the info Zorq. It has been very interesting and illuminating reading your posts, I've certainly learnt a lot. If only others could be as helpful and polite.........

 

[Zorg]

Thanks for all the info Zorq. It has been very interesting and illuminating reading your posts, I've certainly learnt a lot. If only others could be as helpful and polite.........

I appreciate your input as well.

 

[lemonfoot]

Wow, it never ceases to amaze me as to how downright rude and pig ignorant some people can be. 🙁

 

[WizardOZ]

WTF are you talking about?

These boards are mainly used by homebuilders and enthusiasts. Any of them with a grain of sense would know to spend the extra few dollars on the Seagate or WD with 3 to 5 year warranty.... and yes Seagate are extending their warranties, not reducing them, and yes Seagate are the biggest HDD manufacturer with 37% market share. And they've just bought Maxtor, so their warranty will most likely increase soon as well. Western Digital, 20% market share, 3 year warranties on most products, Hitachi, 15% market share, 3 year warranties on SATA drives.....

It is plainly obvious to anyone with a brain that you are wrong, so just man up and admit it. Or at least stop making offensive posts, before you are excommunicated.

Been away for a while. So the reply is late. As to "WTF" I am talking about, well, see the article here on THG site re most manufacturers reducing warranties from 3 to 1 year - something like 18 months ago. As for the waranties offered, all I can say is that I have been following this issue in the sense that I have looked at products / prices/ warrantiues for the last year. And, guees what? It is only in the last 6 months that Seagate, WD and most of ther other manufactureres have returned to offering 3 to 5 year warranties. And until the last 2 months or so, these were only on the "Enterprise" class HDDs they were selling. So, who is it that is "wrong" and "offensive"?

Say, how is raising a legitinmate question "offensive"? Perhaps you, who is clearly operating in drug-enhanced moron-mode, is the one who should be "ecxcommunicated".

As for your contentions about "grain of sense" perhaps you could explain and elaborate on the following: why is it that the same effing questions - regardless of specific topic - keep being asked over and over? HMM? You know - what is the best LCD monitor to buy? Or RAID 0 problem, etc.? And so on. You are nowhere near as smart, sophisticated or clever as you think you are. More critically, you are, based on your own stupid mouth, the sort who would offer really aggressive suggestions and approaches to any kind of question, appropriate or not. I am offering up "caveat emptor" advice and suggestions. All of which can be checked and verified. And disregarded ad appropriate. But I am saying - watch out there are pitfalls out there. What's your excuse for not covering all bases? And worse, what is your justification for behaving like a last-rate puink REMF by refusing to deal with reality?

 

[GSTe]

Go back through this thread and read your posts, then see who was being offensive/aggresive. Then check what you wrote about warranties. Then say to yourself 'I was wrong, but that's okay'. I do not take drugs.

 

[jave200372]

To the original poster - just do a full format on your drive. I think this thread has gone astray....