Storage Solutions Seagate Warranty Status - 3yrs or 5yrs ?

[techie_007]

Seagate cuts warranty from 5 to 3 years on some hard drives

Seagate Technology - Product Warranty Matrix
As per the above, Seagate has reduced warranty periods to 3 years. Can someone check up if this applies to Seagate India as well? I need to pick up a 500Gb and want one with 5 yrs warranty. WDs gonna see a jump in sales if this happens here I guess

 

[ComradE_BeaN]

i remember a seller talkin abt this...not sure if its in effect now already.

 

[thetechmind]

Check this post of mine....the OLD harddrive inventory with seagate holds 5 yrs....the new one getting shipped from the 3rd will hold new warranty of only 3 YRS....

see this post below and u can get 5

http://www.techenclave.com/1003504-post885.html

 

[Ashish.K]

Pickup the HDD you want right now !! 5 yer warranty will be very much valid of available stocks !!

 

[apollyon]

techie right now locally almost all shops have seagates with 5yr warranty in stock, i bought a seagate 320gb 2.5" sata yesterday and checked its warranty

 

[techie_007]

techie right now locally almost all shops have seagates with 5yr warranty in stock, i bought a seagate 320gb 2.5" sata yesterday and checked its warranty

how much? a friend needs one too

 

[Nixy]

bought a 7200.12 500GB....chked it online...3 yrs warranty :'(

old stocks must have been clred in Jan itself...i thnk

 

[m0h1t]

I havn't seen any 7200.11 with 3 years warranty. Get one now before they run out of stock.

 

[Nemesis_41]

^^ they have malaysia makes for the 7200.11 .. try to get that.. that doesnt seem to have any defects which are there in the chinese makes.

 

[mach9]

Got my 1TB 7200.12 from Prime and was told its still 5years..

 

[Nixy]

dont believe wat they say...chk it urself
Warranty Validation

Got my 1TB 7200.12 from Prime and was told its still 5years..

 

[mach9]

didnt say i didnt believe it. Only said what Prime told me

 

[The Sauron]

I have two Seagate 500GB 7200.12 both with 5 years of warranty..But i love WD for reliability ........

 

[Nixy]

did u chk it on the Seagate site????

didnt say i didnt believe it. Only said what Prime told me

 

[mach9]

^^ nope mate. will check when i get back home. dont remember the serial nr straight off

 

[mach9]

ok tried it, 3yrs warranty.

expires JAN 2012

 

[knoughtyd]

Mine is 5years:O:clap::clap:

Had bought my 7200.12 from Prime in March and at that time i knew that Seagate Warranty was just 3years but today when I saw this thread,i thought of checking it and saw that its 5years :yahoo:

 

[himanshuaieee]

Actually speaking..... Techkie..

The gaurante for Seagate 7200.12 is 3 years for sure.. I am quite confirm here with that.....However, they are giving away a 5 year warranty on 7200.11 whose old version had firm ware problem, but the newer improvised version dont..

However, WD peoples are still giving away a 5 year warranty, and I am actually going to buy a WD Caviar Black fals 1001 1 TB , ITS really good..And will prefer to go for WD with piece of mind...

Thankyou...

 

[Dex@ter]

i got a seagate 7200.12 500 GB today from SMC Nehru Place and warranty is for 5 years

 

[m0h1t]

don't rely on what shops owners tell you, have you checked it on seagate's warranty page?