hd recommendations [was: strange harddisk noise]

[Martin Bock <ixel@gmx.de>]

G'day!

So again I had bad luck, Toshiba does not see itself in charge of their 
OEM harddrives.

So I will get a new one. Any recommendations for or against a specific 
manufacturer?

Thanks, Martin


On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 01:05:36PM +0100, Martin Bock wrote:
> Dear listfolken,
> 
> unfortunately Michelle was right. I just was at the local store. They 
> told me if they sent my notebook to Acer, it would come back unfixed. + 
> I would have to pay a fee of 40 EUR.
> 
> They told me the noise was too silent to be accepted for warranty.
> 
> So I recommend all my friends not to by acer stuff, because I consider 
> their warranty service insufficient.
> 
> I hope this indo helps customers to take their personal decision.
> 
> I will now try to contact the harddisk manufacturer toshiba. May be I 
> have more luck there.
> 
> Bye, Martin
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