From: "Dave Ings" 

How the heck does one "abuse" a drive? Run diagnostics on it 24
by 7? Short of that, I'm hard pressed to imagine abuse (versus heavy use)
in a typical home or office setting ...
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"relayPoint"  wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:58:10 -0500, Mike '/m'  said

> Just to point out to our new victims...
>
> Friends don't let friends buy WDC or Maxtor. Good luck ever getting
> them to honor that warranty. Or did you miss the fine print that says
> SMART logs drive uptime (which it apparently _does_), and if they
> determine (on unreleased criiteria) that you 'abused' the drive, you
> get no drive back.

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