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Hard Drive on the way out? Advice Please!

  • 30-07-2004 11:13am
    #1
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,
    i was installing Max Payne when my HD starts Clicking! Not a good sign i know :) since then i've been getting errors in some programs etc. Im guessing my HD is fcuked?

    Its about a year old and i bought it in PC World (Samsung Spinpoint) and dont have the reciept. Is there anyway of getting a replacement drive from anyone? Would i have to go to Samsung about it??

    Cant use Firefox anymore and AVG has given up!

    Any advice on the above would be great :)
    Cheers


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  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    First of all, back up your data NOW. Most HD manufacturers don't require proof of purchase for warranty - usually you can enter the drive's serial number on their website and that can tell if it is under warranty or not. Have a poke about on samsung's site.


  • #3
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    Stephen wrote:
    First of all, back up your data NOW. Most HD manufacturers don't require proof of purchase for warranty - usually you can enter the drive's serial number on their website and that can tell if it is under warranty or not. Have a poke about on samsung's site.

    Ah there's nothing on it i need really. I'll drive it to the end :D

    Yeah i was on the samsung site. Looks like ive to get an RMA from the supplier, run some program from their site (which i cant get to work!), then send it to them in the original packaging (which i havn't got).

    I'll try bringing it to PC World and see what they say.....


  • #4
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    We'll brought it back to PC World. Explained the problem. Despite having no reciept i got a brand spanking new drive for free! No questions asked.

    Plus it was an upgrade of the drive i had before!

    A happy PC World customer :D:D


  • #5
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Fair play to them (for once)

    I RMA'd a drive to IBM/Hitachi a couple of months ago just a month before its 3 year warranty was due to expire, was hoping for an upgrade, but they sent me back a shiny new one of the same model - ah well.


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