<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>>For you it apparently is. For me, if an 80 or 120GB drive that I had purchased 3 or 4 years ago failed I would just replace it with a larger one, >even if it was still "under warranty". It's just not worth the hassle, plus the shipping cost, for a drive I could buy today for $35. The shipping might >cost me $20 so I would be "saving" $15 in order to get an obsolete small-capacity drive, just not worth it. Remember too, if you read your >warranty, that the maker has the right to "replace" your drive with a used one, not a new one, and you do not get any additional warranty beyond >your original purchase.<div>><br
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br>While it is true that many manufacturers send back refurbished drives to replace a failed one under warranty, the remainder of the warranty still applies to the refurbished drive you receive in return. In addition, I have found that many times if you send in a drive that is no longer being actively produced, they will send back a larger drive in return - I once received a 250GB drive from an RMA of an 80.<br></div></div></div><br>
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