Did someone pull a fast one on me?

sjholt wrote:
Just a note here. I have an HP computer here with a Seagate HD that went TU just after the 1 year warranty. It took Windows 8.1 with it.
I now run Linux Mint and won't go back to Windows.
Also this is the third Seagate HD that has crapped out on me.
I have WD HD's that are 12 years old and are still going.

So why not replace the drive with a non Seagate drive and reinstall Windows 8.1 unless you did not make or purchase the recovery disks... I understand now, carry on..

fj12ryder wrote:
I think he was wondering what the point was that you no longer run Windows, almost like you blame Windows for the drive failing.

I was wondering why Windows was significant myself :?... a bit of a non sequitur unless Linux Mint is now running on the Seagate where Windows did not.

Dave

I think he was wondering what the point was that you no longer run Windows, almost like you blame Windows for the drive failing.

"I am not understanding what Windows had to do with this?"
OP talked about Seagate HD?
Reread it.

sjholt wrote:
Just a note here. I have an HP computer here with a Seagate HD that went TU just after the 1 year warranty. It took Windows 8.1 with it.
I now run Linux Mint and won't go back to Windows.
Also this is the third Seagate HD that has crapped out on me.
I have WD HD's that are 12 years old and are still going.

I am not understanding what Windows had to do with this?

AsheGuy wrote:

strollin wrote:

It's also interesting that the disk drive line that Hitachi bought from IBM, DeskStar, was once referred to as DeathStar due to reliability issues.

True, but "The unreliable IBM Deskstar 75GXP product became notorious as the "Deathstar" (only one of at least twenty IBM products in the Deskstar family)"

You're right that it was really only 1 model that had the issue but that didn't stop people from putting down the whole line.

Just a note here. I have an HP computer here with a Seagate HD that went TU just after the 1 year warranty. It took Windows 8.1 with it.
I now run Linux Mint and won't go back to Windows.
Also this is the third Seagate HD that has crapped out on me.
I have WD HD's that are 12 years old and are still going.

T bone wrote:
..Then I stole the fans out of it for future use!!!

I used 4 of those fans to make a solar powered crawl space ventilation system. On its third year with no issues and the crawl space is nice and dry.

Dave

coolmom42 wrote:
Same reason it has either an Intel or Athlon CPU, some other brand of graphics card, & some other brand of DVD drive. Dell doesn't make all these components, no computer mfr does.

Intel or AMD CPU. Athlon is only one of many AMD processors.
AMD desktop processors

strollin wrote:

It's also interesting that the disk drive line that Hitachi bought from IBM, DeskStar, was once referred to as DeathStar due to reliability issues.

True, but "The unreliable IBM Deskstar 75GXP product became notorious as the "Deathstar" (only one of at least twenty IBM products in the Deskstar family)"