Re: Query: HDD warranty?

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From: Lou <SPAM-HATER>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 00:00

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You would be exremely lucky if it did.
As warranty is for any defects with the drive(for eg. manufactoring
defects).

A power surge is not a defect with the manifactoring.

But you could say that it just died on you.
Don't mention the power surge(But risky).
Cheers,
Lou.



ICh wrote in message <348541b2.771641@news.bit.net.au>...
>We recently had a power surge which apparently caused our server's IDE
>3.2G HDD to fail. Under those circumstances does the warranty still
>cover the HDD? The machine is only 6 months old and the HDD is
>supposed to have 24 months warranty on it.
>
>Is a power surge considered an "act of God" and hence render the
>warranty void?
>
>Any help in this area appreciated!
>
>Regards
>Imran

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