As Mike has said that is normal. The manufacture keeps the drive. Most ask for the drive back first before they send you the replacement. Coming soon Facial Recognition-SharpVision DVR's Visit http://www.seedsv.com Live Web Demo now at http://www.seedsv.com/webdemo.htm Simply the best. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Otter Point" <otterpt@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <1stpickpchelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:27 PM Subject: [1stPickPCHelp] Hard Drive Warranty > I had a 10Gig hard drive, GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47, still under warranty that > suddenly died three weeks ago. I was not having any problems at all, the PC > purring like a kitten, and it just went. > > To make a long story short, I took it in to the shop where I bought my PC > and it took them a week to look at my computer and another week to put in a > new 30Gig drive. (Anxiety plus!) This cost me $240 including labour and I > am to receive a refund for the cost of the drive when the manufacturer > confirms the warranty. > > I am now told that the manufacturer has confirmed the warranty. I expected > to receive my old damaged drive back so that I could pay someone to retrieve > some of the data from it. (The shop where I took it barely retrieved > anything and I'm sure they didn't try very hard.) > > Now they tell me that I don't get my old damaged drive back. I can't > believe that the manufacturer would keep damaged drives. Do I not have the > right to have my data back? Can anyone tell me what they have experienced? > > I have to deal with the shop in the morning so hope to hear from someone. > Thanks a lot. > > Diane > ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "info 1stpickpchelp" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpickpchelp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~