{"id":1133,"date":"2007-01-19T18:37:30","date_gmt":"2007-01-20T06:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/"},"modified":"2007-01-19T18:37:30","modified_gmt":"2007-01-20T06:37:30","slug":"harddisk-warranty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/","title":{"rendered":"Harddisk Warranty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty service offered by Seagate.\u00a0 No recipt is required, which otherwise could be troublesome since I may have lost the recipt.\u00a0 The warranty service is completely self-service online.\u00a0 All I have to do is enter the serial number of my harddisk\ufe50 check whether it is still under warranty.\u00a0 If the warranty is not expired, I can open a service ticket and then send in the old harddisk.\u00a0 No question asked.\u00a0 It is probably the best warranty experience I ever have.\u00a0 Unlike other warranty service which attempt to repair the problem, which may take up a few months, Seagate just send me a replacement unit, which works just like a new one.\u00a0 Here you have one happy customer.\u00a0 When I buy harddisk in the future, I will consider Seagate first.\u00a0 I think this should be the standard for all warranty services.\u00a0 Warranty should be covered by the manufacturer, not the import agent.\u00a0 As long as each product has a unique serial number, there is no need for the proof of purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty service offered by Seagate.\u00a0 No recipt is required, which otherwise could be troublesome since I may have lost the recipt.\u00a0 The warranty service is completely self-service online.\u00a0 All &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Harddisk Warranty<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"lc_iscn_info":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-_scribble"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harddisk Warranty - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harddisk Warranty - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-01-20T06:37:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hevangel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@horaceorg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@horaceorg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"hevangel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"hevangel\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\"},\"headline\":\"Harddisk Warranty\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-01-20T06:37:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Daily Scribble\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/\",\"name\":\"Harddisk Warranty - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-01-20T06:37:30+00:00\",\"description\":\"My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/01\\\/19\\\/harddisk-warranty\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Harddisk Warranty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\",\"description\":\"\u860b\u679c\u65e5\u5831\u4f5c\u8005 - \u9673\u99ac\uff1a\u66f8\u8a55\uff0c\u5f71\u8a55\uff0c\u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c\u65c5\u884c\uff0c\u54f2\u5b78\u7b46\u8a18\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\",\"name\":\"hevangel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\",\"width\":1313,\"height\":1259,\"caption\":\"hevangel\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/horace.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/hevangel-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Harddisk Warranty - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","description":"My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Harddisk Warranty - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","og_description":"My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty","og_url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/","og_site_name":"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org","article_published_time":"2007-01-20T06:37:30+00:00","author":"hevangel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@horaceorg","twitter_site":"@horaceorg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"hevangel","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/"},"author":{"name":"hevangel","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c"},"headline":"Harddisk Warranty","datePublished":"2007-01-20T06:37:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/"},"wordCount":198,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c"},"articleSection":["Daily Scribble"],"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/","name":"Harddisk Warranty - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-01-20T06:37:30+00:00","description":"My Seagate SATA harddisk was broken last month and after a few weeks of wait, the replacement is finally arrived.\u00a0 I am very impressed by the warranty","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/harddisk-warranty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Harddisk Warranty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/","name":"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","description":"\u860b\u679c\u65e5\u5831\u4f5c\u8005 - \u9673\u99ac\uff1a\u66f8\u8a55\uff0c\u5f71\u8a55\uff0c\u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c\u65c5\u884c\uff0c\u54f2\u5b78\u7b46\u8a18","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c","name":"hevangel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1","width":1313,"height":1259,"caption":"hevangel"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.horace.org","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/author\/hevangel-2\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwn21-ih","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":587,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/18\/harddisk\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":0},"title":"Harddisk","author":"hevangel","date":"December 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I decided to keep my old PC instead of buying a new one.? The C: drive is totally dead, I can't even format or partition the disk.? Luckily the drive is still under warranty from Seagate.? I just have to mail it back to get a replacement.? Since the turn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Scribble&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/27\/futureshop-warrenty\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":1},"title":"Futureshop Warrenty","author":"hevangel","date":"June 27, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"When I bought my palm pilot a few years ago, I knew it is going to break down when the manufacturer warranty expired. So I spent $50 to buy the buyer protection program of future shop, hoping to get a new unit when my palm is beyond repair. The no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Scribble&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":390,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/01\/software-as-a-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":2},"title":"Software as a service","author":"hevangel","date":"May 1, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I read a news article about Bill Gate's comment on the future of software. He claim that in the future, all software will be sold as services instead of shrink wrap applications in a box. I am surprise this kind of nonsense come out from the person who once\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Scribble&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/21\/reinstall\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":3},"title":"Computer Crash","author":"hevangel","date":"June 21, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Fortunately, I am able to recover the data from my harddisk after running fixboot, fixmbr, chkdsk \/p and fdisk \/mbr on the recovery console from the Windows XP CD. However, unfortunately, the OS is beyond repair, I can't even start file explorer or even go online. To reinstall my computer,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Scribble&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":401,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/16\/server-needs-upgrade\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":4},"title":"Server needs upgrade","author":"hevangel","date":"May 16, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"My linux server is reaching its end of life time. I have turned my trusty old P3-733 machine into my own web server. It was working fine for the past couple of years and I think it had reached its limit eventually. I was uploading the pictures from my San\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Scribble&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3430,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/11\/milwaukee-m18\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":5},"title":"Milwaukee M18","author":"hevangel","date":"September 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It is man's duty to maintain the house. When something is broken, the man of the house should know some easy repair skills. Being a handy man in the house is what defines the masculinity of a man. A power drill to has man living in a house is like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Product Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Product Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/m18-drill.jpg?fit=500%2C579&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}