Just don’t trust spinning, mechanical drives as much.

Stupid me didn’t even look much at them. Crucial has a nice one. The new drive was because the old one scared me especially with upgrading to win 10, i didn’t think it could handle all that.

Always prefer western digital... they are so much more robust

I worked on many computers, the seagates failed frequently

AFAIK. I always look for the longest warranty. The dead one expired about 5 years early.

Because the warranty won’t get your data back ... jmho

7 y.o. is pretty old for a lappie. Could be your HD controller failing ... hopefully not though.

SSD is kinda a no-brainer for a laptop at this point, but I will say I have 4 HD's in my desktop ... 3 spinners that are 7-10 y.o. and one SSD ... which I just replaced after about 4 years.

They DEFINITELY wear out ... esp. when used as a System drive. In my case, much faster than my less-used spinners which are still going strong.

And they tend to die pretty sudden-like. Backups are key

Was heat that killed it. When they named firecuda it might have been because they run real damn hot.

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I've never heard of a disk drive that didn't have a warranty measured in years! 3 years used to be typical, I'd shop for 5 years. Unless it was embedded in an Apple product of course

Did Best Buy say to return it to Seagate or imply you were just screwed?

They offered to send it to Seagate. I am not satisfied with that not when it breaks that quick.