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    Buying a new hard disk for my laptop in UK.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by thekryan, Feb 1, 2009.

  1. thekryan

    thekryan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi. I have Dell Inspiron 1720, and my old disk broke down recently. I'm going to buy a new one, probably this one: Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS. I live in UK so I can't buy it on Newegg.com and I was wondering where else can I buy it. I saw it on amazon.co.uk and broadbandbuyer.co.uk. Also if disk brokes down in warranty period where do I return it, to a seller (i.e. amazon.co.uk) or straight to Seagate, and how does it work? I mean do I send it by mail or they provide transport and who pays for shipment?
    I also have to mention that I asked Dell for a new disk but its very expensive there (they wanted 170 pounds for new Seagate 5400.3 160 GB !!)

    Any info would be highly appreciated. Thanks.
     
    thekryan, Feb 1, 2009
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  2. Hirohata

    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    Misco has it here. Regarding warranty, I think you have to contact Seagate and ask them what you should so if it requires repair/replacement.
     
    Hirohata, Feb 1, 2009
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  3. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    TonyZ, Feb 1, 2009
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  4. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    You send it back to where you bought it. They can provide for free transport, but not everyone does. Best way is to ask the company that you buy the drive from on how to do when there is a warranty-issue. Some companies may not solve those problems at all, but it's rare, atleast over here in sweden :)

    Here in sweden, i can just ask the seller to send me a shipping-id when there is a warranty-issue, they send me it via e-mail in .pdf and i print it out and put in on a package where i have the item nicely packed so it won't get hurt when shipped. And when they have it, they take care of the rest, no worrying about paying anything.

    And don't buy from dell, as they charge twice the price if not more, for the same thing as ordinary i-stores does :)

    I'd recommend the newer 7200.4 500GB 7200rpm from seagate, they're wicked :) More storage + faster then the ST9320421AS :)
     
    Michel.K, Feb 1, 2009
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    ebuyer.com is good.
     
    bigspin, Feb 1, 2009
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    meansizzler Notebook Consultant

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    Get a Seagate 500GB 5400.6 from ebuyer, for good service and next day delivery buy from either scan.co.uk before 1PM or from overclockers.co.uk before 4PM
     
    meansizzler, Feb 1, 2009
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    thekryan Notebook Enthusiast

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    thekryan, Feb 1, 2009
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