Bad Seagate hard drive?

[cattb]

Every hard drive I have bought is still working. Seagate WD Maxtor... 

Same here, majority of mine still work. Wife's and daughter's computer has a maxtor 40 gig diamond fireball express, runs everyday. I bought a WD 1 TB black recently to put inside her computer and upgrade from the external 200 gig maxtor.

[Reschke]

Just had another Seagate die on me yesterday...taking it back to get an in store credit and I will have my replacement drive arriving from NewEgg on Tuesday. This is the 5th Seagate in the last 16 months.

[Skuzzy]

Just had another Seagate die on me yesterday...taking it back to get an in store credit and I will have my replacement drive arriving from NewEgg on Tuesday. This is the 5th Seagate in the last 16 months.

What model (the last two letters)?  SV? AS?  It would not surprise me.

[BaldEagl]

What model (the last two letters)?  SV? AS?  It would not surprise me.

The NS drives are really noisy.  I've got two plus a pair of AS drives.

[Skuzzy]

The NS drives are louder, but they are also a much better line or drives than the AS or SV drives.

[Reschke]

It is an AS drive....BestBuy gave me the full retail price on it in store credit since I have been back to see them 5 times in 16 months with drives and had the hardware protection plan on it.

[Skuzzy]

I have always considered the AS/SV line of Seagate drives to be 'throw-aways'.  Never put anything you actually need to preserve on them.