On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote: > > I had similar messages on this laptop. Acer accepted liability and replaced > the disk. > I'm pretty sure the Seagate warranty is no longer in force - most of them are a year. Maxtor's are, for sure - I've had to go through that once before, and they were quite cooperative, too, but that was a few years back (before Seagate bought them). mhr