Seagate and Western Digital own more than 90% of the bare hard-drive market, and they announced simultaneously a change on their warranty policy: from 3 years to 2 years or only 1 year for consumer hard-drive and from 5 years for professional to 3 years. Ouch! Starting December 31, it will take effect on every new bare hard-drive bought from this date. So if you need a bare hard-drive, please consider buying it before December 31! Happy new year!!!