Thanks for the advice. I did try trading standards but they were no help whatsoever. PCWorld refused a repair because it was a hard drive, they did offer to replace it for another drive, which i agreed to until they came back with the new drive to the counter. A 160Gb one. I refused a drive of half the capacity as a refund and thats when they turned on me. I said that their offer just wasn't acceptable and they told me that they wouldn't be getting anymore of the seagate drives that i had and their new range would be £40 more expensive and the 160Gb one is the only external drive that was the same price as my 360GB one. They then offered that if i paid them the £40 that they would deliver the new drive to me once they had them in stock. beacuse they had made an offer, even though it was totally unacceptable, they had covered their backs. I went to the local C.A.B and was told the same.

A few weeks later they advertised the same drive for the same £79 price so i went back to PCWorld with the faulty drive and they said that because i refused their original offer that they would not replace the drive. I refused to leave the shop until they homoured their guarantee agreement so they called the police and i was forecable evicted from the shop. It turns out that the manager had told the police that i had been abusive and threatening towards the staff, which was a laugh because i'm probably the most calm person in the world in these type of situations. Even one of the customers came out to tell the police that i hadn't done anything, but the one copper said that "they know what my sort are like" refering to the fact that i have long hair and a leather jacket, and that the manager had banned me for life from the store and if i ever set foot in there again that i would be arrested.

Its a joke. Just type PCWORLD complaints into google and you'll see what i mean. They are part of as huge company that also own Dixons, currys and others.i would never buy anything from them ever again. Not only that but the drive in the seagate unit wasn't a seagate so seagate refused to replace it under their warrenty. makes you wonder where they get their stock from. I'll probably get PCWorld trying to sue me know for the things i've wrote but let them try. lol

Anyway, rant over. I just ordered a 360GB internal drive so i should be getting back into the edit next week and then i'll get the second one once i have enough money. The total is not far away now. i never thought that i would be able to get started again so soon. A HUGE thanks to everyone that has helped out.