Seagate Hard Drive Broken after 3 weeks, but I still need to pay R4000

<p>I bought a seagate 1TB from Incredible Connections. Within three weeks it stopped working and started ticking - I googled it and went straight to the store. When I got to Incredible Connection they informed me that should I wish to recover my data (a years worth of design & photographs) it would cost R2000-R3000. In addition, should I recover my data I would lose my warrantee as the device has now been open. The other option they gave me was to lose my data but keep my warrantee with Seagate! There is no logic in this option as you buy a harddrive to store your data. </p>