I was given a 300gb Seagate drive at the start of the year by a friend who didnt need it anymore - recently the drive has stopped working (thankfully kept going long enough for me to recover my data) - I checked on the Seagate warranty site and this drive still has about 18 months left on the warranty.

Now, my mate cant remember where he got it from (or invoice) so who do I see to get it fixed/replaced ?
Seagates site says Ingram, but they most likely wont want to deal with it as Im not a reseller/customer of theirs.

In theory can i return it to any Seagate dealer and they'll take care of it or am Im in limbo ? :)

TIA