The main suppliers of hard disk offered PCs manufacturers to sign a contract for the supply of hard drives for one year at current prices.
PC manufacturers, in turn, refused to accept these conditions and note that, as a rule, purchase of hard drives are made quarterly.
Deficit of drives in the fourth quarter 2011 is measured by about 30% , in the first quarter 2012 the Deficit of HDD volume will be comparable, and only in the second quarter the situation will be corrected . According to analysts, the full restoration of the industry will be only after the third quarter 2012.