- WD drive developed bad spots, can it be trusted?
- Posted by Ook on March 5th, 2006
I have a 1 year 1 month old WD1600, which is 1 month out of warranty ( how
convenient for their shareholders wealth! 1 year freakin' warranty?). It
recently developed a bad spot, which the WD "repair" utility fixed. However,
I'm not sure I can trust the drive. Since WD now has a worthless 1 year
warranty, the drive is out of warranty. My first inclination it to just
throw it in the trash (and stop buying WD drives). Can this drive be
trusted?
- Posted by bgd on March 5th, 2006
The "JB" Wd's have 3 years, pata sata. The worst WD I have ever run was a
"BB" ... avoid those and rack up 20000 hrs silently (I'm only on 3rd with a
few pc's over a few years)
I doubt I'd ever even keep a drive 5 years, after 2years I'm itchin to keep
up with upgrades!
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- Posted by Ook on March 5th, 2006
This is a JB, but it definitely has a 1 year warranty 
I've had good luck with WD in recent years, and a few of my old Maxtors
still run - unlike all of the newer Maxtors (> 20GB) that have all long
since died and gone into the trash. This is actually the first WD I've had
problems with.
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- Posted by kony on March 5th, 2006
On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:03:48 GMT, "bgd"
<bgd1973@hotmail.com> wrote:
No, a few years ago their warranty was shortened to 1 year
on the retail versions- only OEM had 3 years but on OEM, the
warranty may not apply rather than being through the OEM.
So if "you" are the OEM, buying directly, then you get the 3
years.
So you just throw the drives away? 5 years is old enough
any drive shouldn't really be trusted anymore but after 2,
there are plenty of uses... just give the drive to somebody
who needs it.
