-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Caveat Emptor!
- From: larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:33:30 +0000
DO NOT PURCHASE WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES! I have had 5 of them fail just over
the past year due to overheating. Four of them were 1 Terabyte drives and,
although they were replaced with reburbished drives under warranty, I lost all
of the data which was on them. The fifth one was a 160 GB hard drive that was
1.5 months out of warranty -- the electronics "fried." I keep my office at a
very low temperature to protect my equipment. The only way that the four 1
Terabyte replacement drives continue to work is that I placed Antec Notebook
cooling fans under them (two drives per Antec fan). I would strongly
discourage anyone from purchasing WD external drives -- at least those which
have fans in them. (One might say that I'm no longer a "fan" of WD. ;-) )
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> I just copied this from an ad for a WD external HDD.
> Standard Warranty?????????????????
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> Seagate drives have a 5 years warranty!
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