What is the Manufacturer's warranty on this drive? The specs on the amazon page does not specify anything.
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HGST says 3 years for this model of drive. 0S03664. In the Amazon descriptive information they do not list this warranty info typically and make it difficult to find. Referring to the manufacturer site is really not acceptable.
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Other responses... WRONG! Amazon return, 30 days. HGST RMA unknown, but less than 13 months. Their response is to return to seller. Pretty tough when the seller is Amazon and has 30 day policy.
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We are not a manufacturer. We are replacing an old drive that went bad in one of our servers. I hope that answers your question.
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I don't recall. The laptop completely died within a month of installing this drive. The drive worked fine, the power supply died. I no longer have it so can't look and see what the Brand name was. /sorry
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LaCie online says it is a limited 3 year warranty; I didn't read the details. I have owned at least 9 LaCie drives through the years and never had a problem with one except to outgrow it's capacity!
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I was so disgusted with the manufacturer I did not make a warranty claim on WD. There is no reason to expect a WD replacement drive to be any better than the original. I replaced the drive with one from another manufacturer.
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The ones being fulfilled by Amazon are not factory new, and different sellers would have different warranties probably ending at 30 days.These are used drives that may have been mechanically refurbished (mine wasn't physically repaired but it had been used).
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I just ordered six of these drives from Amazon with the part number shown here, and the shipper called to ask me "What type of warranty do you want?" I said, the drives already have a five year warranty so why would I want to purchase another warranty. They said, "No, these are OEM drives". Therefore, I believe the listing here is misleading and not accurate enough for a buyer to not believe they are getting a five year warranty. If you want the five year warranty from WD, then do not purchase the drive(s) on this listing/page.
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Yep, exactly what it is, a refurbish. These drives normally come with a one year warranty, so 180 days shows a rework. The price should determine if you should take a chance with it. Good luck
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I think it is one year - check the LaCie web site. I have 4 of these drives, one over three years old and all have been reliable.
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I have not seen the actual specs, but it is slow , probably 5400rpm . This drive is good for back up, not immediate access time. That costs more , you know. DR
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It's hard to say. I've had varied experience with Seagate drives. Some have lasted 7 or 8 years; and one lasted only 2 years. I've only had this one for a few months. I don't take chances. I back up my computers daily to this drive; and I back it up monthly to another large drive that I keep away from the house. I hope this helps.
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In regards to warranty - here's what the western digital site says - NOT 5 YEAR !!!!Serial No Model No /Product Name Status Exp Date(MM/DD/YYYY) WMAY01638535 WD2003FYYS-02W0B02 TB WD RE4 SATA Hard Drive In Limited Warranty 4/22/2016
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My Hard drive was brand new. 2009 is year the drive was manufactured. According to the seller you get a 2 year warranty. You can also do what I did. I bought an additional 3 year warranty from squaretrade for about $4.
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The warranty period starts at the date of manufacture of the drives. I believe these drives were discontinued in about 2011-12, so while they potentially came with a 5 year warranty, several years have already been used. If you can get the vendor to send you the serial number you can check online. Finally, if they were destined for a non-US market they will carry no warranty from WD
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Mine broke over a year ago. Thank God I got the warranty. It should recognize it as a separate drive to save one
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There is an article on Ars Technica you may want to read called "Putting hard drive reliability to the test shows not all disks are equal". I don't think Amazon allows URLs to posted here so you can use Google to search for the web page. There are interesting results shown for the different drive manufacturers.
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You have to specifically check it. Third party resellers often sell OEM non-warranty drives but don't disclose this. Check here when you receive it to avoid a nasty surprise, and return it if it's not in warranty. http://wdsupport.wdc.com/warranty/warrantycheck.asp?custtype=end