Does this hard-drive come with all the documents for the 3-year manufacturer's warranty?
2011371
Yes, the warranty is described in a multi-lingual document included in the packaging, but I think any warranty questions would be best answered on the G-Technology customer support website.
201907
The drives did come with an invoice. I purchased 2 from the seller "313 Technology". I do not see this as one of the listed sellers. When I received the drives, to my surprise they were used drives (I personally do not purchase used drives). I contacted the seller as to why I am being sent used drives sold as new. They said it was a mistake. The seller did refund my shipping cost and reduced the cost of the drives to $20 each. So I decided to keep the drives and repurpose the drives in a non-client environment. And the drives did have 2/3 of the warranty left.
206034
Yes, but that will void the two year Seagate warranty, which is only on the complete external drive. The warranty is tracked based on the serial number on the enclosure, not the one on the actual hard drive, which is considered OEM and doesn't have a separate Seagate warranty.
93126
I found that the drives are several years old. I bought a bunch of them (10+) it was a mistake. I tried to get warranty from WD and they did not honor the 5 year warranty and in fact when I returned the drive, they claimed it wasn't manufactured by them. I ended up returning the drive to the seller for a replacement. Don't count on the 5 year warranty, better yet buy it from another manufacturer. I've had too many failures of WD drives in the last year or two. I have switched to Seagate.
488840
it's included but I would not recommend this hard drives at all they are terrible I bought two and one broke withing a month, the second one withing 3 months, and the first one they had supposedly fixed broke at the six month mark.
1841793
It does not. But I concurrently purchased one from amazon or Newegg for a very inexpensive amount (I'm sure it was under 5 dollars). So far, the drive has worked flawlessly.
751879
Sorry, i don't know. All i can tell you is that, this hard drive works great, i have it already 4 years :)
841926
Generally, Western Digital, like Seagate and others, limits their warranty to physical replacement of the drive if found to be defective. The warranty does not cover data recovery. The 3 year warranty was a positive in my decision to buy.
300348
They never show the back cover of the drive in the photos - no wonder there is so much confusion. Open the drive and the warranty is void. They shipped SEALED from the atmosphere, be sure of that.
577039
Yes mine did and I've been using this hard drive for a while now and it still works fine.
1882755
According to Newegg and other online stores, all sizes have a 3 year warranty (which makes sense since they're competing with WD Red which have a 3 year warranty). I'd call Seagate if you want to know for sure...
1853815
What i got was a brand new drive but i think only with 1 year warranty. It Works perfectly..
59836
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.
1724324
It does, but I do not recommend buying!! I have had much better luck with a "WD My Passport" harddrive.
1319854
The drive I purchased was new. Not sure about any warranty. That was 2 maybe 3 years ago.
1882759
I'm not sure. I would guess that it might be one year but it could be more. It appears that most hard drive manufacturers have reduced their warranty periods. Sorry that I can't answer your question.
279000
Most Seagate warranties are 3 years. You can go to this web site http://support.seagate.com/customer/en-US/warranty_validation.jsp to check on the warranty. You do not need a Seagate customer number to check on the warranty, or at some point you will be offered the opportunity to create one. Just the noise MAY not be enough to trigger warranty replacement. You could try downloading SEATOOLS, a Seagate test program to check the drive. Find that program here http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/