What is the WD Serial Number that I can use to verify the actual WD warranty for the item for sale?
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The serial number is on the label and identified as such. However the drive also has to have been purchased from an authorized Western Digital reseller, or purchased as part of a system sold by an authorized reseller. If you visit the Western Digital web site they have full information regarding warranty coverage.
1319854
The drive I purchased was new. Not sure about any warranty. That was 2 maybe 3 years ago.
1967072
if i remember about 3 years. you can easly check on Western Digitals site by entering in your drive's serial number.
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http://www.salvagedata.com/hard-drive/western-digital-data-recovery/wd10tpvt/
847396
WD's website is the correct one @ 5 yrs. I purchased two caviar black 1TB drives a little over a week ago, and the warranty check on WD's website shows both are valid until 12/24/2014
1817586
Coincidentally, my WD Caviar Green 2TB HDD with the same PCB failed about 3 weeks ago and am also looking for a replacement with the same PCB# as I need to swap to grab the data.
1826119
Don't recall. But drive failed within a year or so after purchase (18 months max) , so I wouldn't recommend you buy it.
882158
J. Welch is right. I own 6 WD Blacks and they are 5 year warranty. Don't forget to register the drive on WD's website. You will register for an account login and password. But you can check the status of all your drive warranties there, from now on.
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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...
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I called the Drive Company and gave them my model number. You can find their number on their website.
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the drive i bought was sold by amazon and was in a sealed package. the first thing i did before opening it was to verify the serial # with wd's website. this has happened to me once before, i sent it back & got reimbursed, but had to pay shipping. always make shure it is OEM product so you get the warranty.
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Manufacturer was Seagate Technology LLC. I didn't see any warranty. I gave the hard drive to someone.
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As far as I could determine it was a new drive. I do not recall at this time what the warranty terms were. The point became moot when I discovered that the hard drive was not my problem. The mother board was the problem.
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Amazon have been sending me the WD20EARS-00MVWB0!If you do buy it, please buy it thru my Amazon Store, its the same price and I get a small kickback from the sale.http://astore.amazon.com/brisperpag-20/detail/B002ZCXK0IGreat drive btw, use this for my main data partition and for an external backup drive on many servers.
2182821
I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of... » Read More I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. « Show Less
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Sorry, no idea. I bought WD (Western Digital) Passport as replacement. That seems better.
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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.