Did I receive a refurbished (or other) hard drive?
427918
Actually, these drives are pre-formated for NTFS. If you use the WD Data Lifeguard Tools software, you can quick format the disk in 60 seconds. And you can format it as either as bootable or as a secondary drive. I don't "think" you got a reused drive.
755804
Mine came in a plain brown box with paperwork but no discs. A factory system restore partition was pre-loaded on the hard drive. I burned a set of rescue restore DVDs for it with no problem. It was a refurb (through Amazon from Secondipity.com, I believe) and has been flawless thus far. Very fast machine.
555348
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).
2025507
Iam sorry, I do not have the slightest idea what hard drive it uses. Best bet is to call customer service
519993
Don't know, but the vendor is willing to work with you. Besides it is a brand new hard drive and I haven't had any problems.
246126
My experience with buying the refurbished computers is that they do not have MS Word or Works on them. Now, some do and it is usually spelled out lower on the discription page. If it isn't specifically named there you sould contact the seller to see if they will put in on the hard drive. Some of the refurbishers probably will do that for a price.
293112
Control Panel, Admin tools, disk management should see the drive even if not formatted yet. If it does not then you have a defective unit.
1879559
That's interesting. I just kept mine in a box, but that was fortunate because when the new drive failed they were able to retrieve my data (again) from my original drive. I would think a computer place that does repairs could help you.Sounds like a great idea, good luck.
457110
nope, your drive should be fine. These used to be shown as being OEM (NOT Retail packaging) shipped drives, but I don't see that now. So, if you were expecting a retail box, then return it; otherwise there are no differences.
326666
Maybe it is luck of the draw. I ordered directly from Amazon and received the bad cardboard packaging. I have not got around to installing the drive yet(hopefully this weekend), so do not know if there will be issues.
1962489
No, these are the latest models, you can tell by the actual model designation number. I think it ends in something like EFRX..... One of mine would not format initially, and WD overnighted me a new one... even before they sent me the RMA (Returm Material Authorization) !
109025
The laptop I received had Windows 7 Home Premium installed - no disk or recovery partition.
555347
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.
1397390
I am not sure I understand the question. Are you looking for an additional hard drive? i would call icompNY to see if this refurbished computer willl meet your needs.
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
45931
It should recognize is, there should be an updated drive to view it. Check the Seagate website for that.
1352630
The computer is refurbished from a third party vender.. having some problems with it working i.e. recognizing the optical drive and password over writes in Window 8 start up... when it works it is a nice machine ... will take it some where for a fix