Does this hard drive worn on PCs at all?
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Absolutely! It comes with a regular USB 3.0 cable and a Firewire 800 cable. If you want to enjoy the speed of firewire (The only real reason to pay this much for a drive), you'll need to get an adapter from Firewire 800 to Firewire 6-pin which are anywhere from $10-$40. I think this drive ships formatted as NTFS or FAT-32 (I can't remember which). Either will work with a PC. If you want to use it with both MAC and PC, you'll have to reformat it to ex-FAT before you start using it. Hope that helps.
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No the hard drive doesn't work anymore and it's less than a years time. Also wd would not rma the product for me.
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Definitely! I have the same hard drive and i got it from my old pc too. It'll work.
1103293
I ordered the 80g from Rakuton, it was shipped from Referbished PC and worked only two days. I am really not sure what the hard drive actually is.
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Yes, correct. After my purchasing this unit, my colleague has bought two. One unit failed within a week. The other has been working well. I must say that after upgrading my laptop's BIOS the issues have gone. So, most likely the drive itself is not really unreliable. So, my advice to anyone experiencing problems is to check for BIOS upgrade, especially if upgrading to Windows 8.
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I have two of these drives and have had them for a minimum of 18 months. I have never had any problems with them. They work fine. They came with an AC power adapter as well as a USB cable.
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I don't believe that it does. The hard drive I purchashed runs flawlessly though.
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I am not sure if it is true, but I read (perhaps in another review) that these are OEM drives for PC manufacturers, and hence they are not warrantied to the end user, but instead through the PC manufacturer. If you read other reviews, it is mentioned that they might be pulled from servers and the SMART data wiped. That said, I have ordered 4 of these and haven't had any complaints yet after a few months.
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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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http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810WD Red hard drive covered by the 3 year warranty.
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Every hard drive has his scenerio. Regardless of brand. Btw, this drive only lasted me a few months as it wasnt new and not by Microsoft. It had a label inside that said "recertified". Good luck!
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Hello J.L., It all depends on several factors: 1) Has the drive been recently been verified as being sound; does the SMART data indicate as being sound? All depending on your operating system, there are various tools to obtain this information. BUT this data has to be taken with the understanding that this is the drive reporting on itself. Personally I use SPINRITE to maintain and verify all my drives. In over 20 years of using computers, I have NEVER had a hard drive failure because I use SPINRITE regularly on all my hard drives. It is the BEST hard drive maintenance and recovery software I have ever used. I can't explain how it does what it does but it works ! So my recommendation is to purchase SPINRITE from grc.com and run it on your drive. After you use it, you will know how dependable your drive is to store an image for recovery. Steve Gibson is the developer and creator of SPINRITE. I have watched his podcasts on TWIT.TV.COM (Security Now) for 9 years now and he is my most trusted person you can encounter anywhere. Bottom line: Purchase SPINRITE from grc.com and run it on your drive. After the review of the findings, you will know whether or not you can reliably create an image on your WD drive. I hope this helps, jp
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No the HDD is a Seagate thin notebook Hybrid Drive that is a portion of the drive is Solid State which may improve performance on repetitive access be careful about the Brands of external Hard Drives you attach because some of the supplied software may cause the PC to respond very slowly
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The drive has a one-year warranty, when purchased from an authorized dealer. See www.hgst.com for more details.
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I would recommend removing the old one. Though it's never happened to me, I've heard stories of extra weight/thickness causing problems with the disc drive.
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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.
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Good points. It's still relatively new, and I wonder especially how the hard drive model has held up. My new one arrived DOA, and now I'm really struggling over whether to ask Amazon for a refund or an exchange. This baby may be intended to be Solid State all the way, which means the hard drive models will be unwanted period pieces in another year or two.