What happened to the Messenger Plus! forums on msghelp.net?
Shoutbox » MsgHelp Archive » Skype & Technology » Tech Talk » Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive

Pages: (2): « First [ 1 ] 2 » Last »
Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
Author: Message:
matty
Scripting Guru
*****


Posts: 8336
Reputation: 109
39 / Male / Flag
Joined: Dec 2002
Status: Away
O.P. Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
I am royally pissed off right now at Western Digital. A first I defended their product when people were saying that it sucks. Now I am truly against the product. I bought my 100gb hard drive in November of 2002 and it died in December 2003 so I complained and they replaced it. So I get the new drive and again I get a SMART hard drive failure 5 months after getting the new one. So instead of setting up an RMA now I am waiting to talk to their tech support and complain about their product.

This is just me venting. Oh and unlike the first time I was able to recovery all the data. Gotta love having another 120gb drive to back data up on.

Thanks for listening.
Matty
08-15-2004 06:23 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
.blade//
Veteran Member
*****

Avatar

Posts: 2856
Reputation: 39
35 / Male / –
Joined: Jan 2004
RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
I have one and haven't had any problems with it...mind you it is my slave but w/e...^o)
[Image: A%20Pointy%20Rock.jpg]
08-15-2004 06:53 PM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
matty
Scripting Guru
*****


Posts: 8336
Reputation: 109
39 / Male / Flag
Joined: Dec 2002
Status: Away
O.P. RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
Ya my 120gb Maxtor is my Primary Master and my 100gb Western Digital is my Primary Slave
08-15-2004 06:54 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
user27089
Disabled Account


Posts: 6321
Joined: Nov 2003
Status: Away
RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
Thats mucked up, you lost everything! Can't they do something to reimburse you or anything?
08-15-2004 07:06 PM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
matty
Scripting Guru
*****


Posts: 8336
Reputation: 109
39 / Male / Flag
Joined: Dec 2002
Status: Away
O.P. RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
quote:
Originally posted by traxor
Thats mucked up, you lost everything! Can't they do something to reimburse you or anything?
The first time I lost everything, this time I was able to recover what I needed on 2 of the 3 partitions (the 3rd partition was just ghost backups so I was ok)
08-15-2004 07:11 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
lizard.boy
Veteran Member
*****

Avatar

Posts: 1708
Reputation: 24
33 / Male / Flag
Joined: Mar 2003
RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
yeah and i think that western digital that uses the 39th pin cable in the ide cable to determine which drive is slave. so if you cut that pin to do a mod you loose the functionality of the drive in your system


edit: nope  its mostly maxtor that does that. mod guide link

This post was edited on 08-15-2004 at 10:29 PM by lizard.boy.
08-15-2004 10:28 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
lopardo
Veteran Member
*****


Posts: 1395
Reputation: 33
37 / Male / Flag
Joined: Nov 2002
Status: Away
RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
I have an 80GB WD hard drive, no problems at the moment (and I had a 20GB WD hard drive before, never had any problems).
[Image: userbar452797dd.gif]
08-15-2004 10:47 PM
Profile PM Find Quote Report
.blade//
Veteran Member
*****

Avatar

Posts: 2856
Reputation: 39
35 / Male / –
Joined: Jan 2004
RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
Ya, mine's 120 gb's and I've had it since January, I believe....never any problems...
[Image: A%20Pointy%20Rock.jpg]
08-15-2004 10:52 PM
Profile PM Web Find Quote Report
matty
Scripting Guru
*****


Posts: 8336
Reputation: 109
39 / Male / Flag
Joined: Dec 2002
Status: Away
O.P. RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
I guess its just me with shitty luck from WD. Well I will post a reply of what they say.
08-15-2004 11:45 PM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
Moo
Full Member
***

Avatar

Posts: 395
Reputation: 19
Joined: Jun 2004
RE: Never buy a Western Digital Hard Drive
I have 2 80 GB hard drives... no problems here!
08-16-2004 12:43 AM
Profile E-Mail PM Find Quote Report
Pages: (2): « First [ 1 ] 2 » Last »
« Next Oldest Return to Top Next Newest »


Threaded Mode | Linear Mode
View a Printable Version
Send this Thread to a Friend
Subscribe | Add to Favorites
Rate This Thread:

Forum Jump:

Forum Rules:
You cannot post new threads
You cannot post replies
You cannot post attachments
You can edit your posts
HTML is Off
myCode is On
Smilies are On
[img] Code is On