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Hard Drive replacement

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HI All

I just got done building a new computer with a Western Digital 80gig meg cache drive. This drives noise is driving me nuts. It not only make a loud whine but there is a rattle inside the drive. Unfortunately ive waited too long to do this and I have to register my copy of windows xp pro in 5 days. Will this computer run as fast when I transfer my data to a new drive????? Im hoping that western digital sends me a replacement drive in a sealed electrostatic bag so that it might be possible to recoup the money i wasted on this piece of crap. Definitely wont buy a WD ever again!!!!

thanks
 
"Im hoping that western digital sends me a replacement drive in a sealed electrostatic bag so that it might be possible to recoup the money i wasted "

???? I don't get it? If you just bought it, why not send it back to where you bought it from, that way you will get a new replacement. If you RMA it through Western Digital, you are going to get a refurbished drive. Also, the drive should be just as fast as the one you send in since they are going to replace it with the exact same drive. They also offer tools to transfer the data from one drive to another. In addition, windows does not require registration, it requires activation. You can just ghost your bad drive to the new one, then activate it at that time.
 
I've got an 80 Gig WD drive, 7200 rpm, 8 MB cache. Installed it June 2003. It runs quiet. Take yours back. Have them replace it.
 
Originally posted by: dderolph
I've got an 80 Gig WD drive, 7200 rpm, 8 MB cache. Installed it June 2003. It runs quiet. Take yours back. Have them replace it.
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Agreed. I've had the same drive since June 2002 and it's quiet. I rarely hear it over my case fans which aren't particularly loud themselves. Defects happen to every manufacturer, it really is a good drive normally.
 
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