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Is it a bad sign when I have the address for Western Digital RMAs memorized??

here we go...another maxtor (read: anyone but WD) is better and WD sucks thread. wont you people get a life and realize every manufacturer will have a few bad drives now and then? shesh.

edit: and yes, i have RMAed some WDs, but ive also RMAed maxtors, IBMs, and seagates.
 
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
here we go...another maxtor (read: anyone but WD) is better and WD sucks thread. wont you people get a life and realize every manufacturer will have a few bad drives now and then? shesh.
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if it was now and then i'd be fine with it, but it's never ending!!
I've had at least 10 20-60 Gig drives die within a year of purchase.
 
I had to get four WDs in a row replaced... one was DOA when they sent it back. This was in a good working environment with decent cooling but a lot of disk activity, which apparently used the disks up in a wicked hurry. Every time I sent one back I asked for a new, not refurb, disk, and every time they said no and gave me a slightly bigger disk that would die within three months. I will no longer use WDs for any active drive (ie storage is OK with backups but they'll never be C: )

(edited for an inadvertent smiley)
 
I exclusively use WD for my system builds and I haven't had any problems with them yet but I had one go bad in my personal system and in a system I didn't build. But, on the other hand, I've had an 80GB Maxtor go bad too. It's all in the roll of the dice or a bad batch.
 
I send so much crap back to Symbol Technologies that I am getting to know their whole RMA department on a first name basis.
 
i got a 120gb wd sitting in an a aluminum carry case (external USB case). Its a tight fit, no cooling..but i keep it upright so it the aluminum case can dissapate heat..

i hope this wont cause any problems. I dont use the drive much, its a back up but still i cant afford to lose about 60gb of data on it.
 
I have RMA'ed several Maxtors but I just sent my first WD back now...I hope I get a larger one in return 😉

Ausm
 
Originally posted by: Ausm
I have RMA'ed several Maxtors but I just sent my first WD back now...I hope I get a larger one in return 😉

Ausm
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you'll get the same size in a refurb most likely.
 
i've RMA'd two WD's - a 40GB and a 160GB. both lasted about 9 months each.

future drives will be seagate - no exceptions.
 
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