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POS Hard Drive I got on Ebay

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andy9o

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Long story short, I bought a Western Digital 250 GB 8MB IDE hard drive on ebay. It was in used condition, being sold by a company (small printing company, ala google). The description listed that the hard drive would show up in windows, but they couldn't get it to work. Knowing the horribly inept tech people some small companies have (non ATOT guys, obviously) I took a chance and got it for $30 shipped. I plug it in, and its exactly as they said it was, except they forgot to mention the GRINDING NOISE it makes. Hmmm, so, it's not "We couldn't get it working" but rather "DEFECTIVE". Anyways, there is no warrant option with WD, as it had a 1yr warranty that had run out. Considering what to do with it. Options range from reselling on ebay to some other sucker (feel guilty doing that) to sending it through some @ssholes windshield (this is not really an option, im kidding). So, what does the might ATOT think I should do with it?

**EDIT
This was a while ago, it's been collecting dust, so bitching to the company I got it from is not really an option.

**EDIT(2)
I should have known better, but this was when a 250 still when for around 200+, so if it would have worked...



Cliffs
1. Bought potentially broken HDD on ebay
2. HDD IS broken
3. ......
4. Profit?
 
hard drives are so cheap, i am going to have to slap you with a large trout for buying one off ebay. a used one, at that.

come on dude, you know better.

/trout slap

don't resell it. suffer with the WD click of death. lesson learned
 
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Don't see the problem here.....you bought what sounded like a broken HD to begin with. Next time ask more questions.
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I know, i know, just
...profit?
 
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Suck it up?


Take it apart and see what makes it tick?
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I have a ton of 2 GB drives ive taken apart, nothing really different (fundamentally) with a 250
 
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