Does this plan apply to only new hard drives, or does it also cover a refurbished model?
640334
Hi, it applies to new hard drives only - purchased with the plan. Hope this helps. Have a great day.
555344
The ones being fulfilled by Amazon are not factory new, and different sellers would have different warranties probably ending at 30 days.These are used drives that may have been mechanically refurbished (mine wasn't physically repaired but it had been used).
1196597
Any new hard drive should work just fine. Look at pcpartpicker.com for a good resource to piece together compatible parts. Its an excellent site that allows you to choose your parts one by one, only showing other compatible parts.
1677459
Can be retrofitted for Windows 7, but check the warranty first. Don't know about the hard drive.
929880
MSI offers 120 days warranty for refurbished laptop. We suggest you to contact MSI directly if the the hard drive upgrade will void the warranty or not.This model has 1TB HDD pre-installed and we know some users want to add one mSATA SSD. We think it should be OK and not void the warranty.
506903
I did exactly this, without problems. The drives weren't even the same, one was 2 years old and full of data and the other one new.
1836710
Hi, it is one individual plan to one drive, and the plan is tied to a specific serial number for the drive. They need to be purchased together, but I believe you may be able to purchase the plan and register it up to 30 days after you purchase a drive. Hope this helps.
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I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of... » Read More I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. « Show Less
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I could be wrong, but it doesn't appear so. Check out this discussion: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1631920/party-hard-drives-server-warranties.html
100537
Yes, I have. There is no problem doing this as these drives are generic. However, the company I bought it from sent me one which appeared new (with new packaging) but tested as having thousands of hours of use on it. The test said it was working just fine but it wasn't a new device. I did not pursue the matter further as I did not intend to put this computer into daily use and it was not worth the hassle.
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Western Digital's support portal doesn't say, and honestly once the drive dies your warranty is forever impacted, as you only have a year from the refurbished drive before it's no longer supported. In the review I didn't clarify the seller, the seller was EOnline. When I ordered it it was posted as a WD1500HLHX, now my review is showing under a 600GB model so perhaps I'm not the only one they were making that mistake with.
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Inside the enclosure there are two (2) independent hardisks. RAID 1 redundancy works just as expected, with one drive mirroring the other. It hasn't happened to me yet, but the literature says that in case of a crash. you simply replace the bad drive with a new one and the device will sync itself up, automatically. If the drive is under warranty, you call WD and they'll ship you a replacement drive. The case is designed so that the user can replace the drive easily. So, it's not marketing BS. It works as expected.
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One. And why would you even want to buy in bulk? This is an older drive. Not even new, its refurbished. The really only purpose I found to buy this drive is to keep an old system running for another year or so before completely replacing it. You can get more by just increasing the order number.
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David, my purchase of this plan was to cover a refurbished product. Unfortunately, I have not studied the full details of this plan as of today. I would think the plan holder would be able to assist you better than me.
555348
The ones being fulfilled by Amazon are not factory new, and different sellers would have different warranties probably ending at 30 days. These are used drives that may have been mechanically refurbished (mine wasn't physically repaired but it had been used).
2261082
No. As a matter of fact, if you buy it new, you will have to partition it just as you would a "normal" HDD. All operations, including your restore function, work as they normally would. The thing to watch with this drive is when you defrag. Only do it once a month or so, because the drive's caching function works in real time. So, if you defrag, it tries to cache everything as it goes, and you lose your speed benefits, at least for a little while.
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kind of?? the hd is replaceable but you must remove a "warrenty void if removed" sticker