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fastfwd
Oct 15, 2013Virtuoso
WD Red drives park their heads like WD Green drives?
So I checked the SMART stats on my new 4TB Red drive (WD40EFRX) today. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that in only 249 power-on hours it has already experienced 36820 load/unload cycles! Me...
vandermerwe
Nov 16, 2013Master
fastfwd, you say that WD agreed that you could return the drives under warranty.
Did you receive a refund or did you receive a different model WD drive as a replacement?
Interested to know as I am having problems returning these to the reseller as they maintain the drives are fit for purpose when clearly they are not. WD say they will send me a different model but they will be refurbished drives.
Did you receive a refund or did you receive a different model WD drive as a replacement?
Interested to know as I am having problems returning these to the reseller as they maintain the drives are fit for purpose when clearly they are not. WD say they will send me a different model but they will be refurbished drives.
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