5 Year Warranty on WD drives???

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  1. Posts : 242
    Windows 7 64bit
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    5 Year Warranty on WD drives???


    Anybody know where you can buy Western Digital hard drives (standard, not SSD) that have a full 5 year manufacturer's warranty?

    Seems like everywhere I look now, all you see is these "OEM" versions that have a 2 year warranty.

    I want to get one to keep on hand as a backup that I'll format so it'll be ready to go in case I ever have problems with the drives in either of my machines.

    Just thought I'd get one that has the longest warranty possible if a 5 year warranty is even still available.
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  2. Posts : 2,973
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1
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  3. Posts : 242
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks, but the ones I want (250 gig) only has a two year warranty
    Newegg.com - Western Digital WD Blue WD2500AAKX 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

    I used to be able to buy directly from Western Digital, but I guess
    they don't do that bit anymore. Used to, when you buy from them
    you always got a 5 year gig
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  4. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
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    Unlikely you'll find any. A few months back all HDD makers severely reduced their warranty terms and durations. Only a few enterprise-class drives retain a 5 year warranty.
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  5. Posts : 242
    Windows 7 64bit
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       #5

    OK,didn't know that.

    I found one at OutletPC.com - Western Digital WD2500AAKX 250GB Caviar Blue SATA3 6.0Gbps Hard Drive
    that claims it's has a 3 year warranty.

    Makes me wonder if it does or not.
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  6. Posts : 49
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    The "Black" drives have a five year warranty and aren't much more expensive than the "Blue". I would warn you about the "Green" drives, as they are very slow, in my experience.
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  7. Posts : 242
    Windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    OK, thanks... I'll see if I can find a 250gig 7400rpm drive to use as a backup drive (which will probably sit in the closet since I rarely need a backup drive...just want one on hand)
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  8. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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    Here's one that has a five year warranty.
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  9. Posts : 74
    windows 7 professional 64-bit
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    I ordered this: WD Black WD3200BEKT 320GB Mobile Hard Drive - 2.5", SATA, 7200RPM, 16MB Cache

    from Tiger Direct last night for my son's laptop. Per their ad, it has a 60 month warranty
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  10. Posts : 242
    Windows 7 64bit
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    Yeah, I just realized that I have 2 laptop sized drives in stock right now and I have two cases to put them in that makes then in to 3.5 drives, so I guess I'm good to go as far as back up drives are concerned.

    Both of them are 320 gig drives which is the size I use for C drives.
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