Is this the correct shipping practice for my new HDD?

Is there like an ISO that I can utilize so that I can test it before installing the operating system? It's only a 1TB drive.

VistaKing said:

You could use this

WD Support / Downloads / WD 2go + Other Products / Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

If you have a SATA DVD Drive unplug it and plug the new drive in and run a test on it .

Thanks!

kbrady1979 said:

VistaKing said:

Heads up a TB drive will take more then 24 hrs to test . LOL you won't be installing Windows anytime soon

I performed a FULL read/write test on my Seagate 4TB HDD's and they took a little over 11 hours each. Does the WD tool really take that long?

I don't recall my 2TB WD Greens and Blacks taking over 24 hours but it will definitely set you back a day. Before I had my desktop rig built, I used an inexpensive USB 2.0 dock connected to my notebook to run the test on a WD Green and a Black, both 2TB. Best to start the test before going to bed, then hope it's finished by the time you get home from work.

I've received OEM drives both the way you did and wrapped in several layers of bubble wrap. They arrived in good shape.

Phone Man said:

A while back, Newegg got in trouble with WD for shipping drives wrapped in bubble wrap. What you got is how WD requires their OEM drives to be shipped and is how WD ships their replacement drives. Be sure to register your drive at WD as the warranty starts with your purchase date. If it is not registered then the warranty starts with the manufactured date that is on the drive.

Jim

I always register drives when I receive them, along with anything else that has a warranty.