What happened to WD 8mb 100Gig drive? cause i need warrenty on mine

[Emericana]

my drive started clunking a little over 2 weeks ago. i reformatted and slowly but shortly the drive is getting currupted.

no biggie, i have 3 year warrenty on the drive. i go to WD's site and it seems easy enough to get a RMA on the drive. however, around a year ago when i bought this drive, this drive was the ultimate top of the line harddrive and i THINK i payed around $250 for it. what happened? why doesnt wd sell this anymore? was it defective so they needed to take them back?

[KerryrreK]

you bought the 8mb cache version a year ago? like last December? I didn't know they were out back then, the 80 gig version i have wasn't available on new-egg even in mid October of this year (I had to buy from googlegear). Not saying your wrong, just asking if that version was out a year ago.

Kerry

[Penguin4x4]

The SE's were (I believe) released this summer if not this spring...

[Emericana]

no i am 100% positive i purchased it in January. i built my first computer in january 2002 and i purchased that drive with the pc. i got warrenty for it. it is really cool, unlike newegg warrenty where you need to send the product first and then they recieve it and then after that they send the replacement to you, what they do is they send you the hardrive and then you send them yours

[jstutman]

did you say you bought it from newegg? if so you can go directly to wd and get an rma and get the hard drive replaced. it takes about a WEEK for the hdd to get back to you. wd has the best rma department ive seen. next to newegg. hope this helps

[Emericana]

oh sorry i forgot to post the update.

i requested that a replacement drive be sent to me and then i will send back my olddrive once it gets here.

very good rma service. i requested it on monday morning so it should be here soon i guess.

[flapperhead]

the special editions are considered their flagship product ,yr warranty. their support is pretty good

[Kendan]

I just had to RMA my 80 gig WD se. it had a bad block and I ran the diagnostic software and I input the code it gave on the WD site and it gave me an RMA I just sent it so hopefully it wont take too long to get it back:D

[Emericana]

oh i forgot to post updates hehe.

the new drive seems to be working great however i was kinda scared when it said "REFURBISHED" all over the drive.

they shipped it to me second day shipping! now thats service!

[Samzik]

but are the wds nowdays good cos im going for 60 gig one is it worth it are they better then ibm :O

[Emericana]

well if you get the special edition drives w/ 8mb cache (i am not sure if they make 60 gigs i know they make 80gigs) you get 3 year warrenty which is longer than any other company gives you on their drives.

they are very very fast