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- Jun 14, 2004
Western Digital Corp. is offering free software to about 1 million consumers to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that its computer hard drives stored less material than promised — a discrepancy stemming from high-tech's different standards for sizing up digital data.
Rest of the story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060627/ap_on_hi_te/disk_drive_settlement_1
Actual Settlement of Orin Safier v. Western Digital Corporation et al. Class Action here:\
http://www.wdc.com/settlement/
Your going to need your serial to prove purchase. They have some alternate ways to apply. All your going to get is soem backup software valued at $30. Seems other drvie makers will be hit later on and like WD settle.
Here is the form. The Claim Form must be completed by any class members wishing to receive the Class Benefit, and the information provided there will be used to confirm eligibility and issue the settlement benefit. The Claim Form must be completed no later than July 15, 2006
http://www.wdc.com/settlement/verify.asp
If it is a valid serial. It will fill out the purchase date and serial for you after you submit. Depending on what you have. It is pretty clear.
I got my serial off the back of the drive on the barcode. Opposite of the molex. Since my drives could not be read by lifegaurd( dang RAID controller) and I did not want to pull the drives out to read the top. If you have it on a normal controller you can use datalifeguard to pull the serial.
If you do not want to do it online, they offer mail in forms in pdf format.
Rest of the story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060627/ap_on_hi_te/disk_drive_settlement_1
Actual Settlement of Orin Safier v. Western Digital Corporation et al. Class Action here:\
http://www.wdc.com/settlement/
Your going to need your serial to prove purchase. They have some alternate ways to apply. All your going to get is soem backup software valued at $30. Seems other drvie makers will be hit later on and like WD settle.
Here is the form. The Claim Form must be completed by any class members wishing to receive the Class Benefit, and the information provided there will be used to confirm eligibility and issue the settlement benefit. The Claim Form must be completed no later than July 15, 2006
http://www.wdc.com/settlement/verify.asp
If it is a valid serial. It will fill out the purchase date and serial for you after you submit. Depending on what you have. It is pretty clear.
I got my serial off the back of the drive on the barcode. Opposite of the molex. Since my drives could not be read by lifegaurd( dang RAID controller) and I did not want to pull the drives out to read the top. If you have it on a normal controller you can use datalifeguard to pull the serial.
If you do not want to do it online, they offer mail in forms in pdf format.
