I've now had 2 hard drive failures in the past 6 months. Both are reputable Western Digital Caviar Black drives. Both times the WD SMART status detected failures. The first time I was able to recover almost all my data. The second time, we'll see...
This second time the drive is still under 3 year warranty (it's 2 years old). My question is, should I just send it back or is this a case where formating the drive will fix the problem?
Interestingly, both drives were purchased at the same time (July 2008) so perhaps there was a bad batch (although each is a different size than the other).
This second time the drive is still under 3 year warranty (it's 2 years old). My question is, should I just send it back or is this a case where formating the drive will fix the problem?
Interestingly, both drives were purchased at the same time (July 2008) so perhaps there was a bad batch (although each is a different size than the other).