Was able to register my seagate HD got from staples just fine and the status shows warranty is upto Jan'15. The registration didn't ask anything about the country, etc. so keeping my fingers crossed and hope the need for warranty wont arise.
GeorgeO
Well-Known Member
WD HDDs have international warranties that are speedily addressed by replacing with no questions asked. A friend got one from the US and it died, replacement was easy and trouble free. Buffalo portables on the other hand are highly avoidable-they try every trick in the book to avoid replacement. Dont touch them with a bargepole-when they work they are fine but hey when trouble comes you want to deal with a consumer friendly company.
From the WD site found this excerpt
No warranty service is provided unless the Product is returned to an authorized return center in the region (warranty regions are identified as Canada, U.S.A., Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, India and Thailand) where the Product was first shipped by WD, which may have regional specific warranty implications.
WD Support / Warranty Services / End User / Worldwide Warranty Policy and Limitations
This means that to claim warranty I have to send the product back to the region where it was shipped by WD (and not retailer / distributor)
sud98
Well-Known Member
If you have bought the WD disk in India through an authorized retailer, then the replacement is pretty straightforward to their return Center in Bangalore (Have got two disks replaced).
spirovious
Well-Known Member
Western Digital 1TB Elements USB 3.0 for Rs. 5,174-
Western Digital 1TB Elements USB 3.0 / 2.0 External Portable Hard Drive | eBay
Western Digital 1TB Elements USB 3.0 / 2.0 External Portable Hard Drive | eBay
Since I last enquired about 2 TB external HDD for back up, it looks like prices have gone up a lot!!! What do you suggest - any chance of it coming down again (as I need to buy either three or four pieces). Also can someone tell me if it makes any difference at all what model I buy from the range offered by WD please?
GeorgeO
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Saikat-I stand by what posted.I went with my friend and got the replacement for his HDD from their Bangalore service center-for a US bought drive..
Yes there are differences, but only if you are looking at transfer speeds, access speeds. If you just want space and reliability then there is no difference.
Yup, the prices seem to have gone up again!
As far as external HDDs are concerned, you can pick up any of those, depending on you capacity needs. As far as the 2.5" drives are concerned, the WD Passport series has a backup software installed (in some kind of an inaccessible partition). The WD Elements series don't have any such software installed. Both also look different physically.
If you plan on getting internal 3.5" HDDs, then the series and type of HDD is best chosen based on your needs as the spin speeds, heat generation, power consumption etc. vary between the series.
I'm not sure if it will fit in with your usage pattern, but why don't you consider getting a HDD dock such as this and two 2TB 3.5" HDDs (instead of four 1TB 2.5" external HDDs)? That will work out far, far cheaper per TB of data.
Yup there are differences WRT to Read Write speeds/ Cache and also power consumption.. Although It is said that the Green (WD) HDDs are supposed to last longer than the Black or blue ones.. I have yet to agree with em in practicality..I own mostly green HDDs and only 1 for Primary purpose!!
GeorgeO
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Re USB docks , I strongly suggest that USB 2 not be considered since we are talking about large amounts of data transfer. I have owned one of these for many years(Thermaltake), and while it is a good idea, I decided to use a 4Bay NAS to avoid the handling/storing problems.You should look at a USB 3.0 adapter and also install a USB 3 adapter card-the speeds are significantly faster. I have upgraded all my drives to 3TB, barring a single portable 2.5 inch which is 2TB, and all drives are USB3.0. Data transfer is about 3 times faster.
I think folks should get the Toshiba 2TB HDD on itdepot for approx 6.5K INR. Comes with 3 yrs warranty which is more than WD Greens and I believe for WD Greens the only in favour is lower power (may be 4 - 6 W for writes on WD Greens vs max 8 to 10 W on others). Not much of a electricity bill difference even fore 24.7 systems assuming they will not do reads and write 24.7, many a time they remain idle and spun down.
However for WD Greens there are some disadvantages with lower life due to its Intellipark which of course is claimed to be fix but that way the low power ratings will no longer be applicable
WD Caviar Green HDD Intellipark Fix
?Intellipark? Makes Western Digital Green Drives Prone to Early Failure Linux/RAID - AnandTech Forums
However for WD Greens there are some disadvantages with lower life due to its Intellipark which of course is claimed to be fix but that way the low power ratings will no longer be applicable
WD Caviar Green HDD Intellipark Fix
?Intellipark? Makes Western Digital Green Drives Prone to Early Failure Linux/RAID - AnandTech Forums
I could not find this on the site, only a very expensive WD 2TB external drive.
TaureanBull
Active Member
The power consumption is immaterial for the direct electricity which its going to use because it would run on a USB port. Why it is important is that some equipment dont support high power consuming USB devices. So watch out.
spirovious
Well-Known Member
1TB WD 2.5 for Rs.4999
Western Digital 1TB Element Portable Hard Disk Drive 1 tb wd usb 2.0 + usb 3.0 | eBay
Western Digital 1TB Element Portable Hard Disk Drive 1 tb wd usb 2.0 + usb 3.0 | eBay
I have a doubt so pardon me for posting it here.
I have a 2TB seagate USB 2.0 HDD (3.5").
Its always connected to the PC now.
So I am thinking to remove the HDD from the case and put it directly in the PC through SATA. Doing so will give me better speed? May be from 25 MB /s to ~ 60 MB /s?
Apart from speed, messy wires can be gotten rid off.
I have a 2TB seagate USB 2.0 HDD (3.5").
Its always connected to the PC now.
So I am thinking to remove the HDD from the case and put it directly in the PC through SATA. Doing so will give me better speed? May be from 25 MB /s to ~ 60 MB /s?
Apart from speed, messy wires can be gotten rid off.
Hi Santy...
Don't think the speed will change much.. may be if existing speed + 10 - 20 % if your HDD rpms aren't already maxing out.. if its a 5600 rpm.. don't count on it.... On the other hand... yes the cable clutter will be gone...
Also an FYI: some of those HDDs are soldered to the connectors .. take care while opening and detaching..
(once again sorry couldn't make it to the meet)Hi Santy...
Don't think the speed will change much.. may be if existing speed + 10 - 20 % if your HDD rpms aren't already maxing out.. if its a 5600 rpm.. don't count on it.... On the other hand... yes the cable clutter will be gone...
Also an FYI: some of those HDDs are soldered to the connectors .. take care while opening and detaching..
Are you sure, I thought HDD's speed is limited by USB2.0 architecture. Will test it out today. I have earlier removed the HDD, its just a snap in connector to USB dock.
And don't worry about the meet. Knock it off your mind.
hyeah:Add Noise factor to it. I have WD Black; yes its fast but noisy as well.
When the room is silent, and when the HDD seeks hard, its noise can be heard 4-5 feet away also.
I have also read that WD Green, even though spindle speed is slower, the burst speed is high, possibly higher than even Black. So for small files backup, Green should be ideal and for copying/ storing large files (GBs) and for Games, Black will shine. May be Blue is a trade off between these, but I haven't used it.
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