Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250 GB hard drive user reviews

Cons I purchaed a Dell Dimension 8300 in January. It comes with the Western Digital Caviar 250. I got a disk error in July and had to have it replaced. The technician said it sounded like the reader broke. Then this past Wedsneday, the same thing happened on January 12, 2005  | Read full review

Cons Disappointed in that the harddrive came with no instructions, hardware, ribbon cable, etc. of which I expected. BUY.com has no telephone number to call so, they reply via email. This is day 4 and still no answers to my question. on May 21, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Only lasts about 6 months, won't honor 3 year warranty on February 26, 2005 by sroyeton  | Read full review

Cons Breaks down after a few months, wipping data out on February 28, 2006 by valleyguysf  | Read full review

Cons Well it did go bad after a short time on May 2, 2005 by pigman--2008  | Read full review

Cons WD Caviar Blue 320 EIDE. Formatted it straight out of box with WinXP. Rebooted. Drive was stuck on seek mode with "boot sector error". Computer then rebooted continuously unless the drive was unplugged from the PS! on December 16, 2008 by vanarie  | Read full review

Cons they die fast, good luck with the warranty on March 4, 2008 by ness0012  | Read full review

Cons Lack of Support Drives fail on December 7, 2005 by neever  | Read full review

Cons runs hot, files dissapear, fails completly on July 29, 2005 by agtlewis  | Read full review

Cons poor quality on July 12, 2005 by dinhquan  | Read full review

Cons bad sectors for no reason on July 1, 2005 by rivera1  | Read full review

Pros I don't know what the reviewer refers to when he writes that the "jumper diagram on drive label contradicts documentation." I took a close look and all of the jumper settings from both the drive label and install poster are identical except for the SINGLE

Cons I bought a 200 gig WD drive when I exchanged it with WD they sent me a "recertified" used hard drive. on May 15, 2004  | Read full review

Cons WD makes me feel really unappreciated by all other manufacturers. on September 2, 2003  | Read full review