Re: Quantum Fireball HDD\'s aptly named
Since they have not slapped a total gag order on me yet, I can tell you for a positive matter of fact, that Western Digital has sold used (remanufactured) hard drives as new! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif I know this for a fact because I bought a "brand new" hard drive at Best Buy and it had the complete records of a Michigan business on the drive as well as Windows XP, and the complete Microsoft Office Suite installed. Upon further inspection, it is clear that Western Digital very carefully placed a "new" date of manufacture sticker over the original old one.
If anyone else has had this happen to them, please let me know. There is currently a class action law suit forming against them for selling used hard drives as new. The sad fact of the matter is that if you ever sent a Western Digital hard drive back to them for warranty replacement, somebody somewhere may very well have all your data!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
This is no joke, and it is a big deal. I'm fairly certain that if this comes out on a show like 20/20 or 60 Minutes, it will severely slow the sales of Western Digital hard drives, not to mention how many people will want to know where their "bad" hard drive they sent in for repair went and who may have it. This is a big, big issue.
Since I thought it was some sort of weird joke, I called the person listed on the company records I had on the "new" hard drive to see if the company really existed, or if the information was some sort of weird demonstration. The person at the business really didn't want to speak to me until I asked them if they made "$XX,XXX" amount of money last year. Needless to say, I immediately had their attention!! Apparently their hard drive had crashed in their server and the hard drive was sent back to Western Digital for warranty replacement. From there, threats were made about me having their confidential information and that is when all the attorneys got involved.
Bottom line; I will never buy a Western Digital hard drive again, and if any that I have crash, I cannot send them back for warranty replacement because I don't know where my information may end up! Sorry to go off on this subject, but it obviously has grabbed a lot of my time and attention!! As of now, I'm still not sure of the outcome. Unless I'm legally gagged, I'll be happy to share with all what becomes of Western Digital getting caught red handed selling used units as new.
