here to report that my Samsung F3 1TB HDD RMA was replaced with Seagate 7200.12, re certified...

So it is like normal 3.5 external HDD?

How long was the RMA process? A month?

Try reading the following guide to disable the WD Green's idle behaviour first before you buy an external casing.

How to Stop Excessive Load Cycles on the Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green (WD20EARS) with WDIDLE3

The WDIDLE3 download page does not say if it is compatible with the Green drives, but a WD Community Manager posted the following:

Source: http://community.wdc.com/t5/Desktop/Green-...-p/15731/page/2

RE Drives - WD1000FYPS-01ZKB0, WD7500AYPS-01ZKB0, WD7501AYPS-01ZKB0

GP Drives - WD20EADS, WD20EARS, WD15EADS, WD15EARS, WD10EADS, WD10EARS, WD8000AARS, WD7500AADS, WD7500AARS, WD6400AADS, WD6400AARS, WD5000AADS, WD5000AARS

All these is the model number? I only know my HDD's serial number. I bought mine beginning of last year, 500gb.

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Added on March 13, 2012, 10:21 pmOh, I saw the model name already. Thanks for the info.

This post has been edited by harryfoo: Mar 13 2012, 10:21 PM

yah my samsung F3 1GB HDD i send RMA i got replacement with seagate 7200.12 1TB

hari khamis 23feb i send rma my samsung HD103SJ Hard drive

i send rma direct seagate
i chat seagate online he create rma number
then i got received replacement Seagate Barracuda 7200.12
mine just 5days i send rma khamis 23feb
today wednesday 29 i got received replacement Seagate Barracuda 7200.12

most 5days

So it's about 14 working days?

i sent back the HDD to the shop i bought it from here in Kuching. It took 2 freaking months!

What company you bought it from (sent for RMA)?
I only did 2 HDD RMA so far,
1 is 500GB Seagate which has the firmware issue last time, after 1 month, they called and give me a new HDD with sealed bag. (3E)
2 is my Seagate 320GB external HDD which has bad sectors problem, I gave them a nicely wrapped plastic (original packaging) and came back only with hard disk, a USB cable with plastic wrapped (darn... Compuway).

khamis 23feb send rma
wednesday 29feb i got received
i think 5days
not 14days
23feb and 29feb received so how many days lol

You sent in your VW Polo and you got back a Vios?

vw polo what u mean and vios what u mean
i dont understand

I thought 23th Jan you sent, 29th Feb you get back the HDD.

Means you rugi lol.

lol i not send 23th jan
i send 23feb 100% correct

Hi guys , can u suggest me any free software that can change capacity of partitions , Thanks

Windows Built in Disk Management or can try Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.1

anyone know whr to get this My Book 3-in-1 Carrying Case?
http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdus...uctID.106587300

here is my situation, hope anyone knows can help.

i got a 2.5' hdd, WD scorpio blue, broken down a few weeks ago.
it is a hdd for my laptop, i replaced it with new 2.5' WD hdd also.

i do not sure whether it still got warranty or not, i lost the laptop receipt.
i do not intend to send for RMA, all i want is to retrieve back all the data and infomation in that broken hdd.
after i have done googling and reading, i found out that, it may be caused by faulty hdd board.
this is because it gives "click...click" sound when i connect to a external hdd case.

BIOS cant detect the broken hdd, so i can assume that it is NOT software or broken sector problem.

and i have searched in google where to buy hdd board, and its nowhere to buy it.

so guys, experts, need advice.
if i'm wrong, correct me and guide me.
thanks!

My friend rma's his samsung external hard disk, and seagate returned a refurbished freeagent go flex to him.

The unit has a lot of scratches with chipped paint. Is this the normal services for Seagate? If it is then something is really wrong with their policy, they should be returning a new unit for the rma units if its unrepairable.

Oh nvm, just confirmed it is their policy that they will return refurbished units if u rma ur new units...In this case I'm really going to stay away from seagate...

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Mar 19 2012, 05:23 PM

Some company in Lowyat Plaza did offer file recovery services, but minimum fee is rm100
maximum can go up to rm10K.
Sometimes when the hdd doesn't get enough power supply it will also got click-click sound, try to change the USB cable or external casing and connect again.

actually, when the broken hdd was still inside my laptop ady has the click, click sound.
i did found one company in imbi plaza, recover data for more than 320GB is RM500....
quite a butthurt there...but i'm thinking for the sake of the data in it, i'm willing to pay it...
but now, i try to get the hdd board instead of sending to company for data recovery..
i make the data recovery myself....buy a hdd board is way much cheaper than paying for data recovery services...