Very bad material WD.

[unknown]

A customer came to me to retrieve his data from this drive. He said that he just bought it just a week ago and it's now not recognized.
The problem related to a very bad material led to a lot of dust on the heads and the surface.

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Date : 09 May 2012

[Tawfeek]

long life china

[labtech]

Does the drive work as of now?

[unknown]

After replacing 8 heads from donor to patient, it's imaging now.

[Vulcan]

Very interesting, thanks for the info

I remember many years ago (15 years ago?), some WD drives of that era had a similar problem, with flakes from the black coating material falling onto the platters. Therefore this is not a new type of problem for WD...

[unknown]

I remember many years ago (15 years ago?), some WD drives of that era had a similar problem, with flakes from the black coating material falling onto the platters. Therefore this is not a new type of problem for WD...

Totally agree with you sir. But those days WDs are failing quickly than usual.
- Date of manufacture : 09 May 2012 and the drive has used for only ONE week then failed, it's weird.

[Vulcan]

Understood and thanks again for the info!

[labtech]

But those days WDs are failing quickly than usual.
- Date of manufacture : 09 May 2012 and the drive has used for only ONE week then failed, it's weird.

Not if it was dropped nicely.