hard drive prefailure?

[ahallubuntu]

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[JohnDillinger43]

Excellent, I didn't realize GSmartControl showed the serial numbers there. However, when I entered it on the WD site, it says invalid serial number. I'll have to double check it when I actually take the drive out.

[ahallubuntu]

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[SuperFreak]

Once you have entered the serial number to register the drive, the warranty period for your drive will display along with options for RMAing the bad drive. Good Luck

[JohnDillinger43]

Hmm, the format I have is WDC WD2002XXXX-XXXXX, where all the drives start with WDC WD, followed by the size (well, I'm not sure if the size portion is 200 or 2002), followed by 4 characters, a dash, and 5 more characters. I haven't tried all parsing combinations yet, but I can't get the site to validate my SN.

[SuperFreak]

Believe Western Digtal registered mine with a 12 digit S/N with WCC followed by 9 numbers

[JohnDillinger43]

Yeah...I was looking at the model number :/ Found the serial number, and it is under warranty, so I'm getting it replaced. Thanks everyone for the help/advice.