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Western Digital WD5003AZEX
9.3 out of 10

Western Digital WD5003AZEX

Great Deal: $84.99

Reviews and Problems with Western Digital WD5003AZEX

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Overall 2
2.0

Horrible

Robb, Newegg
17 April 2013
  • Pros: none doesnt work
  • Cons: wont recognize with new computer set up, cant install drivers independently to make it found either.
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Overall 2
2.0

Hard Drive Clicks, NOT under warranty

D. Wallace, Amazon
10 April 2013
  • Summary: I recently purchased this hard drive to build a new computer. Build came out great, does everything I could want.
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Overall 2
2.0

Follow-Up to Previous Review entitled "Ordered 2 - BOTH were DOA"

Newegg
14 January 2013
  • Summary: Bad drive was not recognized in BIOS on either of 2 machines (again). Not recognized in Windows.
  • Pros: NONE.
  • Cons: Received 2 replacement drives through WD's RMA process. 1 out of 2 was DOA... AGAIN!
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Overall 2
2.0

Ordered 2 - BOTH were DOA

Newegg
10 January 2013
  • Summary: Drive #2 was not recognized in BIOS, and neither my Windows 7 machine (AMD/890FX) nor my Windows XP machine (Intel/Z77) would boot into Windows with this drive installed
  • Pros: Unfortunately, none.
  • Cons: One drive had parts rattling around inside the drive right out of the box. Drive was recognized by BIOS and Windows, however in Disk Management the drive kept "disconn...
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Overall 2
2.0

Bad HD

J.D., Newegg
31 December 2012
Overall 2
2.0

DOA

Ace, Newegg
10 December 2012
Overall 2
2.0

Frustration

NoWhereElse To Vent, Newegg
7 December 2012
  • Pros: 5 years limited warranty
  • Cons: It would seem that every time I order these drives in bulk (4 or 5), I get a bad drive out of the box. I thought it was just a fluke but it's now happened to me three ...
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Overall 2
2.0

Rip off

Newegg
1 September 2012
  • Pros: none
  • Cons: Drive was literally empty. Nothing inside it. Power to the 'drive' did nothing.
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Overall 2
2.0

0 for 2

Aaron, Newegg
29 July 2012
  • Summary: Unfortunately, the first drive made the rhythmic click click click of a drive about to die, a sound I'm far to familiar with via the Seagates, accompanied by the standard
  • Pros: Nice and light. Appears to be a 1 or 2 platter drive, rather than the 4 platter drives it was intended to replace. I assume it would produce less heat by the same toke...
  • Cons: Ordered 2 units to replace a pair of old Seagate 1500gb 7200.11 drives in a raid 1 array, as space was not the primary issue since it was the main OS disk of my server...
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Overall 2
2.0

stop buying harddrives

TheWarWizard, Newegg
6 March 2012
  • Summary: if you are using windows xp(i upgraded to windows 7), these drives can be infiltrated by an expert hacker.
  • Pros: i have two. wd replaced one after a bootworm was hacked onto it
  • Cons: way too high of price
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