Western Digital Caviar 40 GB Hard Drive

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Price Range: $33 to $74

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Western Digital Caviar 40 GB Hard Drive

by DaleS , Feb. 12, 2007

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I am near the end of my 5th year with 2 of these hard drives in my computer, 1 for my system drive and the other for my backup drive. Neither drive has ever given me a problem. I was running Win98 for first 3 years and then went to XP. The system driv

QuickTake:

Pros: Fast, quiet, and totally reliable.

Cons: Not a single one. Has not given me ANY problems.

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 5 Year(s)

Bizrate User Review.

It Sucks0rs

by FatFunkey , Aug. 10, 2004

Comments:
I got this HDD with my Computer and i only needed a 40GB HDD till i found out XP took a lot of space...after 2(or so) years of owning it just went dead on me started to make a schreeching noise and everything...its a POS don't buy it. Most HDD will last more than 3 years and this goes out in 2?!??! WTF?

QuickTake:

Pros: Cheap...i guess

Cons: It will Go bad on you with out Warning and dosn't last long

Has Owned Product: 2 Year(s)

Bizrate User Review.

Fast and bulbous

by Online Shopper , Jun. 26, 2003

Comments:
I use it for recording music on a P4 2GHz machine in my studio. The only draw back is the heat and hence the need for an efficient but quiet fan (and don't we all need a better one of those!). I've no complaints though, no matter what HD you buy there will always be noise and heat, oh well...

QuickTake:

Pros: Fast, stable, reliable.

Cons: You need a very good quiet fan

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 12 Month(s)

Bizrate User Review.

Western Digital Service Sucks

by Online Shopper , Jun. 16, 2003

Comments:
Ive heard good thinds about their drives, but never have I experienced such AWFUL service. After weeks of backorder and finally my purchase of a Seagate 60 GB 7200 instead, (very nice), I have waited two weeks for an RMA from WD. No way to complain to WD, only here, where I only hope lots of potential customers turn away.

QuickTake:

Pros: Never installed. Glad I didnt.

Cons: Terrible service

Has Owned Product: 1 Month(s)

Bizrate User Review.

Two thumb ups for W.D 40 GB HD !!! williamfuentes.com says

by williamfuentes.com , Jun. 4, 2003

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For a Smooth process of install, uploading and downloading W.D is the HD to buy. This is a reliable HD for my Apple G4 OSX system.
IBM would be my second choice for a Speedy HD. W.D is just to fast for the others to keep up.
http://williamfuentes.com

QuickTake:

Pros: MY G4 is like Brand new again, An easy install.

Cons: Beware the pine config no big deal. Simple to handle.

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 5 Day(s)

Bizrate User Review.

Best Warranty around

by Paul , May 25, 2003

Comments:
I have purchased 6 of these drives over the past year. One failed and was replaced by WD with no questions asked. A super drive and unsurpassed warranty.

QuickTake:

Pros: Reliable

Cons: None

Recommended: Yes

Has Owned Product: 1 Year(s)

Bizrate User Review.

Good, but no

by Online Shopper , Mar. 5, 2003

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Drive failed after a month of use under non-stressful conditions.

QuickTake:

Pros: return policy

Cons: broke down after a month

Has Owned Product: 1 Month(s)

Bizrate User Review.

Mmmm Mmmmm Bad

by Online Shopper , Feb. 20, 2003

Comments:
Have had at least a 60 failure rate within 6 months. These were bought from major distributors.

QuickTake:

Pros: Installing replacement HD's is quite profitable

Cons: At this rate won't have any more customers

Has Owned Product: 1 Day(s)

Bizrate User Review.

wd400 caviar

by Online Shopper , Jan. 5, 2003

Comments:
dont buy it not good at all xp wont install crashes all the time between 30 to 19 mins during install and then freezes at 19 mins left

QuickTake:

Pros: 7200 fast no noise

Cons: wont take xp keeps on turning of and on during install

Has Owned Product: 2 Week(s)

Bizrate User Review.

great performance

by Online Shopper , Dec. 24, 2002

Comments:
when i purchased my new computer i had it built to spec. when it came to a hard drive, there was no question, i had to go with WD.
my previous computer was built the same way, and i got over 4 yearsd of use out of it, not very many can say that about there computer, and the main data starage device was a 6.5 gig WD. so i went with the 40 gig special and have ben happy with it sence day one. the only issue with it, and all high speed drives, is that you gotta keep it cool. a coupple of 7 fans, and you will have speed, and stability for what ever your application is, from music or vidio editing, to large data files,this is the hard drive you want.