How do I kill my HDD for warranty? ( Read first)

letsgo123

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Before you burn me on stake, read first.


I bought a WD 1 tb blue hdd a few months ago, for the first month it worked well, but then it slowed down( It's not viruses, I only download things from legit sites), I used HDD benchmark tools to test the speeds, it wasn't as fast as it should be, when I transfer files, sometimes it even goes into the kilobyte speed, rather than like 60 mb/s.

Now, why did I wait months before I asked this? I used my Linda membership account to download literally 400 gb of video for my PERSONAL use on a 15 down speed, I had to press download on each individual video, it took me a few days of only doing that. I have now finished learning the things I need from Linda, and I can finally do this.

I think doing something physically to it can get me "caught", I heard something about some low level benchmarks, like doing it for hours upon hours until it just dies. What do you suggest?
 
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Is it currently dead? Apparently not.

So then what is the issue?
Test it with their software.

If it working as advertised, no problem.
If it isn't, send it back.

USAFRet

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I'm sorry....why are you doing this?
Either it works well or it does not.

Install and run the WD Data Lifeguard.
If it reports good, it is good. If not...the drive is bad and RMA it.

We're not going to help you defraud WD to RMA a working drive.
And WD will require you to test it with their toolset.
 

letsgo123

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Oh yes, they are going to require data lifeguard when the HDD itself is dead

 

USAFRet

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Is it currently dead? Apparently not.

So then what is the issue?
Test it with their software.

If it working as advertised, no problem.
If it isn't, send it back.
 
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