Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Pros: Western Digital

Cons: Not sure what happen to this drive. I was using it for holding data and incremental backups.

Today I check the drive with HD Sentinel and WD Lifeguard and it is showing all kinds of errors. According to HD Sentinel the drive had 15 days of power on time. Only 15 days!!!

Anyways the drive is now out of warranty of course.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Blue, as this is not the typical experience with the product. It is unfortunate that you have experienced a drive failure, as our drives are all rigorously tested to ensure they are in good working condition before leaving our warehouse. There are many variables that could affect the drives integrity between leaving our warehouses prior to being installed in a computer. We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve this particular issue for you directly. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: none

Cons: It was barely used. Spent hundreds of dollars and many days putting wedding videos on it, then let it sit while I waited for a backup hard drive. When I got the backup drive and plugged this into the computer, it was dead. All gone.

Other Thoughts: Time to go solid state.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Blue, as this is not the typical experience with the product.
We are very sorry to hear that your drive did not function so soon after it was delivered. Western Digital does rigorously test and verify all of our drives, prior to shipping, with burn-in and diagnostic tests. We stand behind our warranty for the duration of the products provided warranty period, and as such, we are here to support our products regardless of the circumstances.
How to get an RMA, (Return Merchandise Authorization) or replace a defective product under warranty
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8
We would like to assure you that what you have experienced is extremely abnormal.
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: None.

Cons: I originally bought one of these which failed after about 9 months, developing bad sectors out the wazoo. It was still under warranty at the time, but WD's customer service was thoroughly unhelpful and kept trying to make me jump through hoops to get a "free" (except shipping costs) replacement. Since it was partially readable, I just ordered a new one while trying to recover as much as I could from the first one.

The second one just suddenly and abruptly failed on me after 2.5 years. This one was a complete and utter failure. My computer won't even recognize the fact that there is a disk connected.

These are the only two drives I have ever had fail on me in my entire life, out of over a dozen drives I've owned. I do everything I can to keep my HDDs operating in the best conditions, with cooling and ventilation.

Other Thoughts: After this experience, WD will be hard-pressed to convince me to buy anything from them ever again. I recommend staying away from WD like the plague. I have had two HDDs fail on me in my entire life plus one that worked rather poorly out of the box. All 3 of these were made by WD, 2009 or later. Plus their customer service has proven to me that their warranty isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

WD used to be reliable, but in recent years they've become utterly worthless.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Black as this is not the typical experience with the product.
Each of our drives is rigorously tested before leaving our warehouses to ensure that they are in good working condition before leaving our warehouses. To test our drives health, we have our Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows (WinDLG) utility, and Mac users can of course use Disk Utility and First Aid. For information on how to use the WinDLG utility, please view the information provided by the following link.
How to tell if the noise or sound the drive is making is normal
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/568
How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940
How to access Disk Utility on a Mac computer
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1362
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: small size
500gb
sata 3

Cons: died in 1 1/2 years

Other Thoughts: Had this running in my media center for a year and a half, then suddenly it shut down and died.

It was my 2nd drive, holding my programs, my ssd was running windows as the C; drive. no idea why this hard drive would die so fast.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Blue, as this is not the typical experience with the product.
We are very sorry to hear that your drive did stopped working after such a short period of time. Western Digital does rigorously test and verify all of our drives, prior to shipping, with burn-in and diagnostic tests.
Although a component failure within a drive is a possibility for a failure, we do typically see power and improper cooling within an environment can contribute to a premature drive failure.
We stand behind our warranty for the duration of the products provided warranty period, and as such, we are here to support our products regardless of the circumstances. We would like to assure you that what you have experienced is extremely abnormal.
For helpful information on the proper handling of your drives please visit the following link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1486
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to an Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: Tough to beat for the price.

08/23/2009 Purchase date, installed a few day later.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Upgraded the PS3 from 80GB to 500GB with this. Has worked well for a few years now.

Its a WD Blue, 5400 rpm, its going to be 'average' in terms of performance.

Pros: This was a replacement drive for my Macbook (2006), and has worked very well so far over the last two years.

Cons: None

Pros: Worked great until it died. Good read/write and reliable while it worked. Failed within the warrentee

Cons: It died, lost a lot of data. Died just short of the 3 year warentee RMAing now.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the Western Digital 500 GB Blue Drive, as this is not the typical or intended experience with the product. We recommend installing and using our Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (WinDLG) utility to run diagnostic tests on your drives to determine their current health/status, should a drive exhibit signs of concerns. For information on our WinDLG utility, please view the information provided by the following link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940
If you are using a Mac, you can use the Disk Utility to regularly test the health of your drive.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1362
If you have run diagnostic tests on your drive and receive an error, we will gladly replace your in-warranty drives. For information on how to replace your drive, please follow the steps on this link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1048
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/
Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: Does not work within 3 months.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the Western Digital 500 GB Blue Drive, as this is not the typical experience with the product. We recommend installing and using our Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (WinDLG) utility to occasionally run diagnostic tests on your drives to determine their health status. For information on our WinDLG utility, please view the information provided by the following link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940
If you are using a Mac, you can use the Disk Utility to regularly test the health of your drive.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1362
If you have run diagnostic tests on your drive and they fail, we will gladly replace your in-warranty drives. For information on how to replace your drive, please follow the steps on this link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1048
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/
Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Constant failure..

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the Western Digital 500 GB Blue Drive, as this is not the typical experience with the product. We recommend installing and using our Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (WinDLG) utility to regularly run diagnostic tests on your drives to determine whether they are healthy or not. For information on our WinDLG utility, please view the information provided by the following link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940
If you are using a Mac, you can use the Disk Utility to regularly test the health of your drive.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1362
If you have run diagnostic tests on your drive and they fail, we will gladly replace your in-warranty drives. For information on how to replace your drive, please follow the steps on this link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1048
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/
Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: I added this to my ailing macbook pro from 2007 after I accidentally sat on it. (yes, I sat on it)

A great little hard drive.

Cons: none to speak of.