Thanks Awopero,
That was my challenge from the start. I plugged in the hard drive, and my computer did not even recognize it. I contacted Western Digital, gave them the model number & serial number, and they informed me it was out of warranty, and that the warranty period is based on the ‘manufacturing’ date, and not the consumer’s ‘purchase’ date.
The warranty expired before I even purchased the drive. It was bad enough I was required to pay an additional $60 in duties to Canadian customs just to get the drive, but basically Western Digital informed me I was SOL, and refused to honour the warranty based on my purchase date, …so unless there is some way to get this drive to work, I am stuck with what amounts to a very expensive, overpriced, and unattractive paper weight.
The drive was in fact purchased from an authorized seller.
