How tough are HDDs

[BK_123]

I bought an HDD from Western Digital and the power adapter had broke and you cant buy them other wise you have to buy a whole new HDD how stupid is that????.....

 

[mikee]

an external drive?

 

[Nik00117]

Nope, internal HDDs. It's why I have to wait until I get my new pc to try it out.

 

[David Lindon]

As long as they haven't been dropped I'd say they should be ok, but I've never had alot of luck with HDs. When are you going to test them?

 

[tom-knox]

It'll help that they weren't in use, a HDD under load (spinning) is far less stable. If you get em working, rip important data off then straight away, it might be the first and last time they work

 

[Nik00117]

They have no data on them, they were formatted when I Bought them from my friend.

I got the two drivers for $40 (total) and I they worked when I bought them.

 

[01001010]

I would never buy used hard drives. Can't tell what they've been through.

 

[Tommy Boy]

I'm 99.9% sure they'll work.

 

[Nik00117]

I would never buy used hard drives. Can't tell what they've been through.

So a about 18 months ago you wouldn't spend $40 on about 1.3 TB of HDDs? BTW they worked when he showed them to me.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

I would never buy used hard drives. Can't tell what they've been through.

I have purchased and sold many used drives. I always made sure they had available warranty time in case something went wrong. I think I have had only one fail.