This is a 4 year old drive!

This drive appears to be new, as it was sealed in what appears to be the manufacturer's original anti-static bag. I was a little surprised when I opened the bag to see that this drive was over four years old. I have a lot of experience with Western Digital drives, and because of that experience I believe this drive will probably provide excellent service. I am not aware of any studies on shelf life for new (in the box) drives. I would imagine there is a possible concern about lubricants within the drive drying out from sitting for several years on the shelf. My point here is that the vendor should have (in my opinion) been more transparent about the age of this drive. I am deducting two stars for this lack of transparency. Not because of the product-- but because of the vendor. This model HDD would typically get five stars. The vendor would get one.

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