HGST drives from OWC

If you're concerned about that, do this instead:
- buy a "bare" drive from any of the major drive vendors (amazon, newegg, etc.)
- buy a drive enclosure, either 2.5" or 3.5"
- assemble the drive yourself (usually takes nothing more than a screwdriver, some cases just snap together without any tools needed at all).

I prefer drives that I build myself to "store-bought" ones...

 

OWC probably buys them from HGST in bulk as if they were an OEM, so the same way you'd take a defective disk that came in your Mac to Apple for service, you'd need to contact OWC for the warranty.

 

I bought a 8tb Deskstar nas from OWC this week. It arrived in a retail box. When I check the warranty on HGST website it says “The drive is not valid for warranty through HGST. Please return product to your point of purchase.”.

I didn’t know HGST sold retail boxed drives without a warranty. I thought OEM drives were always bare.

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Here’s a link to the owc warranty terms. Only applies to select HGST models. https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/warranty/3-year-new-replacement-warranty.cfm

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OWC does use HGST drives in some of their enclosures. For example a 32tb configuration uses four of the HGST 8tb drives.

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3IVT32.0S/?fullDetails