A Replacement Drive Was Sent To Me. UPS Left It Outside All Night In The Cold!!!!

Well turns out my 120GB drive died last November. I sent it back to Western Digital and they didn't have any 120GB drives in stock so they sent me a 160GB drive instead. You won't believe this but the UPS postal service people didn't knock my door and left the box with the drive outside the front door to my home last Friday. It was there until I seen it on Saturday morning!

DID I FORGET TO MENTION WE HAD A WINTER STORM ON FRIDAY AND IT WAS - 1*c OUTSIDE!!!

I checked the tracking info on UPS' website and it shows that the drive was delivered to my door on last Friday at 4:15pm. & Well I didn't see it until the next day when I opened the door at about 8am. The box wasn't wet with snow but it sure was cold outside... The box was actually dry, there was no snow on or around the box since it was in front of the door and not on my lawn. I let the drive sit in my home so it could warm up to room temperature. Anyways I opened the box and tested the drive and it seems to work fine.

Should I keep this though? Is it bad that it was out there? Could it be damaged? How can I be sure to trust my data on it now?



Thanks

 

You should be OK as you did the right thing in allowing the hard drive to warm up to room temperature, before using it.

As I live in Cairns where the temperature never gets below 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius), I will bow to the more experienced MG members opinions who live in chilly USA / Canadian States / Provinces.

Bazza

 

As Tim, and bigbazza say, should not be a problem , as you allowed it to warm to indoor temperature - Usually I have hard drives which come in a padded box, and - the important thing, in a case like yours, in a sealed plastic bag - water can be the enemy- as long as it stayed dry, and did not get condensation in/on it when warming up.

 

I'd just like to add an update to this thread...

Just so you guys know the HDD has been working fine since than and that was what hmm... 5 months ago? So alls good... This drive is louder than my 80GB drive though. I believe this new HDD is a re certified drive.