G-Technology 0g02529 User Manual

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HGST, a Western Digital Company (“HGST”) 
Including G-Technology for External Hard Disk Drives

This Limited Warranty applies to new HGST products purchased from an authorized HGST 
dealer by the original purchaser for normal use and not for resale. HGST warrants that a covered 
product is free from defects in materials and workmanship, with the exceptions stated below.

This limited warranty lasts for 1 year, 2 years, 3 years or 5 years, or a fixed period from date 
of purchase, depending on when and where it was originally purchased. To determine the 
warranty specifically for your product, visit

. A valid proof of purchase may 

be required to prove eligibility. If you do not have a valid proof of purchase, the limited warranty 
period will be measured from the date of sale from HGST to the authorized distributor.

The limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from commercial use, misuse, 
accident, modification or alteration to hardware or software, tampering, unsuitable physical 
or operating environment beyond product specifications, improper maintenance, or failure 
caused by a product for which HGST is not responsible. 

There is no warranty of uninterrupted or error-free operation. There is no warranty for loss 
of data—you must regularly back up the data stored on your product to a separate storage 
product. There is no warranty for product with removed or altered identification labels. 

HGST DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS 
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. HGST is not responsible 
for returning to you product which is not covered by this limited warranty.