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Agree, start with the store. If you're past the return policy, RMA to WD. The last time I RMA'd one of their drives (some years back), the process was quick and easy with a fast return.
As a side note, the only HDD drives I've ever used (still use) are Western Digital drives (since 1998). I've always found them to be consistently reliable. So much so, I just this week bought four 6TB Red NAS drives from them. This not to say their drives don't or can't fail, I'm simply saying they have a high consistency of not failing as opposed to failing.
Good luck.