8TB Western Digital My Book Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished) $100 + Free Shipping
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Western Digital via eBay[ebay.com] has 8TB Western Digital My Book External Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, RWDBBGB0080HBK-NESN) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free.
I have purchased a 4gb WD refrub by WD from ebay in the past and it died after a year. It was only used to store xbox games which I played rarely.
That's a bummer for sure! Out of curiosity, was it one of the thin/portable (USB Only, no power) drives, or one of these larger AC + USB drives?
I've had a few of the USB Powered ones die on me, but never the larger ones. Just purchased one of these as I missed the 16TB sale a few weeks ago, hoping for the best with the refurb!
I have purchased a 4gb WD refrub by WD from ebay in the past and it died after a year. It was only used to store xbox games which I played rarely.
Did the *drive* die or did the *enclosure* die?
The enclosures, SATA -> USB controller, or something else in these (portable and desktop) fail with frightening frequency.
If you have anything vaguely valuable on that drive, it might be worth it to get a $7 enclosure and see if you can just swap it over.
I've done that with… oh man… 30(?) Seagate and WD drives for people over the years.
It might be encrypted, though, which would. Require you sacrifice an enclosure/drive to get the data back.
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I've had a few of the USB Powered ones die on me, but never the larger ones. Just purchased one of these as I missed the 16TB sale a few weeks ago, hoping for the best with the refurb!
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Did the *drive* die or did the *enclosure* die?
The enclosures, SATA -> USB controller, or something else in these (portable and desktop) fail with frightening frequency.
If you have anything vaguely valuable on that drive, it might be worth it to get a $7 enclosure and see if you can just swap it over.
I've done that with… oh man… 30(?) Seagate and WD drives for people over the years.
It might be encrypted, though, which would. Require you sacrifice an enclosure/drive to get the data back.