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Hello Folks: My Q to the group: Is the drive ok?
Bought the drive and it took a while to arrive. Model: WDC WD160EDGZ-11B2DA0 7200 RPM. Made some clicky, klunky noises a few times, but not really...
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Don't you have a UPS battery backup?
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Yes, I have Hard Disk Sentinal pro.. I was in the middle of a scan (it's going to take 40 hours, btw) when the power went out for 1 minute because a guy hit an electric pole down my street.
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SMART doesn't mean anything. They reset it. Scan the drive and check to see if it has any errors or bad sectors.
Here's the list of software you can check disk health with:...
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Mine came today, and according to HD Sential, it has 0 day and 0 hours of runtime according to the SMART on the drive.
I couldn't be happier. Even got to peel the film from it.
Looks new,...
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It definitely wouldn't be my first choice but it may work adequately.
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This may be a silly question but would this be good for the storage of my Steam library?
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Mine isn't even shipped yet
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Got mine today. My drive seems to have a thumping/clicking sound every 10 seconds or so. Looking around, most report that this is some sort of pre-emptive wear leveling at work and not a sign that...
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The USB 3.0 interface has more than enough throughput for a hard drive.
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They don't. And I never said that either.
But they need to have products that work. Even after a required upgrade. Their support is pretty much non-existent.
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In that case WD owns you a new HDD, plus the cost for recovering all your lost data due to their order.
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USB 3.0 Gen 1. Yuck
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These external drives aren't really designed for continuous use. The enclosures are not well ventilated, leading to the drives getting hotter than ideal, when running for extended periods. For...
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WD ordered me to upgrade their software to v5 due to security issues. I would assume WD had done their homework.
It's not just "firmware" of course. I'm not as dumb as you look.
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It's not sneaky. It was a limited time deal.
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They raised the price on us. Sneaky.
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Price went up. Seeing $209.99 now before coupon.
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I bought one of these last time it was posted. I like it for my use case. I use it to back up my Plex media drive from my nas in case more than one drive fails. It works perfectly and externally...
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Helpful resources
https://www.avast.com/c-ssd-vs-hdd
https://www.avast.com/c-hard-drive-test
https://www.avast.com/c-how-to-clone-hard-drive
https://www.avast.com/c-wipe-old-hard-drive...
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