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4TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive EXPIRED
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BestBuy.com has 4TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (WDBKUZ0040BBK-WESN) on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available. Thanks longmanj9
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So making this drive into an internal drive for a laptop wouldn't work out.
1) It offers no built-in encryption (though you can apparently use third-party software for that purpose) and
2) Recent Easystore models come with a Green drive (which is allegedly a slower Blue drive) instead of the more vaunted Red drive
HDD reliability is a probability, not a binary variable, so buying a more expensive portable external is not a guarantee that it will not fail. The thread linked above talks about how HDDs overall have become more reliable.
I also checked with both Discover IT and Chase Freedom cards, and if you use either of those, you will get an extended 1 year of warranty beyond the manufacturer's 2 years. I'm sure some other cards offer the same.
Based on the above, this is the framework I would recommend:
If you're going to use this primarily for storage, GO FOR IT.
If you're going to use this primarily for speed-dependent purposes (like running applications), THINK TWICE though it still may be a good fit for you.
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Will it be too thick? If inside the hard drive it consists of 4 1TB metal plates, then it will not be too thick. If it consists of 8 500 GB metal plates... yes it will be too thick.
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So making this drive into an internal drive for a laptop wouldn't work out.
So making this drive into an internal drive for a laptop wouldn't work out.