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Best Buy via eBay has 5TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (Black; WDBAJP0050BBK-WESN) on sale for $89.99 (sale price display when added to cart). Shipping is free.

Alternatively, Best Buy also has 5TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (Black; WDBAJP0050BBK-WESN) on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alterative option.

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  • 5TB storage capacity
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  • Compatible w/ PC or Mac
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Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has 5TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (WDBAJP0050BBK-WESN) for $89.99. Shipping is free.


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Model: WD - Easystore 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

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No this WD portable 2.5 inch drive cannot be shucked. The USB port is integrated into the hard drive.

Yes this can be used on PlayStations. For PS5 see the following link: https://www.playstation.com/en-us...d-storage/


This is listed as a Best Buy Deal of the Day so price may only be good for August 27, 2021.
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Good deal, but shows up fairly regularly around this price. Don't let the normal price throw you off.

For those who prefer Seagate, Costco has their 5TB portable drives at a very similar price right now.
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mrkmrk69
08-27-2021 at 02:04 PM.
08-27-2021 at 02:04 PM.
Lot of people on this thread need to Google GB vs. TB

And not Green Bay vs. Tampa Bay.
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TimothyS5756
08-27-2021 at 02:37 PM.
08-27-2021 at 02:37 PM.
If you don't need it to be portable.

Seagate has the 6TB expansion drives for a little more.

Seagate SRD0NF2 Expansion Desktop 6TB External Hard Drive [ebay.com]
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TalentedHaddock257
08-27-2021 at 02:57 PM.
08-27-2021 at 02:57 PM.
My HDD model number is WD50NDZW-11A8JS1. This appears similar to a Passport Drive at 5Tb:
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...and-secure

This 2.5" HDD is 15mm thick!

To get non-SMR gotta look for drives at 2Gb, or just plan your usage and split it properly between large SMR and smaller non-SMR drives.
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upx
08-27-2021 at 03:03 PM.
08-27-2021 at 03:03 PM.
I have been using this as my main, external, non-boot drive on my windows laptop for almost 2 years now with no issues.
Bought it on sale for about the same price.

Thinking about buying another as a backup drive...
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lesterhung
08-27-2021 at 03:12 PM.
08-27-2021 at 03:12 PM.
BBY review have conflicting info. One said Shuckable, and one said NOT.
User here also say NOT.
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FLEX0
08-27-2021 at 03:28 PM.
08-27-2021 at 03:28 PM.
Quote from TimothyS5756 :
If you don't need it to be portable.

Seagate has the 6TB expansion drives for a little more.

Seagate SRD0NF2 Expansion Desktop 6TB External Hard Drive [ebay.com]
This one needs an external power source. Not a fair comparison with this deal. AFAIK 5TB is the max for a portable USB drive or any 2.5".
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TheRawDeal
08-27-2021 at 03:49 PM.
08-27-2021 at 03:49 PM.
Quote from myrep :
Does this drive spin-down/hybernate while not in use? I would like to connect it to my usb3 port on the router but don't want it spinning away all day. Thx
From my experience using this drive, it will continue to spin as long as it's connected to a power source. Regardless of whether data is being accessed or not. If you decide to use this for a router it will most likely run non-stop since the router will always be feeding it power.
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TheJagMan
08-27-2021 at 03:55 PM.
08-27-2021 at 03:55 PM.
I purchased this HDD the last time it was on sale. It's supposed to be a USB 3.0 drive but it is really slow as I have not seen USB 3.0 speeds when using it.
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maylin
08-27-2021 at 04:58 PM.
08-27-2021 at 04:58 PM.
Quote from cantalup :
Don not mind link to BB recycle?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/recy...8281022996
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dealstorm
08-27-2021 at 05:01 PM.
08-27-2021 at 05:01 PM.
Quote from TheRawDeal :
From my experience using this drive, it will continue to spin as long as it's connected to a power source. Regardless of whether data is being accessed or not. If you decide to use this for a router it will most likely run non-stop since the router will always be feeding it power.
I think I have the 4TB version but when the LED blinks slowly I think that indicates it is in standby mode - it's silent and I feel no vibration, so I'm doubtful that it's spinning.

The issue I have is that it seems to wake often, for no apparent reason. I don't know whether that is due to some internal process or if it's being woken by the instant-on-mode Xbox it's connected to.
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DVDIT
08-27-2021 at 05:13 PM.
08-27-2021 at 05:13 PM.
In for one. Thanks OP!
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josjer
08-27-2021 at 05:27 PM.
08-27-2021 at 05:27 PM.
This drive failed with in 2 weeks of use. bought for the deal. beware.
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tmpuser
08-27-2021 at 07:19 PM.
08-27-2021 at 07:19 PM.
Quote from iTakMD :
Can confirm, used it yesterday. Can only be used in store but will work on any sale price.
I guess it's up to the local store. The store near me refused to apply the coupon to the sale price.
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TalentedHaddock257
08-27-2021 at 07:36 PM.
08-27-2021 at 07:36 PM.
Quote from josjer :
This drive failed with in 2 weeks of use. bought for the deal. beware.
Yeah, gotta try to shake down the drive before real use to address possible infant mortality. If you can use linux, run "badblocks -wvs" on the drive. It'll take several days, but will burn it in real good. These huge drives may have bad sectors way in the middle of the disk and you'll never know until one day you save the data, and it won't come back.

"The badblocks -wvs command will run four wipes on the drive, writing the patterns 0xaa, 0x55, 0xff, and 0x00 across the entire disk, respectively. It also performs a read test after each full write."

Update: I just tried to use a drive after such a shake down to clone another one, and it hung because it ran out of non-SMR cache. I had to use WD Windows utility to fully "erase" the drive (which only took 1 min!!!). These drives are known as "write-once" things, and have to be WD utility "erased" to get the full performance back.
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08-27-2021 at 07:58 PM.
08-27-2021 at 07:58 PM.
Quote from Phxbird :
Costco had 5tb $94 (portable) & 4tb for $65(desktop) and now this? Which would be the recommended one?
Link to the 4 TB desktop drive, please?
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