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Western Digital 1TB Refurb. Portable Hard Drives: My Passport $30, WD easystore

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Western Digital via eBay has select 1TB Western Digital Certified Refurbished Portable Hard Drives on sale. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter daisybeetle for posting this deal.

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1TB Western Digital easystore Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished) $24.99
1TB Western Digital easystore Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished) $24.99
1TB Western Digital Elements SE Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished) $26.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, black) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, white) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, red) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, blue) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, orange) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, yellow) $29.99

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WesternDigital via Ebay has Select 1TB WD Portable Hard Drives (Certified Refurbished) on sale. Shipping is free.

1TB Western Digital easystore Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished) $24.99
1TB Western Digital easystore Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished) $24.99
1TB Western Digital Elements SE Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished) $26.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished, black) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished, white) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished, red) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished, blue) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished, orange) $29.99
1TB Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive [ebay.com] (Certified Refurbished, yellow) $29.99

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Please stop with that nonsense. That was a pricing error and orders were cancelled left and right. I know you think it's funny, but it could be misleading to others, who don't know better.

The first easystore model (WDBDNK0010BBK-WESN) and the Elements SE model (WDBEPK0010BBK-WESN) are likely to be CMR/PMR drives (good). All of the My Passport models (WDBYNN0010Bxx-WESN) are likely to be SMR drives (bad) although there is a chance you could get one with a CMR/PMR drive. I was unable to find any information about the second easystore model (WDBAJN0010BBK-WESN).

Isn't it a standard Micro-B style cable? Like the $5 ones they sell on Monoprice, https://www.monoprice.com/product...e8237b0705

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05-20-2022 at 06:26 AM.

in for 2. colors, the passports kick ass and they come with 2 year warranty.

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05-20-2022 at 04:24 PM.

Are all of these shuckable? Upon a few searches I tend to see examples of 8TB and 12TB (Elements) being shucked but nothing smaller.

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05-21-2022 at 01:42 AM.

Quote from HRockets

Are all of these shuckable? Upon a few searches I tend to see examples of 8TB and 12TB (Elements) being shucked but nothing smaller.

no. With very few exceptions, small form-factor USB HDDs without an external power supply will always have hard-soldered connectors - NOT SATA under the hood.

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05-21-2022 at 05:08 AM.

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says the CNN political writer

Say the Fox political writer. Lol

In for one

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05-21-2022 at 06:26 AM.

1TB capacity feels a little small in 2022

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05-21-2022 at 06:32 AM.

It's odd that nobody is discussing the "refurbished" aspect of the only moving PC part. One that is extremely sensitive to falls and bumps. I think twice about getting spinning platters online (when they are new)

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05-21-2022 at 06:38 AM.

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I don't know if I want to live dangerously with refurbished Units hmm

This is meant for transport so you should have a copy at the source. If you want relative peace of mind, you can get new hdds for cheaper than $25/TB

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05-21-2022 at 07:22 AM.

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If everyone had to worry about people taking the ridiculous premise of a joke seriously then there wouldn't be any humor in the world. 10TB drives selling for $25 qualifies as a ridiculous premise that shouldn't be taken seriously.

I got a 20TB for tree-fiddy.

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05-21-2022 at 08:15 AM.

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How do you think they arrive at retail stores?

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05-21-2022 at 08:30 AM.

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank yoFu

05-21-2022 at 08:30 AM.

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I don't know if I want to live dangerously with refurbished Units hmm

Depends on the need and the use. If you need a scratch disk for less than a day at a time and can deal with terrible USB3 performance, this could be perfect. I picked up a used 250G WD-Blue HDD at a national computer store about 5 yrs ago. It is used for video capture, nothing else. I end up reformatting it almost weekly.

With any used storage device, always check the S.M.A.R.T. data on the device for any issues. I've bought a few enterprise 4TB WD-Gold drives there were just entering middle age for $45/ea. Of 4 drives bought, 3 had SMART data without any warning signs and 1 had some bad sectors and pending sectors to be relocated. I returned it immediately for a replacement. It has been a few years and all those drives are going strong, no new SMART issues.

I don't think I'd buy used SSD or flash storage, but for HDDs, my experience hasn't been bad provided the savings is signification. I do have excellent backups, so if any drive fails, it is an inconvenience for a few hours, not the end of the world. If you don't have excellent, daily, automatic, backups that you 100% know how to restore, pass on this and spend your time/money fixing that issue first.

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05-21-2022 at 08:31 AM.

FWIW, got a WD Elements 1.5TB, had 13 hours on it. Perfect score in HD Sentinel.
So far......out of several SSD and portable HD refurbs, I've had great success.

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05-21-2022 at 08:36 AM.

It's very easy to find portable HDD's that are NEW for lower per TB prices than these refurbs. WD P10 5TB game drive is on Amazon right now for $24/TB, comes new with Amazon return policy and 3 year warranty, and it's usually $20/TB or less. Don't drink this Koolaid.