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expireditsamazeling | Staff posted Jun 22, 2022 06:49 PM
expireditsamazeling | Staff posted Jun 22, 2022 06:49 PM

WD Hard Drives (Refurb): 3TB Western Digital My Book External Desktop

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Western Digital via eBay has select Certified Refurbished Western Digital Drives on sale below. Shipping is free.

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Update: This popular deal is still available.

Western Digital via eBay has select Certified Refurbished Western Digital Drives on sale below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter itsamazeling for posting this deal.
  • Note: These drives also include a 2-Year Allstate Warranty (more info). You may save an additional $15 Off your purchase when you buy 3 or more qualifying items.
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R3DTR1X
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For archival purposes, SMR is fine. Write once, then read mostly. It's constant read/write cycles that kill SMR drives. For important, irreplaceable files like family memories, best to make at least 2 copies and store one copy off site at a different location. I would have no problem using 2 of these drives for my photos and videos, then in the unlikely event one of them fails you will still have the other to retrieve them.
adamk77
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I've purchased one of these refurb drives and I would not recommend it. I ended up getting a refund.

I purchased it knowing fully well that these were SMR drives, but I did not expect 1 MB/sec both read/write speeds. This was transferring and reading large media files.
R3DTR1X
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Trash SMR drives make great plex drives

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Jun 22, 2022 11:39 PM
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kpb321Jun 22, 2022 11:39 PM
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Quote from Tillman91 :
I need a drive to put important photos/videos because my laptop is full. I'd be devastated if they were lost because most files are of family, and with my dad just passing away a few months ago, I'm afraid to buy something that could lose all my files as I can't get those memories back or make new ones with him. I looked for Father's Day deals, but it being the first holiday in my 31 years not spent with my dad, I wasn't in the right mindset to read and review the top drives for what I'm looking for. I have a lot of photos/videos, plus huge GoPro hero 9 files amount whatever else isn't on my iCloud (which is something I'd like to have a backup of as well sometime in the future because Icloud is weird and confusing to me, kinda like how I bought a huge brick of the 1TB one for $300-$400 back in 2009ish at Best Buy. I didn't know I could use it like a regular drive or SD card, so set it up with its software, meaning it's password protected, and if I remember correctly I cant update it by adding new files to it without losing my original update from 15 years ago. Plus I need a lot more space these days with 4K videos and GoPro hero 9 video files being so huge.

Any suggestions on what would be a good alternative to this? Big space, lower price that won't lose my files?

I can't spent too much because our household income is literally $0 and has been since he passed months ago. But I do need to be able to use my laptop and want to keep those files safe and not accidentally buy a Chinese knockoff or something that will break somehow. I usually buy from Amazon (never used eBay before),

Sorry, that was long! I've been finding out I talk a lot in this stage of grief (whatever it is these days). I'm like a crazy crack head these days with how much I talk/text (when not isolating).

. ..,,Anyway, I apologize and truly appreciate any suggestions you, or anyone willing to read all of this may have for me.

Thank you!
As others have said if the pictures are that important I wouldn't trust them to any single drive. All dives can and all eventually will fail. To protect what is important you need redundancy and as was already mentioned ideally at least one copy physically someplace else. Either stored on the cloud somewhere or in a bank vault or in a family/friends house.
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Jun 22, 2022 11:42 PM
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ketamineJun 22, 2022 11:42 PM
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Quote from dmandtheboys :
Trash SMR drives
Trash refurb drives.
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Jun 22, 2022 11:46 PM
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rbtree1Jun 22, 2022 11:46 PM
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Jun 22, 2022 11:53 PM
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rbtree1Jun 22, 2022 11:53 PM
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Quote from ketamine :
Trash refurb drives.
Not SMR, and nothing wrong with refurb drives. I will be ordering a couple, but the 10tb Elements refurbs, directly from WD, for $129... as I have another 15% off coupon to use, from the last drive I sent in for their recycle program. I'm springing for a couple now for two reasons: rak10 cash back is at 10% (not bad even though does hit 15% sometimes, like around Black Friday) And, even though I have 2 14 tb Elements, and a 16 tb internal Red Pro, I did sell a few 8 tb used drives and one 10 a while back. The refurb ones will likely be low hours and I'll report back on this thread after I get them and run Crystal Disk Info. Why? I like having the last word... Heh.

I do want to again remind slickdealers, that the best deals on WD drives are always to be had direct from WD, if you send in any old dead drive ahead of time, for the unlimited 15% coupon, and time it when rak10 points are at 10-15%
Jun 23, 2022 12:25 AM
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jsnbbqJun 23, 2022 12:25 AM
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Pass….all refurbished
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Jun 23, 2022 12:32 AM
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coronalForceJun 23, 2022 12:32 AM
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are the 2.5's shuckable?
Jun 23, 2022 12:41 AM
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MistaJohJun 23, 2022 12:41 AM
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Quote from Tillman91 :
I need a drive to put important photos/videos because my laptop is full. I'd be devastated if they were lost because most files are of family, and with my dad just passing away a few months ago, I'm afraid to buy something that could lose all my files as I can't get those memories back or make new ones with him. I looked for Father's Day deals, but it being the first holiday in my 31 years not spent with my dad, I wasn't in the right mindset to read and review the top drives for what I'm looking for. I have a lot of photos/videos, plus huge GoPro hero 9 files amount whatever else isn't on my iCloud (which is something I'd like to have a backup of as well sometime in the future because Icloud is weird and confusing to me, kinda like how I bought a huge brick of the 1TB one for $300-$400 back in 2009ish at Best Buy. I didn't know I could use it like a regular drive or SD card, so set it up with its software, meaning it's password protected, and if I remember correctly I cant update it by adding new files to it without losing my original update from 15 years ago. Plus I need a lot more space these days with 4K videos and GoPro hero 9 video files being so huge.

Any suggestions on what would be a good alternative to this? Big space, lower price that won't lose my files?

I can't spent too much because our household income is literally $0 and has been since he passed months ago. But I do need to be able to use my laptop and want to keep those files safe and not accidentally buy a Chinese knockoff or something that will break somehow. I usually buy from Amazon (never used eBay before),

Sorry, that was long! I've been finding out I talk a lot in this stage of grief (whatever it is these days). I'm like a crazy crack head these days with how much I talk/text (when not isolating).

. ..,,Anyway, I apologize and truly appreciate any suggestions you, or anyone willing to read all of this may have for me.

Thank you!
Trust no hard drive…backup the backup then the backup
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Glade2-Pronounce-TapJun 23, 2022 12:44 AM
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Quote from SlickName5642 :
Careful. Not much feedback on the drives but the eBay Seller feedback on shipping and/or receiving of the product is sketchy at best. "Warning Will Robinson!"
I mean it's literally wd? So if there's a problem it's insta RMA. Plus these come with two year warranty.
Jun 23, 2022 12:49 AM
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dogstar1Jun 23, 2022 12:49 AM
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Quote from Glade2-Pronounce-Tap :
I mean it's literally wd? So if there's a problem it's insta RMA. Plus these come with two year warranty.
Conflicting info on the warranty. Part of the listing says 2 year All State warranty, another part says manufacturer's limited warranty. Anyone know for sure?
Jun 23, 2022 12:52 AM
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Glade2-Pronounce-TapJun 23, 2022 12:52 AM
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Quote from dogstar1 :
Conflicting info on the warranty. Part of the listing says 2 year All State warranty, another part says manufacturer's limited warranty. Anyone know for sure?
True I just noticed that. I bought four of the 8tb. I've heard of people doing warranty on shucked drives anyway, so who knows. For 100 bucks each I'm not going to complain. It's been over 500 days since these drives were 119 new.
Jun 23, 2022 12:53 AM
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Glade2-Pronounce-TapJun 23, 2022 12:53 AM
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For what it's worth, the real here is the 8TB drives. The 2.5" drives are def smr, and honestly you should go enterprise if you're looking for 2.5" form factor.
Jun 23, 2022 01:16 AM
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LilylyJun 23, 2022 01:16 AM
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Quote from RancidRat :
To compare "WD easystore Portable Drive 5TB Certified Refurbished" - there was a deal around May 19th 2022 on "WD 5TB Elements SE Certified Refurbished Portable Hard Drive Black" for $55.99 each. They sold out rapidly.
so this deal is worse than the previous deal?
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Jun 23, 2022 01:25 AM
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RancidRatJun 23, 2022 01:25 AM
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Quote from Lilyly :
so this deal is worse than the previous deal?
This deal advertised here is not as good of a deal as the one I cited from May 2022; this 5TB model is $10 more. Sorry, my comment wasn't clear, especially since OP wrote a different name for the 5TB model than is on the actual listing page.

This 5TB model isn't the exact same product as the one that was listed in May 2022, but there's not much of a difference between the two, either. And $65 for a 5TB portable external HD isn't bad. I'd go in on this deal if I needed the archival space immediately. Like I said, the HDs listed in May sold out quickly, within a few hours, iirc.
Last edited by RancidRat June 22, 2022 at 06:35 PM.
Jun 23, 2022 01:26 AM
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SeattleZJun 23, 2022 01:26 AM
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Yeah, used drives are like used underwear, avoid at all costs.
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Jun 23, 2022 01:36 AM
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kaz420Jun 23, 2022 01:36 AM
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
For archival purposes, SMR is fine. Write once, then read mostly. It's constant read/write cycles that kill SMR drives. For important, irreplaceable files like family memories, best to make at least 2 copies and store one copy off site at a different location. I would have no problem using 2 of these drives for my photos and videos, then in the unlikely event one of them fails you will still have the other to retrieve them.
Yes I have multiple drives for the same files. One stays in a safe and I update it once a month and my other I use throughout the month to clear up my phone and other things.

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