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Best Buy has 5TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (WDBAJP0050BBK-WESN) for $89.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.
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Best Buy via eBay has 5TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (WDBAJP0050BBK-WESN) for $89.99. Shipping is free.

Product features:
  • 5TB storage capacity
  • USB 3.0 interface
  • Portable design
  • Automatic backup options
  • Compatible w/ PC or Mac
  • WD Drive Utilities

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

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I have a number of these 5TB portable hard drives, they mostly are for people to use for storage, sort of double backup if you have NAS with same stuff on it. The top speed when plugging into a usb3 port is between 90-110mps, which is the same speed as my NAS gives when I exchange stuff on my PC.

The other way I use it is label the 5TB portable with YEAR , for example, I would put 2023 year on hard drive, and over the course of year, copy stuff from the PC or transfer stuff to laptop or share some stuff with others. This way current 2023 stuff is on device, and when 2024 comes out just put a new 5tb on for that year.

Just be VERY Careful to not bump into these drives if the hard drive is in active use, ... because you will corrupt the drive. BE VERY CAREFUL! It is SMR drive which is fine for storage. The thing is if you have laptop, and you take it with you, be VERY Careful, because a bump, or jarring the drive when writing could ruin your day. Smilie
Does that matter considering it's a HDD? Saved on cost.
Nope. Hdd soldered on.

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01-16-2023 at 09:29 AM.
01-16-2023 at 09:29 AM.
Exactly what I needed after getting my fiancé a new laptop, was worried the internal 1TB NVME would fill up with all of her pictures. Got about 600GB family videos and pics. 4K HDR 60fps
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01-16-2023 at 09:59 AM.
01-16-2023 at 09:59 AM.
Not USB-C
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h0va4life
01-16-2023 at 10:43 AM.
01-16-2023 at 10:43 AM.
Quote from eslav :
Not USB-C
Does that matter considering it's a HDD? Saved on cost.
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01-16-2023 at 12:01 PM.
01-16-2023 at 12:01 PM.
Shuckable?
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Quikfinger
01-16-2023 at 12:34 PM.
01-16-2023 at 12:34 PM.
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Shuckable?

Nope. Hdd soldered on.
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01-16-2023 at 12:50 PM.
01-16-2023 at 12:50 PM.
Quote from eslav :
Not USB-C

Ty, that microb 3.0 port needs to die.

I would rather pay a bit more for a more modern usb c port than a early 2000s port that I never see used on anything than portable hdds...might as well be a proprietary port for them
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01-16-2023 at 01:01 PM.
Quote from samuraiX20 :
Ty, that microb 3.0 port needs to die.

I would rather pay a bit more for a more modern usb c port than a early 2000s port that I never see used on anything than portable hdds...might as well be a proprietary port for them
I mean, it's a spinning hard disk you really want USB-C on this aging drive technology? Go look for a native external NVME drive with USB-A you'll never find one ever on planet earth. There's a reason why they're all on USB-C and that's because of their speed reads and writes.
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01-16-2023 at 02:00 PM.
01-16-2023 at 02:00 PM.
USB interface is soldered to drive on these. Sucks...
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01-16-2023 at 02:11 PM.
01-16-2023 at 02:11 PM.
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Does that matter considering it's a HDD? Saved on cost.
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I mean, it's a spinning hard disk you really want USB-C on this aging drive technology? Go look for a native external NVME drive with USB-A you'll never find one ever on planet earth. There's a reason why they're all on USB-C and that's because of their speed reads and writes.
It's not about the speed, it's about more and more laptops now coming only with USB-C ports. USB-A will be PS/2 pretty soon.
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01-16-2023 at 02:14 PM.
01-16-2023 at 02:14 PM.
Is this SMR or CMR?

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Q: Are these drives CMR or SMR?
Asked 1 year ago by JoeyT.

A: SMR I would guess, but mine died in just 19 months Frown
Answered 3 months ago by CliffSebringVerified Purchase
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01-16-2023 at 02:54 PM.
01-16-2023 at 02:54 PM.
Quote from nyicon86 :
I mean, it's a spinning hard disk you really want USB-C on this aging drive technology? Go look for a native external NVME drive with USB-A you'll never find one ever on planet earth. There's a reason why they're all on USB-C and that's because of their speed reads and writes.
HDD drives are not going anywhere any time soon, and they are still MUCH cheaper than SSDs. Most non-tech savvy people probably don't know the difference between HDD and SSD and don't know which one is faster, and they may have never heard of SSD-based portable drives.

I have a few micro B cables solely because I have data on some old drives, and cannot wait for everything to become USB-C.

That said, WD does provide USB-C drives in their My Passport Ultra line, and other brands like Lacie has been offering USB-C drives for a while.
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01-16-2023 at 02:56 PM.
01-16-2023 at 02:56 PM.
Quote from Wand :
It's not about the speed, it's about more and more laptops now coming only with USB-C ports. USB-A will be PS/2 pretty soon.
Ok that is understandable concern - although its a rarity that laptop doesn't have USB-A, and even then most ppl use one of those hubs anyway - are wireless mouse/keyboards now coming with usb-c dongles? All of my laptops, including a yoga have usb-a and usb 4 ports, but not all of my laptops have HDMI.

I'd rather have the savings and not force usb-c for a small portion of ppl, and that portion can buy an adapter on their own.
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01-16-2023 at 03:10 PM.
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Quote from h0va4life :
Ok that is understandable concern - although its a rarity that laptop doesn't have USB-A, and even then most ppl use one of those hubs anyway - are wireless mouse/keyboards now coming with usb-c dongles? All of my laptops, including a yoga have usb-a and usb 4 ports, but not all of my laptops have HDMI.

I'd rather have the savings and not force usb-c for a small portion of ppl, and that portion can buy an adapter on their own.

Macbook air and pro doesnt have any usb-a only usb c so its not that rare actually
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