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12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

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Amazon has 12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (WDBBGB0120HBK-NESN) on sale for $169.57. Shipping is free.

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    • Our research indicates that this 12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (WDBBGB0120HBK-NESN) is $10.42 lower (5.7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $179.99 at the time of this post.
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Amazon has 12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (WDBBGB0120HBK-NESN) on sale for $169.57. Shipping is free.

Note: Usually ships within 2 to 5 weeks.

Thanks to Community Member satellite779 for finding this deal.

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Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this 12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (WDBBGB0120HBK-NESN) is $10.42 lower (5.7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $179.99 at the time of this post.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and discussion.
  • About this product:
    • This external hard drive has a 4.4 out of 5 star overall rating on Amazon based on over 9,300 reviews.
  • About this store:

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lastwraith
Honest question - what does Bluetooth have to do with the physical location of an external drive? You aren't transferring multiple gigabytes of data over Bluetooth unless you're a masochist.
dealstorm
Cats beg to differ.

Actually, you are correct. Cats don't need a reason.

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Danimal86
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Good price per tb
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ElatedWalrus2609
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12TB is one huge load of data. If you are going to stuff that much onto an external drive keep one thing in mind. If that drive gets knocked to the floor while powered up, there's a very good chance that will render the drive unreadable. You may have luck trying to use a HD reclamation program, otherwise it's off to the drive labs where the charge by the GB, usually a lot.
Just something to keep in mind. I have seem more than my share of these outboard drives fail for just that reason Not saying don't buy it, not a bad price. Just exercise some real caution when placing it for use.
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cockadoodle
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Quote from Danimal86 :
Good price per tb
I will wait for recession to lower prices more...
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cdkee
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This one shuckable?
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Quote from Eagles89 :
Every computer has bluetooth now. There is literally no reason for your hard drive to get "knocked to the floor"
Cats beg to differ.

Actually, you are correct. Cats don't need a reason.
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lastwraith
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Quote from cdkee :
This one shuckable?
Yes. And also, why wouldn't it be? I truly don't understand why people keep asking about the 3.5" drives in an enclosure, they are always shuckable and you can Google any of these WD drives because they are listed all the time and the most commonly shucked drives.
Ask about the 2.5" all you want if you can't Google because some of those are actually stuck with a micro-B connector (though technically still shuckable).
These larger drives are always just regular drives inside.
Mine was a white label (because they all are now) helium drive that did NOT require the PWDIS 3.3v "mod" (taping a connector), but apparently you might also get a non-helium (air) drive and/or one that requires the PWDIS mod because WD sometimes fits a slightly different drive. Either way you can remove and use it as an internal just like all their other 3.5" drive enclosures.
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lastwraith
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Quote from Eagles89 :
Every computer has bluetooth now. There is literally no reason for your hard drive to get "knocked to the floor"
Honest question - what does Bluetooth have to do with the physical location of an external drive? You aren't transferring multiple gigabytes of data over Bluetooth unless you're a masochist.
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lastwraith
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Quote from ElatedWalrus2609 :
12TB is one huge load of data. If you are going to stuff that much onto an external drive keep one thing in mind. If that drive gets knocked to the floor while powered up, there's a very good chance that will render the drive unreadable. You may have luck trying to use a HD reclamation program, otherwise it's off to the drive labs where the charge by the GB, usually a lot.
Just something to keep in mind. I have seem more than my share of these outboard drives fail for just that reason Not saying don't buy it, not a bad price. Just exercise some real caution when placing it for use.
Drive size makes no difference for data loss. All drives fail eventually, regardless of the reason.
Either you care about your data and have backups or you don't. Bigger drives just make it easier from a density standpoint.
I would never NOT buy a drive simply because it's big and when it fails I might lose data. If I don't have a backup for the data on that drive.... I clearly can afford to lose it all.
If you're letting people know that physically jostling a mechanical drive when it's in operation isn't a great idea, hopefully people already know that. Also, just put these on their side and they can't tip over. The drives won't care and the tipping hazard is removed.
Last edited by lastwraith January 29, 2023 at 11:25 PM.
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