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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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Model: WD My Book 12TB USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive, Black

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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.
Cats beg to differ.

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

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01-29-2023 at 11:29 PM.
01-29-2023 at 11:29 PM.
Quote from dealstorm :
Cats beg to differ.

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

Dogs > cats
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01-29-2023 at 11:35 PM.
01-29-2023 at 11:35 PM.
Are these SMR?
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01-29-2023 at 11:39 PM.
01-29-2023 at 11:39 PM.
enterprise model?
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01-30-2023 at 12:42 AM.
01-30-2023 at 12:42 AM.
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I would just ask for the particulars you want then.
The "is it shuckable" thing is so rampant and ridiculous at this point that it's almost a meme and most of those comments won't get answered and will get down voted to oblivion. Plus the answer is always yes for 3.5" enclosed drives so.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If you can't find the info you need by Googling the model, just ask about PWDIS or whatever your concern is. There really aren't ever any crazy "gotchas" though with any of the larger externals. If you get a drive that supports PWDIS and your PSU doesn't... you either tape a pin, snip it, or use an adapter, Done. The drive won't power up long enough to do anything, so you'll know right away.

Asking a question you basically know the answer to just because you're hoping for other supporting details is not the way I would play it here. Most SD folks are knowledgeable and willing to share info, but they aren't going to waste their time (usually) with the same questions that get asked every time these are posted.

You just helped someone and then yelled at them for asking a question. Thinking about that for a minute. I'd say most SD folks don't want that kind of toxic nonsense.
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01-30-2023 at 12:49 AM.
01-30-2023 at 12:49 AM.
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Cats beg to differ.

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

May i suggest velcro... and a taser..
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01-30-2023 at 12:49 AM.
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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.
Buy 2 - use 1 as a mirror.
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01-30-2023 at 01:07 AM.
01-30-2023 at 01:07 AM.
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.
I bought a new Dell PC that had a hard drive that disengages the read/write heads when a fall is sensed. 3rd day of ownership my dog went under my desk and knocked it onto the floor. Hard drive was fine. CD tray shattered and flew out the case though. Point being, the hard drive was actually fine. So I never buy drives now unless they have this technology or are SSD's.
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01-30-2023 at 01:13 AM.
01-30-2023 at 01:13 AM.
Quote from thepipe :
Buy 2 - use 1 as a mirror.

Buying two of the same exact drive to use one as a backup for the other is never recommended (not including RAID+1 in this).

What if both drives had some fatal flaw that doesn't show up until later on?

It's best to get two completely unrelated drives of similar spec, but with no chance that they were ever on the same production line.
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01-30-2023 at 01:53 AM.
01-30-2023 at 01:53 AM.
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This one shuckable?
Quote from cdkee :
Just wanted other folk's experience with this particular model. You provided exactly what I was looking for with regards to whether or not these need the 3.3v pins covered or not, so thanks. I've shucked EasyStores so just wanted to ask if there were any gotchas with these
Quote from lastwraith :
I would just ask for the particulars you want then....
Lastwraith brings up a good point.

The question "are these shuckable" is usually asked for more than one reason.

Usually, people are asking if they can be shucked and then used in a separate RAID enclosure.

Other times they are asking if they will be able to remove the drive to recover information if the case fails. (Some WD drives have permanent hardware encryption enabled even if you don't set it. Some also turn on automatic hardware encryption if you use the WD backup software. I am not sure for this model, but you can google)

The answers will be different, so it's best to ask question with specifics.

Good luck!.
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01-30-2023 at 01:54 AM.
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Quote from wherestheanykey :
Buying two of the same exact drive to use one as a backup for the other is never recommended (not including RAID+1 in this).

What if both drives had some fatal flaw that doesn't show up until later on?

It's best to get two completely unrelated drives of similar spec, but with no chance that they were ever on the same production line.
100% correct!
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01-30-2023 at 03:36 AM.
01-30-2023 at 03:36 AM.
Quote from dRuEFFECT :
You just helped someone and then yelled at them for asking a question. Thinking about that for a minute. I'd say most SD folks don't want that kind of toxic nonsense.
No, if you read and processed my post, you'd see that I told them to ask the question they really want answered.
They asked "is it shuckable" (which is always yes for these) but really wanted to know about any "gotchas" for when the drive was shucked. So just ask that in the first place and people will be more inclined to answer and share their experience vs the "yes" that it's otherwise going to be every time because people are tired of answering.

Hopefully that explanation makes you understand why I posted what I did. If I just wanted to be toxic, I wouldn't have bothered adding so many details about the actual drive enclosed.
I also don't even think the tone of my response was at all aggressive. If you think that post is an example of "toxicity", I'd love to know where/why. Also, you're going to be in for a rude awakening here and on the internet forums at large.
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01-30-2023 at 03:38 AM.
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I bought a new Dell PC that had a hard drive that disengages the read/write heads when a fall is sensed. 3rd day of ownership my dog went under my desk and knocked it onto the floor. Hard drive was fine. CD tray shattered and flew out the case though. Point being, the hard drive was actually fine. So I never buy drives now unless they have this technology or are SSD's.
Yup, most decent laptops with HDDs were shipping with fall/G sensors to protect mechanical drives. At this point though, SSDs are more common so it isn't really necessary.
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01-30-2023 at 03:40 AM.
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Quote from SGogo :
Lastwraith brings up a good point.

The question "are these shuckable" is usually asked for more than one reason.

Usually, people are asking if they can be shucked and then used in a separate RAID enclosure.

Other times they are asking if they will be able to remove the drive to recover information if the case fails. (Some WD drives have permanent hardware encryption enabled even if you don't set it. Some also turn on automatic hardware encryption if you use the WD backup software. I am not sure for this model, but you can google)

The answers will be different, so it's best to ask question with specifics.

Good luck!.
Exactly. Some people are worried about SMR, helium/air, some about PWDIS, others about disabling encryption on certain MyBooks, etc.
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01-30-2023 at 05:12 AM.
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Deal just be dead.. it's showing up $224 for me.
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01-30-2023 at 06:05 AM.
01-30-2023 at 06:05 AM.
Quote from dd_creations15 :
Deal just be dead.. it's showing up $224 for me.

It says $169.57 for me. Three whole cents cheaper!
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