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Refurb: 12TB HGST Ultrastar He12 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive + 5yr Warranty Expired

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goHardDrive via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar He12 7.2K RPM 6Gb/s SATA 3.5 Internal Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, HUH721212ALE601) + 5-Year Seller Warranty on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Note: Includes a 1-Year Allstate Warranty + a 5-Year Warranty from the Reseller.
Specs:
  • 12TB Internal Capacity
  • Ultrastar He12 Series
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed
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For those of us who wanted goHardDrive's 5 year warranty on a 12TB HGST drive, the price has finally dropped to $80 matching what we saw from SPD.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156046813385
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Seriously, so tired of the same garbage being posted in every thread.
Just to get the rest of the nonsense out of the way :
1) Yes, it's a lot of data to potentially lose so don't be a moron and DO have a backup strategy if it's data you care about.
2) These drives potentially support PWDIS so make sure you do the 3.3v mod and tape or snip the pin if you have a drive that supports PWDIS but a PSU that doesn't. You can also use a Molex to SATA adapter, but use the crimped ones and not the molded ones since the molded ones can burn up.
3) Yes, they don't ACTUALLY refurbish the drive. Do you know how many places are equipped with a clean room to take apart drives and do actual refurbishing? I don't, but I do know that I don't want some random third party opening my HDD before they sell it to me. Slapping a sticker on it, doing a format or secure erase, and even blanking SMART is about all the refurbishing I require on an HDD. Or a PC for that matter.
4) Yes, these drives have a good number of hours on them. Yes, enterprise drive MTBF numbers are insanely high but don't necessarily guarantee a long life. Lots of hours doesn't necessarily mean a shorter lifespan either. If you can't handle that and would rather pay retail..... bye.
5) Yeo, these CAN be louder than normal drives. But honestly, the helium drives from WD have been no louder than most non-enterprise air drives I've dealt with in the past. Your enclosure, mounting strategy, closeness to the enclosure, and personal hearing ability are all variables we can't know. FWIW, I don't think these drives are "loud".
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He doesn't need a hug. He just needs people to be able to post deals on these drives without someone coming in every single time and commenting that they wouldn't use a used hard drive, followed by pages of arguing on how reliable these are and how much life is left in them. And he's not alone. This gets old
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The listing says that is has both a 3 year and 5 year warranty. I sent the seller a message asking for clarity. Ill post back what they say.
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sakaria
03-16-2024 at 11:20 AM.
03-16-2024 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from theshopper2022 :
I would recommend a dock for 3.5 inch drives. This way you can hoard drives and hot swap when needed.

Something like this would do the job if you need a brand name.
SATA External Hard drive Docking [ebay.us]

I personally have this one on my desktop.
USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard drive Docking Station [ebay.us]

Thanks for the suggestions. I came to the same conclusion and ended up ordering two of these drives and a dock. Next I'll have to figure out if I can connect the dock directly to my router and set up some sort of automated backup for our various computers or if it's better to connect directly to a computer.
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n8236
03-16-2024 at 11:49 AM.
03-16-2024 at 11:49 AM.
Waiting for $60!
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lennonst
03-16-2024 at 12:50 PM.
03-16-2024 at 12:50 PM.
Quote from DreamerbyDesign :
Backup is your friend…. This drive or any can and will fail. If you aren't following good backup procedures, you are just waiting to lose your data.
Thats why I always keep a paper copy of my data in the safe, hand written so I know what all the data says.

Also bought 11x of these so I got 5 backups and 5 backups of the backups. $900 for 12tb is a steal.
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TheClassic
03-16-2024 at 03:07 PM.
03-16-2024 at 03:07 PM.
Riskiest part of this 5 year warranty is: will the seller still be around?
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DillDozer
03-16-2024 at 04:28 PM.
03-16-2024 at 04:28 PM.
Quote from TheClassic :
Riskiest part of this 5 year warranty is: will the seller still be around?

Go hard drive has been around a long time
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laleyan
03-16-2024 at 07:41 PM.
03-16-2024 at 07:41 PM.
Quote from stephentam615 :
Thank you! I have another newbie question. Do these drives power down while my computer is on to save energy or do they keep running?
By default they spin down and park when not in use and then if you try to access them they wake up and spin again like a regular consumer drive. This is the default behavior and can be changed if needed via OS settings.
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03-16-2024 at 07:44 PM.
03-16-2024 at 07:44 PM.
Quote from CalmCrib9429 :
How many bad sectors on these drives is an okay number?

Zero.
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BalkiBartokomous
03-16-2024 at 07:51 PM.
03-16-2024 at 07:51 PM.
Quote from stephentam615 :
Thank you! I have another newbie question. Do these drives power down while my computer is on to save energy or do they keep running?
Your OS will tell the drive what to do in terms of power saving.
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gamespeed
03-16-2024 at 11:06 PM.
03-16-2024 at 11:06 PM.
Got mine today. It has about 29k power-on hours, or about 3.3 years.
I am trying to test it by putting it into a USB enclosure, before putting it into my mini tower with Proxmox (I am still new to it).
However SeaTools doesn't quite give much useful into. Hard Disk Sentinel Pro does require purchase of license to do many tests. Still trying to figure out how to properly test it.
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lastwraith
03-17-2024 at 12:59 AM.
03-17-2024 at 12:59 AM.
Quote from greymoose :
Nothing on the Newegg site mentions the 5-year warranty. It also states no accessories. The Ebay listing mentions warranty and the reviews say that the drive included Power Disable Adapter.

FWIW....
It's going to be the same warranty though, based on past user inquiries when this comes up.
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lastwraith
03-17-2024 at 01:02 AM.
03-17-2024 at 01:02 AM.
Quote from gamespeed :
Got mine today. It has about 29k power-on hours, or about 3.3 years.
I am trying to test it by putting it into a USB enclosure, before putting it into my mini tower with Proxmox (I am still new to it).
However SeaTools doesn't quite give much useful into. Hard Disk Sentinel Pro does require purchase of license to do many tests. Still trying to figure out how to properly test it.
Not sure what tests you're looking for but since it's an HGST/WD, you can always use WD Data Lifeguard and just run the extended test, which will take over 24 hrs.

Some USB enclosures do not allow much drive information to pass to the host btw, that may be your current problem.
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Nacho1545
03-17-2024 at 03:51 AM.
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Was in check out and priced jumped to 89.99. Deal dead
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03-17-2024 at 04:13 AM.
03-17-2024 at 04:13 AM.
Quote from theshopper2022 :
I would recommend a dock for 3.5 inch drives. This way you can hoard drives and hot swap when needed.

I personally have this one on my desktop.
USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard drive Docking Station [ebay.us]
Thanks for the suggestion. I needed something like this because I have a bunch of old IDE drives too. It's slightly cheaper on Amazon after a 10% coupon on the product page.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1
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Deci
03-18-2024 at 08:26 AM.
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got 1 with 28k hours and 1 with 34k.

All SMART data okay

i ran short and extended tests on HDDScan and WD Dashboard were fine

Is this all okay or hours too high?
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Quote from lastwraith :
Seriously, so tired of the same garbage being posted in every thread.
Just to get the rest of the nonsense out of the way :
1) Yes, it's a lot of data to potentially lose so don't be a moron and DO have a backup strategy if it's data you care about.
2) These drives potentially support PWDIS so make sure you do the 3.3v mod and tape or snip the pin if you have a drive that supports PWDIS but a PSU that doesn't. You can also use a Molex to SATA adapter, but use the crimped ones and not the molded ones since the molded ones can burn up.
3) Yes, they don't ACTUALLY refurbish the drive. Do you know how many places are equipped with a clean room to take apart drives and do actual refurbishing? I don't, but I do know that I don't want some random third party opening my HDD before they sell it to me. Slapping a sticker on it, doing a format or secure erase, and even blanking SMART is about all the refurbishing I require on an HDD. Or a PC for that matter.
4) Yes, these drives have a good number of hours on them. Yes, enterprise drive MTBF numbers are insanely high but don't necessarily guarantee a long life. Lots of hours doesn't necessarily mean a shorter lifespan either. If you can't handle that and would rather pay retail..... bye.
5) Yeo, these CAN be louder than normal drives. But honestly, the helium drives from WD have been no louder than most non-enterprise air drives I've dealt with in the past. Your enclosure, mounting strategy, closeness to the enclosure, and personal hearing ability are all variables we can't know. FWIW, I don't think these drives are "loud".
I received mine but after connecting it, the computer (Win10) gives a green screen crash on boot. I've tried in each of the SATA ports, and same result. Even if the C drive and this new drive are the only two in the computer, it still crashes. If I plug in after boot, it's still not recognized. I can feel it spinning and can hear occasional clicks, but after 2 hours, still no recognition. Did I get a bad disk? Any tips?
I've also reached out to the seller and am awaiting a reply.
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