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expiredcaptainguy posted Oct 7, 2025 7:14 AM
Prime Members: 14TB Western Digital Elements USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
$170
$280
39% off
& More + Free Shippingat Amazon
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Or does WD put the same drives in both Easystore and Elements?
Or does WD put the same drives in both Easystore and Elements?
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Nope, no problem doing that.I preclear drives first (its a good test of the drive) and let it sit as an Unassigned Device. Once you are ready, stop the array and assign it and good to go.
100% smart tests and preclear so it's ready to go and weeds out any problems while I can still return it lol. Thanks yep, just purchased. I actually just did this with another drive I bought last year. It sat on the shelf and then just last month I decided to replace a 3TB drive I bought 10 years ago, not wanting wait for it to die. Just hadn't really thought then about any consequences of sitting on the shelf. Thanks for the answer. I Google it a bit and it does seem like it's good to sit, provided it's in a semi stable, dry environment.
WD element:
- $170 less 10% prime discount ~ $157 plus tax; 5400 rpm (firmware)
seagate expansion:
- $180 plus tax; enterprise exos
WD element:
- $170 less 10% prime discount ~ $157 plus tax; 5400 rpm (firmware)
seagate expansion:
- $180 plus tax; enterprise exos
This is cheapest I have seen on the 14 so gonna grab it. I will use my couple 4 TB older drives for redundancy on important movies, TV shows etc
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