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It's so hard to predict lately. When I got mine (probably a year ago), there were two drives showing up. Looking at the 8TB WD drive from today ($160), there are a crap-ton that can pop up. Check...
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Usually faster speeds
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How long ago? Most posts I see are claiming blues out of these but I might jump on it if there’s a chance for red or HGST. Only thing I hate about my current HGSTs is they are loud.
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this is not relatively cheaper. the BF sale one was 79.99 for 4TB
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Other than being relatively cheaper, are there advantages (reliability, etc) with these bigger drives than the portable 2.5" ones?
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Thank you.
I tried to format the one from Seagate, but it created a mess in my Mac and didn’t work.
I’m not the best person for dealing with computers, and that’s why I’m concerned whether this is...
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either one will work, you just may have to reformat as exFAT, since these come NTFS
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Is this compatible with Mac’s?
I bought the one from Seagate and I’m having trouble to use it. The support told me it should be only used with Windows OS.
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Now I’m confused if I should return it or not. If it’s better than WD RED then it doesn’t make sense to return
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My code for Saturday if anyone needs it.
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Red in side, confirmed, bought 500, no more left Shuckers!
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How is it that these are cheaper than internal drives?
Thinking of just getting this for the hard drive for my NAS.
Then using the external as a drive enclosure, when needed.
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the Seagate likely has a Barrcuda Pro enterprise drive which is just fine and might be better a Red.
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Figures....Oh well. Will have to try again another time.
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Same--usually means dead deal :(
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Thanks! I think I will return it once it arrives and wait for WD 8TB for $140. I’m not in a hurry.
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if anyone has a code they're not using pm me please. signed up but didn't get a code
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seagate is garbage
my personal experience with the drives and company.
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That's not universally true and only will confuse people. Many of the white label drives are actually red drives, that WD slapped on (presumably) to counter the rumor you can get reds out of these....
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Is this better in quality compared to Seagate 8TB deal posted (Amazon)? I need drive for storage and not quick access
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