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Posted 6 March 2024
5TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (Recertified) / 4TB £60.99
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Back in stock, decent offer. Recertified drive with 1-Year Limited Warranty.
WD Elements portable storage with USB 3.0 delivers maximum data transfer rates, universal connectivity 1TB capacity for value-conscious consumers who are looking for reliable, high-capacity storage to go. Protect your files with the free 30-day trial of WD SmartWare Pro - automatic backup software. Formatted NTFS for Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. For Mac OS X reformatting will be required.
WD Elements portable storage with USB 3.0 delivers maximum data transfer rates, universal connectivity 1TB capacity for value-conscious consumers who are looking for reliable, high-capacity storage to go. Protect your files with the free 30-day trial of WD SmartWare Pro - automatic backup software. Formatted NTFS for Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. For Mac OS X reformatting will be required.
- High capacity in a small enclosure. The small, lightweight design offers high-capacity storage, making WD Elements the ideal companion for value-conscious consumers who want to take their important files with them.
- Run speed 5400 rpm.
- Storage space 5TB
- USB 2.0.
- USB 3.0.
- Weight 0.13kg.
- Size H1.5, W8.24, L11.1cm.
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sorted byUtter garbage.
Both still going strong but are only one part of a triple backup solution.
Only a few gb worth, but would worry about them getting corrupted.
Also, it would be stored in a fireproof safe that's in a fairly cold and damp environment
Any advice would be appreciated
(1) 3M 3½" 1.44 MB floppy disks made in the USA during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Why? My data is still accessible today.
(2) Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden CDs made in Japan during the noughties. Why? My data is still accessible today (probably applies to DVD±R too).
All other media made in India, Thailand, Malaysia, China simply do not possess the chemical resilience for archival longevity.
(3) If you're looking for modern archival storage, one's based on NAND flash is not an option.
(4) If you can find a brand-new HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) Deskstar 1TB or 2TB hard drive (essentially an IBM drive) manufactured between 2010 and 2014ish on eBay (I've seen a couple UK listed in Feb 2024), these drives were on the bleeding edge of technological advances in areal density, were exceptionally reliable and had a 5 year guarantee (unlike today's HDDs), and were the fastest HDDs on the market, hence the most expensive. You can safely assume your data will be preserved for posterity on an HGST HDD. (edited)
Personally, because I have a NAS, PC and laptop, I use 'Resilio Sync' to synchronise my files between all three machines. I've never really trusted RAID as you have all your disks in one chassis/computer and if there's a fire, it gets stolen, etc you're screwed.... (edited)
They are back here (with inflation)
NEVER BUY A recertified hard drive IF YOU VALUE YOUR DATA.