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I do agree that it was a fairly pointless comment I made - although in fairness, pointless comments aren't exactly rare on this site.

That bit wasn't a dig. I am one of many that wasn't smart and lost data. I got smart and now backup, it's simple advice. The dig was "there's always one" and I think fair because the predictable "that's a lot of data to lose" is a fairly pointless comment.

Sigh. Yes, I'm well aware that keeping a full backup, ideally multiple, of valuable data is important. In terms of non-valuable data, it'd still be a pain for a single 10TB failure. Quite why people can't respond about the need to backup without making digs like "the smart ones", or the person above making a silly comment about floppy disks, I don't know.

Still available to order from Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07CMH78R5?ref_=Oct_DLandingS_PC_7176fed8_NA&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

Well spotted @Smash77 ! Still waiting on two of these from the last amazing amazon offer, but not yet dispatched. Looking at this deal 'bare bones' could save me £23, but the slightly later delivery window put me off cancelling original order for this. But that was then and this is now, if I hadn't already placed the order I would be throwing my money at this. I wouldn't let the warranty/return issues put you off too much because I have found their UK return service (including the online support) excellent and they never ask pedantic questions like proof of purchase. Just make sure you register the purchase on their website with the date of purchase and you will have 3 years worry free. (annoyed) There's always one. Any data storage device, whatever the capacity, can die on you for a hundred different reasons, and they often do. The smart ones have at least one full backup of ALL of their valued data so if a drive malfunctions they can rest easy. Edit: looks like it's back up to £199 used only.

£22 per Tb seems good to me. Used WD for years and swear by them, especially over Seagate which are often listed on here and are price competitive. As with all things though, a couple lucky or unlucky experiences give people opposing views. These guys do a great job producing stats of drive failures used in there data centre, which generally shows that no brand is truly reliable but drives are getting more reliable year-on-year. My advice would be if it’s a good price, with a good warranty then I wouldn’t worry too much about who swears by what, or who calls what the hellspawn of drives and just buy it.

Hot deal...but after 4 drive fails in the last 12 months, I’ve moved away from WD. :(

It's gonna get HOT in here ... :-D

Ofc topic slightly but has anyone stripped the drive out if these to run in another machine or server? Is it possible to do so or is it best left in the enclosure?

I wonder if WD can decrypt returns?

Fyi MyBook has hardware encryption. Great for security, but this means if the drives goes faulty, your data could be stuck on the drive, inaccessible.

Isn't it better to get the mybook for £101 due to the extra year's warranty?

Does this work on Xbox one (y) 🏻

If you say so. This is at least £100 more expensive elsewhere and 1 x 6TB Red is £160

Currently no such thing as a WD RED 12TB drive. 2 * 6Tb which isn't that great a deal.

So only 12TB

Not sure why cold, great price, brilliant for backup!!

That would be cool. Cheers

Anyone got a large WD they want to place. I have a 25% off code, once only for new products.

4TB is OOS

The link is not working now either.

Looks like there are none now available in UK. Never mind, better luck next time I suppose

Yep im not sure about the single one but if you portforward it you might be able to use it as a network drive (works on the ex2 ultra). In theory if you portfoward the drive and use a DDNS you could use it as a network drive aswell

Ah interesting, so setup a DDNS in the 2 locations (one already has one actually) and you can do it that way? Nice :)

You can put the device in a different location portfoward port 80 and 8080 and sync them together using a DDNS if you dont have a static IP. Works perfectly for me.

damn, would have been sweet if the sync would work elsewhere

Local / Network so no

Bit concerned that ordered model WDS250G2B0A as in : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-WDS250G2B0A-Blue-Internal/dp/B073SB2MXW and have received model WDS250G1B0A as in : hhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-WDS250G1B0A-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B01LXDQX35 Then again may be better off with what given? https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ru&sp=nmt4&u=https://3dnews.ru/938764/page-3.html&xid=17259,15700019,15700186,15700191,15700253,15700256,15700259&usg=ALkJrhjtiHEIjBQeMLrZua3QT6KUCimbTg#Western Digital Blue SSD Though guess that could have been a dodgy sample. Seems the model ending in 2B0A is the one with the five year guarantee : https://support.wdc.com/warranty/warrantypolicy.aspx?lang=en#group2

I'm not comparing with nvme, I'm comparing with most other branded ssds that have >500MB/s read/write. and you shouldn't compare ssds with hdds without mentioning cost

Not really dude thats the old 250gb drive - check the review its 2017 this is the 3d Nand upgraded version so no not the same benchmark! And its India lol Having worked there as well, I wouldn't trust anything coming out of that part of the world - they cant even play cricket without cheating! Ahh Google can sometimes be the enemy! :{

It really depends what you mean by slow - To be quite honest if you can actually tell the difference when you are using virtually any mid range SSD they you are a whizzkid - I have 15 ssd drives in my lab and i honestly cannot tell the difference in speed between any of them in actual use but i dont go measuring bootup times and stuff like that anymore - the days of overclocking AMD A6 and Intel cpus is over for me - no need these days! Just buy yer SSD cheapest ye can find and be happy with it! Personally I would go for the Integral 240Gb! :{

Well I've got a 250gb wd green that works just fine and isn't "slow" as indicated by your opinion.

now £28.68

No. I mean, yes, you can store things on it, but for backups you’re better off with larger drives. These are fast small drives ideal to install the system files of Windows, Mac or Linux to make it faster to boot and respond.

Yes, If you want to keep it as External drive you need an enclosure like this @ Amazon or similar ones. ;)

Are they any good for a backup drive of family photos???

Expired, showing £91.94 for me

(highfive) Now you're confusing me on which deal is nice. One is nice and the other is nicer shall we say.

All gone now. Was just proceeding to checkout. Oh well :(

This is nice deal (highfive)

I wish I saw the amazon deal before. I bought it from BT pretty much not long after it was posted but chances of it arriving are slim

The 2 Like New ones I ordered arrived today from Amazon France. The outer boxes were a bit battered and taped up but the drives inside are brand new with cellophane still on. They both register as 3.63 TB so definitely 4 TB drives. Very happy for just over £50 each with a 12 month guarantee.

They are always helpful but it would have been nice to be offered some kind of compensation or at least replace them with new ones. Just a refund doesn't help completely

Did it work or did it only have 127mb

How were Amazon customer services when you spoke/emailed to them about it?

Somebody has clearly done the switch on them hard drives. They have sent me return codes for doddle. 12 miles from me. What a waste of time and money. I will be sticking with the new ones.

my 8Tb My Book arrived today- just need to shuck it and put it in my NAS

Thanks a lot! Raised a complaint on Sunday, received a positive reply on Monday, and received my drives today on Tuesday. Less than £230 for 4 WD Elements Desktop 6TB for my Synology, that’s a bargain 😃

arriving tomorrow-

Just select BT , who ever got my resolver complaint, then forwarded to Head of Bt Shop Just mentioned i was charged , and that my email order stated i would not be , and this is in their terms and conditions, and based on this they had entered into a contract to supply the goods, Also the time i had wasted along with their misleading reasons for cancelling.

BT Shop is not an available retailer in Resolver, did you use BT? Have you used any particular template/argument to get a positive reply to your query?

Anyone received a WD Elements Desktop?

My order has been dispatched... haven't got it yet though. Fingers crossed.

I think most if not all of us has had their orders cancelled(twice) and not received any cancellation email. What worries me is Paypal shows They have taken the money but no refund yet

Has anyone got a WD Elements Desktop delivered? I ordered the 6TB version, showing as canceled (twice), but I’ve not received any cancellation email.

Showing as cancelled on website but no email yet

Insane price ordered one of these and one of the WD elements

No problem, thanks for replying (y)

Yeah OOS, sorry about that.

Ok, thanks for replying (y)

This one, and it's not in stock and I doubt it will ever be https://www.wd.com/en-gb/products/wd-recertified/my-passport-ultra-2015.html#RWDBBKD0020BBK-EESN