Ridiculously cheap external drive, but also can be taken apart to get to the internal drive. I have had two such drives running in my NAS for the last year or so.
They contain a WD Green 5400rpm drive.
FREE DELIVERY & 6 month warranty (unless you open the case to get the drive inside out - then no warranty)
If you buy two, you can use the code WDSTORECPN to get £10 off - making it £100 for two 3TB drives!
Not true, I had been very happy with them ordered twice with no problem
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bren26
12 Apr 16#34
Got mine today but sadly it's not usb powered it's mains. Already have a 2tb for my Xbox one so debating whether to send it back
Creative666
3 Apr 16#27
Ordered on Tuesday March 29th, money taken but still not shipped. Not impressed so far. Emailed them (Sunday)...
Figo_Rulz11 to Creative666
8 Apr 16#33
same here, I placed an order 5th April and I've yet to receive a confirmation to say it's shipped
dck
6 Apr 16#32
Forgot to mention, all the drives I tested were internal SATA Blue units.
dck
6 Apr 16#31
You may have received a previously DOA unit where the external enclosure was faulty, not the actual HDD unit. In which case you got lucky and essentially received a new HDD.
From what I've been reading, if the drive has previously failed they can't legally reset the power on hours count as it would be misleading to the consumer.
cochon
6 Apr 16#30
Just received mine today Wednesday, ordered last Wednesday, shipped Monday (UPS from Amsterdam).
Mine is a WD30EZRX 'Caviar Green' as suggested and the SMART interface/data is exposed and works fine. Half a dozen counts for power on/spin up so seems it's been minimally tested, zero power on hours, so looks like an unused drive in my unit. It also let my initiate a long internal test via smartctl. I used smartctl from a gparted live CD.
For Linux users, hdparm -y does spin down the drive, but hdparm -Snn does not set the idle time (and hdparm -B is not supported), seemingly you have to set the idle time using the Windows/OSX apps supplied on the drive itself before you reformat it.
zebrum
6 Apr 16#29
Did you install the USB driver for reading SMART data? Or maybe you were using them over SATA anyways...
zebrum
4 Apr 16#28
That is probably the encryption. Usually with WD enclosures they use always-on hardware encryption and then let you encrypt the key with a password. That way you can instantly turn off and on the "encryption". This is the reason I generally avoid WD drives and use the Seagate portable ones that contain Samsung 2.5" sata drives, since there is no encryption you can easily move between enclosure and internal.
But you could also get WD elements drives as long as the usb isn't soldered on.
frownbreaker
1 Apr 16#26
Its a 6 month warantee and the disk and the case are labelled factory refurb.
I think there are items the keep for warranty replacement units and they sell on if not needed to fulfill there warranty obligations. I've had a 3 running 24x7 lots of IO no issues.
zebrum
30 Mar 162#1
WD outlet deals should be banned because they don't ship and it takes ages to get your money back
graphicology to zebrum
30 Mar 164#2
Not true, I had been very happy with them ordered twice with no problem
paulmcuk to zebrum
30 Mar 16#5
I got a 3tb drive from them last year and got it quickly and well packed and it's worked fine.
bornintoon to zebrum
30 Mar 16#8
Had no problems with them at all.
frownbreaker to zebrum
1 Apr 16#25
Ordered 20+ unit and use the code for £10 off no issue here
Worth pointing out
1) The drives inside at WD Greens
2) The controller is locked to this make and model of drive! Even WD Blacks do not work!!
3) The controller format the drive in a wild manner so you cannot take the drive out of the unit WITH DATA ON and read the data with the drive not in the enclosure. No problem with the drive in a PC / MAC if you format it, just don't expect any data to survive!
Shame on WD for locking the controller it prevents reuse and increase landfill
tfish
31 Mar 16#24
Roger that
davemhaynes
31 Mar 16#23
Yes, it does. I have a 1TB drive already.
davemhaynes
30 Mar 16#13
I'd want this for my Xbox one, but it's mains powered and I'd prefer it to be phantom powered so won't be buying. I'd expect it would still work with an Xbone though. Good price. Heated.
tfish to davemhaynes
31 Mar 16#22
Will the Xbox power any drive via usb? Unlikely.
zebrum
30 Mar 16#20
You should try a SMART diagnostics utility and see how long the disk has been used by the previous person, e.g. DriveDX:
I've checked the SMART data on a couple of WD recertified drives and it does not exist.
I don't mean they've reset it, more like they've removed the memory that stores the SMART data. Tried several programs and they all just showed null values.
zakitc
30 Mar 16#19
yeah, just spent 3 days traying to get one of these working, worked fine for a year, then dead - put it through wd lifeguard - didn't pass any of the tests, then I put it through windows chkds - now it is working, but lost 50GB space. But still - if I would need one - would buy again reconditoned - just remmeber to run diagnostics now and then...
jawaid87
30 Mar 161#15
WDSTORECPN gives you £10 of >£100 spend. I just bought 2 x 3tb and the code worked.
008 to jawaid87
30 Mar 16#18
>>>>>
Nice one Jaw! Had 2 x2 orders & a cable, so cancelled and did it again and saved another £20, as for others saying
items do not get shipped from WDS, ours are arriving monday ;-)
gozo
30 Mar 16#17
So, umm, reconditioned.. What exactly does that entail? Does it mean it has had issues before?
profet
30 Mar 16#16
Thanks jawaid87! 2 X 3TB drives for under £100. It doesn't get better than that.
profet
30 Mar 16#14
When I bought my two a year or so ago, there was a code to get £10 of orders over £100. I can't find the past now though. Anyone else?
008
30 Mar 161#12
HEAT on price to chuck in a media streamer or NAS raid setup ;-)
grrr i just bought two 1tb drives two weeks ago for more than this
bleachershane
30 Mar 161#10
He meant if you take them apart to get the internal drive out. It means you void the warranty.
Creative666
30 Mar 162#9
You get 6 months warranty.
repouk
30 Mar 161#7
Be aware that this means you have no warranty on the drives.
ahenners
30 Mar 16#6
What drives are in these? Wd green?
StockportGerbil
30 Mar 16#4
I've ordered a drive from them before and it arrived within a few days.
I also notice they have 5TB recertified external discs for £90, which may be of interest to some. Personally I have gone for the 5TB Toshiba external drive which via flubit came in at £97 a couple of weeks ago.
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They contain a WD Green 5400rpm drive.
FREE DELIVERY & 6 month warranty (unless you open the case to get the drive inside out - then no warranty)
If you buy two, you can use the code WDSTORECPN to get £10 off - making it £100 for two 3TB drives!
>>>>>
This contains this drive:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3tb-wd-wd30ezrx-caviar-green-sata-6gb-s-intellipower-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq
It is 5400rpm
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From what I've been reading, if the drive has previously failed they can't legally reset the power on hours count as it would be misleading to the consumer.
Mine is a WD30EZRX 'Caviar Green' as suggested and the SMART interface/data is exposed and works fine. Half a dozen counts for power on/spin up so seems it's been minimally tested, zero power on hours, so looks like an unused drive in my unit. It also let my initiate a long internal test via smartctl. I used smartctl from a gparted live CD.
For Linux users, hdparm -y does spin down the drive, but hdparm -Snn does not set the idle time (and hdparm -B is not supported), seemingly you have to set the idle time using the Windows/OSX apps supplied on the drive itself before you reformat it.
But you could also get WD elements drives as long as the usb isn't soldered on.
I think there are items the keep for warranty replacement units and they sell on if not needed to fulfill there warranty obligations. I've had a 3 running 24x7 lots of IO no issues.
Worth pointing out
1) The drives inside at WD Greens
2) The controller is locked to this make and model of drive! Even WD Blacks do not work!!
3) The controller format the drive in a wild manner so you cannot take the drive out of the unit WITH DATA ON and read the data with the drive not in the enclosure. No problem with the drive in a PC / MAC if you format it, just don't expect any data to survive!
Info here http://wdmybook3tb.blogspot.co.uk/ also how to open the unit without breaking the tabs etc.
Shame on WD for locking the controller it prevents reuse and increase landfill
https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx
I don't mean they've reset it, more like they've removed the memory that stores the SMART data. Tried several programs and they all just showed null values.
Nice one Jaw! Had 2 x2 orders & a cable, so cancelled and did it again and saved another £20, as for others saying
items do not get shipped from WDS, ours are arriving monday ;-)
>>>>>
This contains this drive:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3tb-wd-wd30ezrx-caviar-green-sata-6gb-s-intellipower-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq
It is 5400rpm
I also notice they have 5TB recertified external discs for £90, which may be of interest to some. Personally I have gone for the 5TB Toshiba external drive which via flubit came in at £97 a couple of weeks ago.