Was looking around and found this, was the cheapest I could find 1tb for and a good make and 30 day money back if it doesnt work, specs below:-
My Passport Ultra 1TB Blue (Recertified)
With a compact design, high capacity and your choice of local or cloud backup, My Passport® Ultra™ fits perfectly into the busy life of anyone with an on-the-go digital life.
Product Specifications
Interface USB 3.0 and USB 2.0
Performance Specifications
Serial Transfer Rate
USB 3.0
Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 3.0) 5 Gb/s (Max)
Compatibility
Formatted NTFS for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating systems
Requires reformatting for Mac OS X
Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.
Package Includes
Portable hard drive
USB cable
WD SmartWare Pro software
Quick Install Guide
Top comments
ollie87 to brianfj1200
28 Mar 164#5
If you're using this as a primary source of backup, even if it was brand new, you're a complete moron.
Off site backup or nothing.
All comments (22)
brianfj1200
28 Mar 161#1
Recertified is just a posh word for SECOND HAND and would you really trust your family photos and videos on a drive that has been used for ???? hours? I certainly WOULD NOT. But not voted either way because it is a personal choice.
ollie87 to brianfj1200
28 Mar 164#5
If you're using this as a primary source of backup, even if it was brand new, you're a complete moron.
Price is good but I would not bank on getting the drive anytime soon. I waited 12 days and it still was not dispatched. Cancelled in the end although they could not guarantee it would not still arrive and that i would be charged!
boromir_hasenfuss
28 Mar 16#4
Two remarks. WD is a pretty horrible online shop. For me, never again, whatever the offer: twice bitten, thrice shy:-)
Second, HDs are fickle at the best of times. I have a 512MB (yes, MB) Maxtor from 1996 which still works (I keep it to show people how noisy these things used to be). I've also seen practically new drives go up in metaphorical smoke.
So how anyone can buy a 2nd hand drive and then put 1TB of presumably valuable personal data on it... just for the sake of a few pounds is utterly beyond me.
ollie87 to boromir_hasenfuss
28 Mar 161#6
Why would you put any valuable files at all on a single mechanical disk? Regardless of origin.
Use Backblaze or something if you actually care about the data.
This is still useful for moving data around etc. And I've still voted hot, I just find is insane that people **** off refurbished hard disks when new ones are just as bad.
Jinkz
28 Mar 161#7
I like how everyone is predicting the failure of these drives. If anyone puts all their personal files on ONE drive and expects it to last forever just because it's a brand new drive, then you're a fool. Make multiple backups and don't trust anything. Any drive will fail, you won't know when it does it, so you need multiple backups.
constantinejoe
28 Mar 16#8
Yes, all hard drives are destined to fail at some point, but a second hand one is destined to fail that bit sooner. It's not rocket science.
crazylegs to constantinejoe
29 Mar 16#16
The mind beggars! :man:
reddit
28 Mar 16#9
Not at all.
As a source of backup only then you are not going to be using the drive for long periods and therefore the life expectancy will be very long.
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My Passport Ultra 1TB Blue (Recertified)
With a compact design, high capacity and your choice of local or cloud backup, My Passport® Ultra™ fits perfectly into the busy life of anyone with an on-the-go digital life.
Product Specifications
Interface USB 3.0 and USB 2.0
Performance Specifications
Serial Transfer Rate
USB 3.0
Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 3.0) 5 Gb/s (Max)
Compatibility
Formatted NTFS for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating systems
Requires reformatting for Mac OS X
Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.
Package Includes
Portable hard drive
USB cable
WD SmartWare Pro software
Quick Install Guide
Top comments
Off site backup or nothing.
All comments (22)
Off site backup or nothing.
http://store.wdc.com/store/wdeu/en_GB/DisplayAccesoryProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.22586100/WD_Outlet/My_Passport_for_Mac_1TB_Recertified/productID.334832400/categoryId.60680000
Of course no real difference in pc/mac versions
Second, HDs are fickle at the best of times. I have a 512MB (yes, MB) Maxtor from 1996 which still works (I keep it to show people how noisy these things used to be). I've also seen practically new drives go up in metaphorical smoke.
So how anyone can buy a 2nd hand drive and then put 1TB of presumably valuable personal data on it... just for the sake of a few pounds is utterly beyond me.
Use Backblaze or something if you actually care about the data.
This is still useful for moving data around etc. And I've still voted hot, I just find is insane that people **** off refurbished hard disks when new ones are just as bad.
As a source of backup only then you are not going to be using the drive for long periods and therefore the life expectancy will be very long.