Got a 20% off code for WD if anyone wants it.
Please only request if you are placing a definite order.
First person to PM me can have it.

Had multiple recertified drives from them. Never had any problems

i've bought a few recert drives and always get external drives in caddys as they are cheaper and i remove the drives inside. with WD drives they usually have an encryption that means if you write data via usb and remove the caddy you can't read the data, although the last two 8tb drives didn't have that which was handy

what i do is plug in via usb, diskcheck, write a few gb data, diskcheck, delete all partitions and do a quick format with a single partition, i've found at that point one drive failed and i sent it back (nightmare returns process btw), if it works i diskcheck, write a few more gb data, diskcheck and then delete the partition, diskcheck and any major issues would be picked up. i then fill the entire drive with data over usb which can take 24 hours or more for the bigger drives. i then diskcheck, turn the drive on and off and diskcheck and if that's ok i remove the drive and install in a sata caddy. if the data doesn't show at that point i have to repeat that process and then i'm good to go with my data and install internally. fortunately with the 8tb it saved me over a day as i didn't have to copy again when i removed the drive

obviously i have eveything backed up at least twice and on different machines, and i keep the old drives for a period of time too, so have 4 or more copies of data for the initial period of using the new drives. i've been fortunate to not have any problems like this

Got 2 on the way. Going to use in my NAS so need cheap and cheerful as have built in redundancy.

Mine have been shipped!

To all of those commenting about the reliability of these drives, I do agree that you would be quite naive to not thoroughly test these drives before use, however you could say the same for any drive!

If you have a somewhat technical background I advise you run the following steps using a Linux machine:


Replace X with the connected drives last letter in the above commands, and note down all of the results before moving on to the next step, which is to test the entire drive for bad blocks.


This will take a long time. Most likely days. You might want to play with the -c option to speed this up. What happens here is badblocks tries to write a pattern of data to every block on the disk, which force the drive to reallocate any bad sectors. Once this test is done, run another long smartctl test and see how many sectors have been reallocated. Some might disagree with this, but any more than 0 reallocated sectors can be classed as a faulty drive.

I hope this helps.

I purchased a 2TB one of these several months ago & all I can say is STAY WELL AWAY - mine has been nothing but totally unreliable on every platform - USELESS & I wouldn't go near one with the shirty stick I have nearly beaten mine up with.

Anyone know which of their drives contains a 3tb red drive?
Ta

I'm sure those with this much media to store will already have a Kleenex supply.

I ordered when 'in stock' on 26th April. Still waiting for it to be despatched.

Thanks for sharing OP, have some heat. Sadly the 4 & 6TB drives are OOS, however the 3TB is still available...
I need a cheap USB3 drive for my Xboxes, guess I'll have to wait a little longer...

20% will not include recertified products

oos so expired.

Hi, what email address do they send from. I have purchased from them before but have never had codes - maybe they are going into my junk email.

Ta

Any ideas if this would work for a plex server?

Would you really trust putting sensitive data on a hard disk that has already failed at some point?

Had it in basked but now OOS

Tried adding the 4TB to my basket but it said it was out of stock so I guess this is expired

Anyone using promo codes will see the promo box @ the WD basket. Each order will only accept ONE code, as with most sites various codes cannot be stacked. Obviously use the code with the highest discount.

The 6TB works out cheaper per TB

Not sure I'd want a recertified which I guess is a referb backup drive though.

I've bought two WD refurbs and both failed within a week, can't really recommend them after that!

As I said, I tried my email received code on all the available listed recertified products that I am interested in purchasing. My product basket clearly showed the 20% discount on EVERY product in my basket, plus the standard FREE delivery on any order total over £50. I DO NOT need to prove it. If you register for email promos from WD before buying any products you may get the proof you require !

have you applied it and was it sucessed on the recertified products? i mean the alphanumeric code. please share the snapshot.

The 20% codes for use with a future purchase are random alphanumeric characters. They aren't valid for recertified products.

The code you listed was published last year and that should be obvious from the code format as to when it was relevant.

Is the 20% off code: WDSPRING16 ?
If not, would you mind sharing the 20% off code you have? I'm considering ordering two new 5TB drives.
I tried WDSPRING16 and it doesn't work.

It's the 20% off code that doesn't work on recertified drives

Do not believe the code as it exclude the recertified products

I purchased a recertified drive, received an e-mail approx a week after delivery offering 20% off any future purchase within the next 30 days

Got a 20% off code for WD if anyone wants it.
Please only request if you are placing a definite order.
First person to PM me can have it.

I had to enquire when I had no further emails a week later to say drive had been shipped. Money had been taken straightaway. I was told drive was in stock when I ordered but not now. No communication to tell me that though, so I cancelled the order as the website states they don't take money until stock is available.
Received refund within 3 days.

Drives are fine, customer service is very poor!

Rightly mentioned.... I purchased two HD last time.... While chasing up after a week, they mailed me that they are out of stock and they will let me know as soon as able to deliver.

Funnier is that I have received cancelation mail day before yesterday with a reason that they are not able to stock up. Now just after a day, they have the stock. Hopefully I'll get my money back soon.

Had multiple recertified drives from them. Never had any problems

AVOID this joke of a company. Three weeks and they still have the money of various users here and have delivered nothing.

See the comments in this previous deal posted just a few weeks ago: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/4tb-wd-book-recertified-66-99-delivered-wd-store-2675220?page=3#comments

Code gone to Minstadave.