Looks the best price for some time. 30 day Money back and free postage. £55 for a 2TB NAS Drive is quite tempting...
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a_user
3 May 173#29
I wouldn't trust these recertified drives. I used to work for an IT services company, but we used to build PC's too, and we used WD drives pretty much exclusively. We used to get a certain amount of failures as you would with any brand, but we had too many issues with WD recertified drives that we could not trust them. You cannot assume these drives are as good as new, because they clearly are not.
It may be that the bad sectors have been remapped and replaced by the spare good sectors at the end of the drive, but this means that as more bad sectors develop, you have less spare sectors available to fix future issues. And as the drive has already had issues, it is that much more likely that future problems will also occur.
Don't use these for any mission-critical data would be my advice.
arthurly to stearn
2 May 173#9
Thank you for your comments. I've bought one and am reassured by your words and experience
stearn
2 May 173#8
I bought one a few weeks ago. The single drives are severely restricted in what additional apps you can run i.e. none, whereas the dual drives options allow installation of things like IceCast. Certainly works fine as basic NAS, and even though I paid a tenner more, I'm still happy with the £/TB for what it is. At £55 it isn't much more than a plain external drive. As for reconditioned - I've bought half a dozen drives from the outlet and haven't had a problem yet. External drives that have failed on me, it has been the caddy rather than the actual disk, so I just hoik the drive out and use a cradle, but the key is to always back everything up at least once.
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arthurly
2 May 17#1
Best other price I can find is an ebay seller (98.6% rating) at £99.95 but sold as new
Tequila to arthurly
3 May 171#18
well,that's brand new,this is used/repaired.
not really relevant to each other.
nokiafusion
2 May 171#2
Yep I keep looking at these on the outlet it's the lowest I've seen it. I would prefer to buy the mirror one tho for dual backup.
penguinman93 to nokiafusion
3 May 17#13
Not sure if they are still in stock but I picked up a 4TB MyCloud EX2 Ultra around 3/4 months ago, I'll have a look and edit if I can see it in stock
HankHandsome
2 May 171#3
cheaper than the one posted a week or so ago. heated from me. good starter nas and you can pull the drive if you upgrade to another model as well.
MickyD
2 May 171#4
Great price, have some heat OP. For me, I'm thinking of holding out for the mirror version, just want that extra security.
Update. Went for it, too good to miss at this price. Good spot op. Thanks
Badatch
2 May 171#5
Good for the average home, not for me unfortunately. Heat anyway
tawse57 to Badatch
3 May 17#24
Are you below or above average? :neutral_face:
NS5GTi
2 May 171#6
Recertified is that another word for reconditioned? So hard disk has been reused? Don't want to put my data on reused hard disk, in case it fails!
arthurly to NS5GTi
2 May 17#7
It has been "recertified" to run within WD's specifications and would be as good as new. Although I hear your view. I have a pc with back up on hard drive and NAS, yet still worry
stearn
2 May 173#8
I bought one a few weeks ago. The single drives are severely restricted in what additional apps you can run i.e. none, whereas the dual drives options allow installation of things like IceCast. Certainly works fine as basic NAS, and even though I paid a tenner more, I'm still happy with the £/TB for what it is. At £55 it isn't much more than a plain external drive. As for reconditioned - I've bought half a dozen drives from the outlet and haven't had a problem yet. External drives that have failed on me, it has been the caddy rather than the actual disk, so I just hoik the drive out and use a cradle, but the key is to always back everything up at least once.
arthurly to stearn
2 May 173#9
Thank you for your comments. I've bought one and am reassured by your words and experience
arthurly to stearn
2 May 17#10
Can you recommend a caddy? They do vary in price. My old NAS isn't making any untoward noises so hopefully I can use it again via a caddy
terrimai1
2 May 17#11
Can someone explain if this would be good to store business documents, pictures and videos as a only back up as i use usb at the moment and im looking for something to ensure none of the work will get lost..... So confused with it all... I just want a stable back up incase my computer ever goes down
arthurly to terrimai1
3 May 17#12
As this is a network drive it backs up via wifi and not via USB as you currently use. For the business user I think that because you can access the drive when travelling (your own cloud) it makes it a good choice. Everything on your laptop you can access via an app on your phone.
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FINALLY, A CLOUD OF YOUR OWN
Save everything in one place and access it from anywhere with your PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet. Protect your files with automatic file backup for all your computers. And with direct file uploads from your mobile devices, all your important data is safely stored on your personal cloud.
A Cloud of Your Own
Keep your content safe at home. Get abundant storage and blazing-fast performance without paying monthly fees.
Shared Storage & Backup
Store, organize and back up your photos, videos, music and important documents all in one place.
Anywhere Access
Use WD’s free apps to upload, access and share from anywhere with your PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone.
Top comments
It may be that the bad sectors have been remapped and replaced by the spare good sectors at the end of the drive, but this means that as more bad sectors develop, you have less spare sectors available to fix future issues. And as the drive has already had issues, it is that much more likely that future problems will also occur.
Don't use these for any mission-critical data would be my advice.
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not really relevant to each other.
Update. Went for it, too good to miss at this price. Good spot op. Thanks