Looks like WD have some nice discounts for their Recertified drives. 3TB Mac external for £54.99 delivered is a tasty price in my opinion! Couple others listed below that you may be interested in. :smile: Free standard delivery is included on any over £50.
If you aren't happy for any reason, theres a 30 day money back guarantee on any drive purchased.
Latest comments (76)
northie_1980
6 Oct 17#76
Most hard disks end up returned because people aren’t able to correctly diagnose software issues.
It’s not really economical to repair drives at this price point when you consider the cost of parts, labour, transport, replacement packaging etc.
These drives will simply have been screened, tested and erased to be ready for sale. There’ll be a very high yield of “No Fault Found” to make this worthwhile.
Inevitably some of these will fail and due to the previous wear and tear, plus extra transportation, it’s highly likely their failure rate will be higher than a new drive.
Simply a case of appetite for risk and what you can afford. If you’re data is worth spending hundreds of pounds to recover from a failed drive, it’s worth a subscription to a cloud service and the use of an on-site backup drive at the same time for peace of mind.
Bought an EX2100 NAS with 2x 2TB WD Red drives a few weeks ago - all recertified. So far so good...
sy281184
18 Sep 17#75
Nice
AaronK96
13 Sep 17#68
Would also like to know if this can 100% be used with Xbox one
pcastley to AaronK96
15 Sep 17#74
Yea works fine.
nathball
13 Sep 17#67
Can anyone clarify if this would be compatible for an Xbox One for extra storage?
shindyroo to nathball
13 Sep 17#69
So long as it's USB 3.0 and 256 GB yes. Google would have been quicker mind you...
nathball to shindyroo
14 Sep 17#72
"Google would have. Been quicker mind you..."
Bore off you loser. It's a community forum.
shindyroo to nathball
14 Sep 17#73
At least quote what I said correctly.
No issue with people asking genuine questions but pretty annoying when people want to be spoon fed information they could EASILY find on Google. Yet I'm the loser apparently?
metalheadkicks
14 Sep 17#71
Just accept all drives will fail eventually and plan accordingly. Statistics mean nothing.
A_KHAN123
6 Sep 17#2
Can this be used for windows?
reddragon105 to A_KHAN123
6 Sep 17#31
Clicked on this deal just to answer this inevitable question.
Yes - a hard drive is just a hard drive. What makes it 'for Windows' or 'for Mac' is simply the file system it has been formatted with. For Windows, it will be NTFS formatted, for Mac OS it will be HFS+Journaled formatted. You can easily change the file system just by formatting it in whatever type of computer you're using - use Disk Management in Windows or Disk Utility in Mac OS.
I hope you mean 'never again will I put data that I really don't want to lose on just one hard drive'. Buy two next time, even if they're not recertified, or get some cloud storage.
CABellamy to A_KHAN123
14 Sep 17#70
No the ghost of Steve Jobs appears and slaps it out of your hand as soon as you try and plug it in.
shaq215
13 Sep 17#66
Have the 3tb model, sold out?
Jonesyccfc
6 Sep 17#11
Would this work with a PS4? Is it as simple as reformatting it and you're good to go?
ocelot20 to Jonesyccfc
13 Sep 17#65
As long as it's USB 3.0 then it will work for the PS4. Before plugging into the PS4 you will need to connect to a laptop or PC and format to FAT. Then connect it to the PS4 and format it again (via the PS4 settings) so the PS4 can use it to store games on.
MSK.
13 Sep 17#62
How the flip did this get to 800+ heat? This is more than I paid for my new 2TB hard drives. Jesus wept...
pr3dicta5le to MSK.
13 Sep 17#64
Interesting.. Which drive did you buy and where from/how much etc.? Ta
rufnek2kx
13 Sep 17#63
Bought one of these last time they were posted here. Absolutely no issues with the drive so far (touch wood) and its been a few months. Granted I use it to back up files only rather than day in day out. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one again if I needed.
pr3dicta5le
13 Sep 17#61
Some prices now RISEN. Black ultra 3TB was 62.99 now 64.99
taffyjock1
10 Sep 17#60
Anyone wanting to pop these out to use in a desktop maybe in for a shock, they have no sata connections, the controlller board is USB all the way
CockneySpur
6 Sep 17#20
whether recertified or new, only a fool would store data on these - they should only be used as backup drives, ie: you have the data stored in more than one place
I and others have been saying this on here for years and for everyone that gets educated it appears more people who clearly need to be educated come out with inane nonsense
the__cat to CockneySpur
7 Sep 17#43
If you don't store data on it, what do you store on it? :thinking: :thumbsup:
CockneySpur to the__cat
7 Sep 17#59
there has to be one :wink:
I mean not solely, but you knew that :smile:
catbeans
7 Sep 17#58
RECERTIFIED!
Don't buy this it will corrupt all your data.
not just on the drive, but on every drive you own!
Then it'll corrupt your mother's Data, then corrupt your daughter and she will start doing bad in school, listening to heavy metal and start dating older men.
Also it attracts ghosts!
Heat.
aibon
7 Sep 17#57
These are perfect for external storage on PS4. If data is lost it can all be downloaded again or retrieved from games disc. PS4 external storage only saves app data and not game saves or captures.
So glad I can finally have all my games installed on my PS4. 500gb is a joke these days
herrbz
7 Sep 17#47
"Was £120"
As if.
Good for something like an Xbox, but I wouldn't store critical information on it.
aibon to herrbz
7 Sep 17#56
Average Amazon price on the price tracking website camelcamelcamel is £139.69 and are currently nearer £200. Lowest price was £84.56 These are not cheap drives.
rev6
7 Sep 17#54
I'm surprised @reddit didn't post the deal :stuck_out_tongue:
reddit to rev6
7 Sep 17#55
I was waiting for the broken, then fixed ones to come along :grin:
fiqqer
6 Sep 17#19
30 day money back guarantee - actually that is no guarantee. That is the enforced statutory minimum. If there is a fault after 30 days they will replace the drive with another faulty recertified drive and they will have no liability for any lost data.
The failure rates of 3tb drives is very bad, so it is not worth risking your data for the sake of £30 (data, time and effort).
External drives will have a higher failure rate than internal drives (failure rate of WD 3tb internal drives is over 5% ie one in 20), because additional hardware is involved which will bring increase risk.
External recertified drives will have higher failure rates than external drives - because not all recertified drives will have been truly fixed - some hardware errors will show themselves again at a later date.
Western Digital seem to have an awful lot of recertified drives for some reason:/ I cannot locate failure rates for recertified drives but my guess will be it will be at least double so expect around 10%, although I wouldn't be surprised at 20% within 3 years or sooner
Oneday77 to fiqqer
6 Sep 17#21
By my guess 73.27% of made up on the spot statistics are 43.6% likely to be 100% wrong.
Recertification drives are normally due to enclosure issues as opposed to actual storage issues. In addition they are actually checked. Which will be more hands on than new rolling off a production line.
Finally these are not intended to be primary storage. Anyone stupid enough, which I'm being very polite on that, to use these without a backup deserves to lose data.
pr3dicta5le to Oneday77
6 Sep 17#23
Can you share the source of this information on recertified hard drives?
fiqqer to Oneday77
7 Sep 17#38
Its not made up data its data from a source that has reliability statistics from over 65,000 hard drives backblaze.com/blo…16/
The made up stuff is the stuff you have posted.
WillieGophar to fiqqer
7 Sep 17#53
Rich44 to fiqqer
7 Sep 17#41
You're making the incorrect assumption that ALL drives being sold here are or were faulty returns they're not.
That being said it's not hard to test thoroughly and a perfect shop bought carried from Thailand to your home by virgin maids can be DOA or fail after a week. Buying one way or another is no guarantee of getting a more reliable drive. Fact is no one should have 3TB of data without a backup strategy in place relying solely on hard drives in your home I s just asking for trouble
fiqqer to Rich44
7 Sep 17#42
I am not making that assumption.
My assumption is that a little percentage of them will be. No-one knows how many are driver /casing or hard drive issues. It will be a mixture of all of them.
There is no reliable data on why they have been recertified and the suppliers wont provide that information. It will be a fact that some of them will be faulty hard drives with replacement parts which will not resolve the underlying problem.
SpitfireXXI
7 Sep 17#52
I've had probably a dozen of these drives in recent years (portable and desktop), and I've never had a problem with them. The only reason I'm not ordering this time round is because the colour / capacity combo I'm after isn't currently in stock. It's a personal choice of course. These recertified drives offer cost savings against the full price equivalents, so it's up to the individual if they want to save money and take the risk. My experience is that the risk has been worthwhile when buying these....others may not agree.
SirHugo
7 Sep 17#51
Bought two recertified 2Tb My Passport X drives last week. They both arrived in their original retail blister packaging.
tobtan
7 Sep 17#50
I bought a recertified 4tb Mydrive which failed an extended test with too many bad sectors. Real hassle to return it -wouldn't buy recertified again but maybe I was just unlucky
davejb
6 Sep 17#35
not all of these are necessarily broken hard drives that have been fixed. .. some of these will simply be unwanted returns.. or a broken usb socket.. or the usb board failed and the hard drive has been removed and put into a new case. its a bit of a lottery of course but theres a good chance the hard drive itself was new or had little use. if you order one you have to hope you get a good one...
Reigan to davejb
7 Sep 17#49
Don't bother trying to explain most of these people who lack knowledge are thick and proud.
crofter
7 Sep 17#48
Had a few of these and not one has failed - couple externals have been have been going 24/7 almost 4 years ... as always backup anything you really need.
linhang90
6 Sep 17#8
Recertified.. i wouldnt touch it. The purpose of having this is so that u can put ur data on it. But its recertified,so if it packs up,u lose data as well as the hard drive.. rather pay a bit more for a brand new one for the peace of mind,may not gurantee it never packa up but as least it would have more reliability with it being brand new
nickrenwick to linhang90
6 Sep 17#12
I Agree. Not worth not havin a warranty at least on one of these. No point getting a drive that could fail sooner than a new one at £20 more.
gopolog86 to nickrenwick
6 Sep 17#17
6 month warranty included
ukez to nickrenwick
6 Sep 17#24
How dare you use logic on this site... :raised_hand:
simba2585 to linhang90
6 Sep 17#32
But those were also brand new at some point ....but failed. These recertified should be better ...at least they have been fixed LOL
The new ones can fail...peace of mind wont bring the data back. :relaxed:
Rich44 to linhang90
7 Sep 17#40
Recertified can mean someone bought it & returned nothing wrong with it, can also just be box got damaged. You've got a point but just soak test it on arrival, it's not difficult.
Most will be using these as external drives for consoles where it doesn't really matter if it blows up
johnnybgood to Rich44
7 Sep 17#46
So for the un-initiated - "soak test"- Whats that and how do I do that to check the hard drive I order is perfect? :sunglasses:
ianbeany
6 Sep 17#36
I got a Recerified drive a couple of weeks ago.
Hard Disk Sentinel reported that it had been powered on for 0 days 0 hours.
Does anyone know if they reset the SMART info when they 'recertify' them? Or did I get a new one?
rev6 to ianbeany
6 Sep 17#37
I'm pretty sure they'd wipe it. Maybe someone can confirm.
ianbeany to rev6
7 Sep 17#45
Cheers mate.
Yeah I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows for certain.
ScroopEgerton
7 Sep 17#44
"Others in OP!"
*Puts on rubber gloves...*
warlockuk
7 Sep 17#39
Only a Six Month warranty though.
mikeyfive
6 Sep 17#14
Putting 3TB of precious data onto a formerly broken then repaired hard drive? Think I'll give it a miss tbh.
Steviepunk to mikeyfive
6 Sep 17#22
If data is precious, then it should never just be stored in one place.
mikeyfive to Steviepunk
6 Sep 17#28
Absolutely, none of those places would be a 'recertified' HDD either.
reddit to mikeyfive
6 Sep 17#34
It's not formally broken and repaired.
mikerr
6 Sep 17#33
Recertified drive thread...
As usual full of people who think they are "safer" buying brand new drives (and then often not even backing up)
All drives can fail at any time - so just have backup(s), and save yourself the pain of finding this out yourself.
basergorkobal
6 Sep 17#30
Some good prices. Personally I'd go for 4tb drives which tend to be a more reliable generation and really good value. I have nothing against recertified wd drives. As long as they're used responsibly as part of a backup strategy I don't think they carry any extra failure risk. Id rather have more backup locations using recertified drives than just one but using brand new ones.
drizzydrake
6 Sep 17#29
Had this drive for 3 months and it crashed.
£420 to recover the data.
Never again.
mark6226
6 Sep 17#27
I got the maxtor m3 4gb for £105 this week from Amazon. It's worth paying a bit more. The m3 is USB 3.1 and extremely fast.
JamesSmith
6 Sep 17#26
The Mybook desktop drives have suffered high failure rates due to the interface.. many reports of people opening them and reporting the drives are Ok
I got a 2Tb from the Tesco sale and it's been fine so far, but if the drive sleeps the wake up time is abysmal.. I mean literally 30 secs or more just to open a file browser window..
I'm using mine as backup but if it was for any other purpose I'd crack it out of the case
This is specifically the mybook desktop drive I don't know about others
ackbar
6 Sep 17#25
i have 2 recertified WD drives. still going strong and over 2 years old
scottishgamer
6 Sep 17#7
Am i being stupid? how do I order one? Can't see a buy button on any of them
phassall to scottishgamer
6 Sep 17#9
Hi mate. The ones that are available should have a blue Add to Cart button depending on size chosen but they often change stock levels.
scottishgamer to phassall
6 Sep 17#13
Strange, I don't have an add to card option at all on any page! Do you need an account first?
phassall to scottishgamer
6 Sep 17#15
No mate, that screenshot is just off the site from the link, maybe try another browser?
Publix to scottishgamer
6 Sep 17#18
It should say for each size choice Notify When Available/ Add To Cart depending on real time current stock. If it doesn't it could be your ad blocker which you then turn off for this site and reload page. Or as above try another browser.
gopolog86
6 Sep 17#16
6 months warranty on these as well
paulgardner1970
6 Sep 17#4
just reformat it
A_KHAN123 to paulgardner1970
6 Sep 17#10
Thanks
jezzery
6 Sep 17#1
black ultra 3TB is 62.99 even better than the white
Jiwani80 to jezzery
6 Sep 17#6
What's special about ultra please?
phassall
6 Sep 17#5
Good price for XB or PS4 external storage, was waiting for the Passport X to go up again but reformatting this should be good to go!
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Latest comments (76)
It’s not really economical to repair drives at this price point when you consider the cost of parts, labour, transport, replacement packaging etc.
These drives will simply have been screened, tested and erased to be ready for sale. There’ll be a very high yield of “No Fault Found” to make this worthwhile.
Inevitably some of these will fail and due to the previous wear and tear, plus extra transportation, it’s highly likely their failure rate will be higher than a new drive.
Simply a case of appetite for risk and what you can afford. If you’re data is worth spending hundreds of pounds to recover from a failed drive, it’s worth a subscription to a cloud service and the use of an on-site backup drive at the same time for peace of mind.
Bought an EX2100 NAS with 2x 2TB WD Red drives a few weeks ago - all recertified. So far so good...
So long as it's USB 3.0 and 256 GB yes. Google would have been quicker mind you...
Bore off you loser. It's a community forum.
No issue with people asking genuine questions but pretty annoying when people want to be spoon fed information they could EASILY find on Google. Yet I'm the loser apparently?
Yes - a hard drive is just a hard drive. What makes it 'for Windows' or 'for Mac' is simply the file system it has been formatted with. For Windows, it will be NTFS formatted, for Mac OS it will be HFS+Journaled formatted. You can easily change the file system just by formatting it in whatever type of computer you're using - use Disk Management in Windows or Disk Utility in Mac OS.
I hope you mean 'never again will I put data that I really don't want to lose on just one hard drive'. Buy two next time, even if they're not recertified, or get some cloud storage.
I and others have been saying this on here for years and for everyone that gets educated it appears more people who clearly need to be educated come out with inane nonsense
I mean not solely, but you knew that :smile:
Don't buy this it will corrupt all your data.
not just on the drive, but on every drive you own!
Then it'll corrupt your mother's Data, then corrupt your daughter and she will start doing bad in school, listening to heavy metal and start dating older men.
Also it attracts ghosts!
Heat.
So glad I can finally have all my games installed on my PS4. 500gb is a joke these days
As if.
Good for something like an Xbox, but I wouldn't store critical information on it.
The failure rates of 3tb drives is very bad, so it is not worth risking your data for the sake of £30 (data, time and effort).
External drives will have a higher failure rate than internal drives (failure rate of WD 3tb internal drives is over 5% ie one in 20), because additional hardware is involved which will bring increase risk.
External recertified drives will have higher failure rates than external drives - because not all recertified drives will have been truly fixed - some hardware errors will show themselves again at a later date.
Western Digital seem to have an awful lot of recertified drives for some reason:/ I cannot locate failure rates for recertified drives but my guess will be it will be at least double so expect around 10%, although I wouldn't be surprised at 20% within 3 years or sooner
Recertification drives are normally due to enclosure issues as opposed to actual storage issues. In addition they are actually checked. Which will be more hands on than new rolling off a production line.
Finally these are not intended to be primary storage. Anyone stupid enough, which I'm being very polite on that, to use these without a backup deserves to lose data.
The made up stuff is the stuff you have posted.
That being said it's not hard to test thoroughly and a perfect shop bought carried from Thailand to your home by virgin maids can be DOA or fail after a week. Buying one way or another is no guarantee of getting a more reliable drive. Fact is no one should have 3TB of data without a backup strategy in place relying solely on hard drives in your home I s just asking for trouble
My assumption is that a little percentage of them will be. No-one knows how many are driver /casing or hard drive issues. It will be a mixture of all of them.
There is no reliable data on why they have been recertified and the suppliers wont provide that information. It will be a fact that some of them will be faulty hard drives with replacement parts which will not resolve the underlying problem.
It's a personal choice of course. These recertified drives offer cost savings against the full price equivalents, so it's up to the individual if they want to save money and take the risk. My experience is that the risk has been worthwhile when buying these....others may not agree.
Real hassle to return it -wouldn't buy recertified again but maybe I was just unlucky
The new ones can fail...peace of mind wont bring the data back. :relaxed:
Most will be using these as external drives for consoles where it doesn't really matter if it blows up
Hard Disk Sentinel reported that it had been powered on for 0 days 0 hours.
Does anyone know if they reset the SMART info when they 'recertify' them? Or did I get a new one?
Yeah I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows for certain.
*Puts on rubber gloves...*
Think I'll give it a miss tbh.
As usual full of people who think they are "safer" buying brand new drives (and then often not even backing up)
All drives can fail at any time - so just have backup(s), and save yourself the pain of finding this out yourself.
Personally I'd go for 4tb drives which tend to be a more reliable generation and really good value.
I have nothing against recertified wd drives. As long as they're used responsibly as part of a backup strategy I don't think they carry any extra failure risk.
Id rather have more backup locations using recertified drives than just one but using brand new ones.
£420 to recover the data.
Never again.
I got a 2Tb from the Tesco sale and it's been fine so far, but if the drive sleeps the wake up time is abysmal.. I mean literally 30 secs or more just to open a file browser window..
I'm using mine as backup but if it was for any other purpose I'd crack it out of the case
This is specifically the mybook desktop drive I don't know about others
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