WD Elements Portable (Recertified) 5TB Hard Drive for €66.14

eclipsechaser

WD Elements Portable (Recertified) 5TB is €74.99.

Use the code EXTRA10 to get 10% discount.

Use 2% Cashback on Revolut for a final price of €66.14, including shipping.

https://www.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/recertified/portable-drives/wd-elements-portable-usb-3-0-hdd-recertified

TheDriver

Great find, 5Tb is a fine size for the money

Dymo

What does the Recertified mean, was it returned or a faulty one fixed and certified?

joujoujou

Returns, in most cases. Have a handful of recertified drives from them, S.M.A.R.T. data showing 0 or just a few hours of working time. So mostly new or like new.

ED E

SMART can be re-zero'd so I woudn't always take that as light use.

TheDriver

I got one for additional storage for a NAS but it will only be for stuff that I won't mind loosing.

joujoujou

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120055347#Comment_120055347

Of course it can, but it's IMO way too much hassle for cheap HDDs as the one we're talking about.

And it's only owner's fault if their drive failed unexpectedly because they did not monitor SMART figures while using it, especially many SMART monitoring applications allow users to set automatic check at any period they fancy.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120055370#Comment_120055370

Even brand new and shiny drive may fail quicker than you expect, so frequent backups is the only way to keep stuff readable. Call it overkill, but I have stuff, backup and backup's backup. Binned 5 HDDs so far, but no data loss.

TheDriver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120055487#Comment_120055487

I concur, I meant 4k single watch movies and not bother deleting them with 5Tb. Or lots of downloaded crap.

With cloud storage nowadays, it's better for photos etc

shnaek

Nice one, OP - pulled the trigger on that. Handy out.