Officeworks new price on WD 2TB Elements Portable Hard Drive Product Code: WDEL2TBBK
UPDATE
Price drop to 97
(Friday 10.30pm thanks Being Askhole)
WD 2TB Elements USB 3.0 Portable HDD New Price $99 @ Officeworks (Was $139)
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bonky on 30/09/2017 - 14:00 officeworks.com.au (1830 clicks)
Last edited 24/02/2018 - 13:59 by 3 other users
Last edited 24/02/2018 - 13:59 by 3 other users
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This isn't on special though, it's the new low price, so you'll be able to combine it with eBay coupons etc coming up.
Does this mean the deal is only the rrp price? Not cheaper than any other rrp?
Not really, just means a change of their everyday price, as seen here the lowest is can be picked up for otherwise is $108. RRP is still about $129.
Good to see spinning rust HDD's finally falling in price a little.
They've been more of less static since the Thailand floods and reduced competition for years.
Any idea what warranty is? Officeworks website says 12months but I always thought wd drives were either two or three years
Hard drive warranties are worthless to me. Manufacturer gives you an unreliable refurb in exchange and oftrn you pay shipping 1 way. And if you had any data on there that is financial or heaven forbid legally grey or intimate intimate you get the peace of mind of knowing someone with access to a drive lab may get their mits on it. I test my drives and send back to place of purchase if they fail right away. Otherwise I don't bother.
How do you test them?
Look at the smart data. Run a short self test and quick surface scan. Use them right away if I can. If not I try to run the long self test and surface scans hdtune and hd sentinel. I have had a quick surface scan pass on a drive that had failed so I am cautious. But any test is better than letting it sit on a shelf with none.
The SMART data will have an uptime counter or a load counter or a power cycle counter.
I once got sent a "new" HDD with someone else's complete data on it - Seagate Australia hadn't even bothered to delete it.
They just resealed the box and sent it out again as new and saw if the next customer complained.
If your "private" collections are so valuable than why not encrypt your drives with something like free VeraCrypt?
The drive will be no different in use.
Because it slows them down and because then they won't work with other operating systems or consoles. And because entering passworda is a pain.
He shouldn't have to go to those lengths. If a company is going to offer a warranty they should honor it.
It does not slow you down that you would notice.
VeraCrypt Is cross platform.
Why would you want to encrypt console game data and media? At worst they would find you downloaded GoT like everyone else.
You don’t have to always enter a password, look up favorite volumes.
Even without anything illegal I don't like the idea of strangers knowing my business. Privacy has been eroded enough (once you're using Google or Microsoft or Apple software you're stuffed) as it is without giving up on this as well.
Once upon a time I use to use Truecrypt. Are you aware of that little saga? Abandoned suddenly with speculation back doors were forced upon the developers…Well anyone who thought that was paranoia can now rest assured that their volumes can be compromised.
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2987436/newly-found-tru…Veracrypt has been rumoured NSA backdoors. Who knows if that's paranoid or real.
By the way there is no magic encryption that doesn't create overhead. You can minimize it but it's still there.
I know all about Truecrypt, it is fine. In fact, I still use it.
If you worry about the NSA having a back door in an open source software project like VeraCrypt then why are you not worried about the NSA having back door in closed and open source OS's or even your console?
The NSA could be able to worm right into your system right now but why would they? They have bigger fish to fry.
Because if I suspect the NSA is interested in me (and they're not, beyond the usual level of interest in every person on the planet), I can shut down equipment that is under my control. I have no control over a hard drive I've sent back for warranty. Surely that wasn't a serious question.
If you admittedly keep using Truecrypt against the advice of the original developers, and despite known flaws that will never be fixed (no matter how minor), I'm not going take your advice on security.
I encrypt only some of my data purely to keep it private from casual snooping Not to stop it being accessable by the NSA or similar actors. As I said before, your OS is far more likely to be breeched than your hard drives unless you permanently work off-line. And by that I mean your remove your network cable and physically remove your WiFi, Bluetooth and wireless keyboard hardware and even then the NSA has tools to get you, allegedly, such as laser scanning your actual Windows.
Google "Truecrypt secure", it is secure. An encrypted drive that is returned is indistinguishable from an unformated drive to anyone except an extremely knowledgeable person.
I will change to VeraCrypt at some stage, probably when Windows has an issue with it. In the mean time, if someone breaks into your home they have free access to all your data which for some reason you are paranoid about.
So you're using disk encryption, and calling me paranoid? And you don't see the irony?
But you're using disk encryption that has been flagged as having issues and abandoned by the devs, yet want to give security advice. And again don't see the irony.I'm not going to waste my time talking to someone who won't listen.
Fine but I invalidated every point you had against encryption and I suggested VeraCrypt not TrueCrypt.
It is fine not to encrypt, who cares what you do, but don't give out bogus reasons for doing so. Encryption does NOT slow you down, it IS cross platform, you DON'T have to always enter a password.
It is also free.
You invalidated nothing. Based on what your replies, it's clear that you don't understand that different people use different software differently and that your use case doesn't match everyone else's. And you have no clue how computer security works. I hope you don't do security or support for a living.
I had a WD drive fail on me, and I just took it to JB where I purchased it and they gave me a brand new replacement on the spot.
Manufacturer gives you an unreliable refurb in exchange
Why on earth would you go to the manufacturer? That makes close to no sense. Go back to the retailer.
I have the opposite experience. I ALWAYS return faulty drives and get another few years out of the replacements. What's interesting (to me)is that no replacement has failed to date (over the last 5 years). I mark them and use in NAS's. In turn its well worthwhile returning especially as I don't consider drives cheap.
WD Elements are 2 years now. WD Passport and others remain at 3 years (Work at OW, had a rep come into the store to let us know).
recently picked up new WD Passport 2TB and it's says 2yrs on the box.
Aus stock? Or grey import?
These are sturdier than the very cheapest ones at least.
I am confused. Isn't this just a standard price that OW has been selling for a while? I only mention this because we are trying to secure enough stock to do a $80 pick up deal or $87.50 delivered.
same price as the 2tb seagate and toshiba. any one better than the other?
Yeah I find wd to be more reliable
Same here. WD is now my goto brand.
HGST is the most reliable, according to BackBlaze's extensive stats.
Most commercial HDD's have at 3-11% failure rate per year. HGST is below 0.5%.
You pay for it though.
Never Seagate.
Always seagate
The seagates can be taken out of the caddy. Makes data recovery much easier. Its not on all models though so it pays to check
Seagate drives have some of the highest failure rates.
This really isn't that cheap.
External HDD's are typically less then bare 3.5' HDD's and 2TB's are normally this price..
Lol ok?
External portable HDD's are not typically less then bare 3.5' HDD's, not even now.
2TB's portables are not normally this price until now. They were only this price with a discount coupon.
I just ordered a 4tb portable wd from amazon for 150ish
2Tb hdd's have been this price "on special" for 4 years…