WD 5TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 USD $106.81 (~AUD $156.06) Delivered @ Amazon US

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WD 5TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 - WDBU6Y0050BBK-WESN

Usb 3.0 and USB 2.0 Compatibility
Fast data transfers; Formatted NTFS for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7
Improve PC Performance
High Capacity
2 year manufacturer's limited warranty

arrive early january

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  npiet1 on 18/12/2019 - 00:07

  +2

  5400rpm?

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  esq on 18/12/2019 - 00:12

  -1

  Is this one of those WD portable drives where if the connector port gets slightly bent it's GG no re?

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    Maverick-au on 18/12/2019 - 00:23

    +5

    …..bent it's GG no re?

    ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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      go2home on 18/12/2019 - 00:49

      +1

      I think he means it's not regular SATA HDD inside, so once the USB port damaged, it's not easy to recover your data.

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      esq on 18/12/2019 - 01:13

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      Should the connectoroo be buggered up, would it be correct to assume that all is lost, old chap?

      For reference: https://community.wd.com/t/broken-usb-connector/19039
      My last WD portable drive was purchased this long ago…

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        syousef on 18/12/2019 - 12:25

        Do the Elements drives also come with encrypting boards now too?

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          idonotknowwhy on 18/12/2019 - 16:11

          @syousef: What's this?

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            syousef on 18/12/2019 - 16:14

            +1

            @idonotknowwhy: Some drives come with encryption set on the circuit board. If you attach the spinning part to a new circuit board, it will not work because the encryption keys are different. That means if the board breaks you won't be able to recover data.

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      idonotknowwhy on 18/12/2019 - 16:14

      +1

      Good Game, no rematch.

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    idonotknowwhy on 18/12/2019 - 16:10

    Yes. I bought the 1TB variant and didn't know this, opened it up to chuck in a PS4, then was like wtf?!

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  gizmomelb on 18/12/2019 - 01:19

  +1

  is showing $89 USD now

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    Troys R Us on 18/12/2019 - 01:31

    Yep showing $89 USD for me as well

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    BarginGrabber on 18/12/2019 - 01:33

    +2

    $89 is before taking into account GST and other costs.

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  beanlanda on 18/12/2019 - 05:34

  Can these be shucked for NAS?

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    idonotknowwhy on 18/12/2019 - 16:12

    +1

    No, soldered on.

    I was tempted to buy some for a slow USB3 NAS, then I saw it's Amazon US a.k.a Shipped by fastway a.k.a lost package or DOA.

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  tonyjg on 18/12/2019 - 07:08

  +2

  NOT TEMPTED… given that a 3TB one here .. just used… is not recognised and can't be formatted… 'invalid parameter' = not happy about that drive.

  added ..

  How does $U89 get to $A210 !! Amazon AU is stuffing that price up

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  SydneySurvivor on 18/12/2019 - 12:54

  If I buy 2 of these how can I have them synced up so there's always a back up of 1? I've lost so many valuable photos and archived files for my small business due to these dying one day.

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    Wayne7497 on 18/12/2019 - 12:59

    Get a Google one account

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      SydneySurvivor on 18/12/2019 - 13:01

      But I don't want to upload gigs and gigs of stuff

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    OzyBe on 18/12/2019 - 13:36

    A program called Synchredible may help you. Free for non commercial use.

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    chewchew on 18/12/2019 - 16:04

    Raid 1 I guess. But IDK if it's possible for external hard drives.

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      idonotknowwhy on 18/12/2019 - 16:14

      It's possible, but won't protect from cryptolocker, random accidental purge/deletion, theft of devices.

      RAID is not a backup.

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    idonotknowwhy on 18/12/2019 - 16:13

    You could. But get a different brand. 2 of the same batch are likely to fail at the same time.