Western Digital HDD recertified various sizes.starting @ £29.99

bromley52

http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdeu/en_GB/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/ThemeID.22586100/parentCategoryID.21056100/categoryID.60680000/WD_Outlet/Recertified

The guys over in HUKD are snapping them up.

mjp

Are these damaged stock that have been repaired? They say they are recertified ??
What type of warranty do you get with these products

The Gibzilla

mjp wrote: »

Are these damaged stock that have been repaired? They say they are recertified ??
What type of warranty do you get with these products

It says on the bullet points in the link that they are return units and may have been repaired and that the warranty on them is 6 months. There could be some scuffs on some of them but they should work fine.

Do-more

The OP's link is to the UK page. If you change to "Rest of EU" and choose > Outlet > Recertified you will get different offers priced in Euro and including free delivery to Ireland.

Linky

ChoppersX

I got a refurbished usb 2.0 model 2 years ago. The case had two slight scratches on it, the drive works perfectly to this day (maybe luck of the draw). Stress test the drive for a few days after you get it. Since these are USB 3.0 I'm gonna pick one of these up as extra storage for the Xbox One. Thanks OP

Do-more

sugarman wrote: »

Wouldn't risk it, no great saving and warrenty is only 6months..

Would personally spend the few quid more for a full warranty and a better safe of mind with any data stored on it.

I don't know what you consider a great saving but the best price I can see elsewhere on a 4TB My Book works out at €150 from Amazon vs. €90 delivered for the refurb.

As for reliability, any storage or backup strategy that puts all your faith on one drive is asking for trouble. You should be mirroring everything and if you are really paranoid have your mirror in a different physical location so that you protect yourself from fire, floods and theft.....

Kenny Logins

sugarman wrote: »

Wouldn't risk it, no great saving and warrenty is only 6months..

Would personally spend the few quid more for a full warranty and a better safe of mind with any data stored on it.

I agree.

...but I bought a new WD HD once that packed up on me, taking my backups with it, yet the iomega refurb (holding films and TV shows) I bought is still going strong, after about 4 years.

If you do buy one, use it for stuff that won't be missed in the event of a failure.

Ardennes1944

Any of them suitable for PS4, looking to bump it to 1TB

coldfire1x

2tb one out of stock. I would have got one for the media player.

Alanstrainor

Kenny Logins wrote: »

I agree.

...but I bought a new WD HD once that packed up on me, taking my backups with it, yet the iomega refurb (holding films and TV shows) I bought is still going strong, after about 4 years.

If you do buy one, use it for stuff that won't be missed in the event of a failure.

There is an element of luck involved in any drive. Some are more reliable than others, but it is not that uncommon for drives to fail very early in their life.

I'd always be of the mind, that if a drive survives the first month or two, it should be good to go. (***obviously this isn't gospel!!***)

As for those with PS4's etc, are you planning on just plugging these in via USB? If not, make sure that these are removable from the case, as a lot of portable drives are soldered to the USB boards...making them no longer usable for laptops/xboxes etc.

Skippy along

bromley52 wrote: »

http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdeu/en_GB/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/ThemeID.22586100/parentCategoryID.21056100/categoryID.60680000/WD_Outlet/Recertified

The guys over in HUKD are snapping them up.

Thanks for the heads up

Sam Mac

would 65.00 for the 3TB model be a good price? Just looking to store movie files on it, and keeping it hooked up to my PC.

EDIT: Bought it. 4TB was €30 more which isn't better value than €65 for the 3TB. 4TB was out of stock anyway.

Delighted! Thanks OP

kaizersoze

If you're VAT registered they will also remove the VAT from the order.:D

loki7777

Sam Mac wrote: »

would 65.00 for the 3TB model be a good price? Just looking to store movie files on it, and keeping it hooked up to my PC.

EDIT: Bought it. 4TB was €30 more which isn't better value than €65 for the 3TB. 4TB was out of stock anyway.

Delighted! Thanks OP

2 of them in the offer one 100 and other 90 - different hdd inside(hitachi vs wd green) so 90/4 will give you the same price for tb.

bromley52

More back in stock.

Sam Mac

Ordered a 3TB MyBook last night, just received the shipping email. Going to be delivered by UPS.

loki7777

Same here - will be in Sligo next Friday thanks to UPS:)

Sam Mac

loki7777 wrote: »

Same here - will be in Sligo next Friday thanks to UPS:)

what did you order Loki?

loki7777

Same as You - my book 3tb.

Sam Mac

loki7777 wrote: »

Same as You - my book 3tb.

Nice one. Great price in fairness.

Skippy along

bromley52 wrote: »

http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdeu/en_GB/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/ThemeID.22586100/parentCategoryID.21056100/categoryID.60680000/WD_Outlet/Recertified

The guys over in HUKD are snapping them up.

Got mine this morning via UPS thanks again

Sam Mac

Mine came too, have to get it from my neighbour.

Any scuffs or marks on it?

loki7777

UPS doesn't delivery to Sligo everyday - so I am still waiting;)

Skippy along

Sam Mac wrote: »

Mine came too, have to get it from my neighbour.

Any scuffs or marks on it?

Nope! Brand new

Sam Mac

Skippy along wrote: »

Nope! Brand new

Good to hear.

Did it come with a UK plug?

Skippy along

Sam Mac wrote: »

Good to hear.

Did it come with a UK plug?

I went for the 1tb my passport portable one so no plug for me...

Sam Mac

Skippy along wrote: »

I went for the 1tb my passport portable one so no plug for me...

Oh ok. thanks!

Sam Mac

Just got my 3TB MyBook - incredibly fast transfer speeds & all brand new and sealed, delighted!

sweetie

prices seem to have increased on the 2tb portables

KonFusion

Thanks OP, just got a 'My Book 3TB'

loki7777

Any one got original box with my book 3tb or just brown box and hdd, plugs inside?

Sam Mac

loki7777 wrote: »

Any one got original box with my book 3tb or just brown box and hdd, plugs inside?

Brown box sealed with plugs inside. Everything wrapped up new in plastic.

loki7777

OK. Same here;) Regards.

Sam Mac

Anyone elses MyBook external drive making noises? Mine is sitting on the desk next to my PC and is constantly making a pretty loud rattling noise.

ecomac

Sam Mac wrote: »

Anyone elses MyBook external drive making noises? Mine is sitting on the desk next to my PC and is constantly making a pretty loud rattling noise.

Don't be surprised. Buying recertified HDDs is pretty much the same as buying recertified underpants, but IMHO - way more risky.

Sam Mac

ecomac wrote: »

Don't be surprised. Buying recertified HDDs is pretty much the same as buying recertified underpants, but IMHO - way more risky.

Should they be making noise? It works grand, just noisy.

zarquon

Sam Mac wrote: »

Should they be making noise? It works grand, just noisy.

Run a diagnostic tool such as WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic as it may be failing:

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=810&sid=3&lang=en

If any unrepairable errors are found, return it immediately.

DERICKOO

Nice one thanks OP
being sent from here
Digital River Ireland Ltd.
Unit 153, Shannon Free Zone West
Shannon, Co. Clare, IRELAND

Got the My Book 3TB- Continental Euro plug (Recertified)
Boxed Shipment
76,99 €

Alanstrainor

Sam Mac wrote: »

Anyone elses MyBook external drive making noises? Mine is sitting on the desk next to my PC and is constantly making a pretty loud rattling noise.

Just to add. If it is making noise, do not under any circumstances use it as a primary storage drive. Store everything elsewhere. You could still use it as some sort of backup, but an unreliable one.

As said, run scans on it. But it sounds ropey to me.

DERICKOO

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Just to add. If it is making noise, do not under any circumstances use it as a primary storage drive. Store everything elsewhere. You could still use it as some sort of backup, but an unreliable one.

As said, run scans on it. But it sounds ropey to me.

Me I'm worried now so i downloaded the software to test it when it arrives.
:eek:

Alanstrainor

DERICKOO wrote: »

Me I'm worried now so i downloaded the software to test it when it arrives.
:eek:

I wouldn't be too worried. So long as you're moving all your family photos exclusively to this hard drive I wouldn't worry too much! Hard drives fail, **** happens.

Sam Mac

I ran the extended test, took 8 hours in total, scanned the whole drive, and it passed all tests.

I'm only using it to store downloaded movies on, nothing that I'd be overly upset about losing is being stored on it. So would you think I'm okay then?