WD MyPassport recertified 1TB €35 delivered

Atlantic Dawn · 22-12-2018 7:10pm #1

1TB recertified MyPassport drives €35 delivered with 6 month warranty, good drives for backup or PS4,XBOX One or TV box etc. ...

https://www.wd.com/en-ie/products/wd-recertified/my-passport.html#RWDBYNN0010BBK-WESN

Edit -Only blue now available.

loki7777 · 22-12-2018 7:33pm

2tb and 3tb are a lot cheaper /per 1tb

Kolido · 22-12-2018 8:18pm

I think they are always around this price but they are rarely in stock.

Davy · 22-12-2018 8:18pm

Marked Expired

Seems to be gone in all colours and sizes now. These were on sale on black Friday so might come around in January again

Davy · 27-12-2018 7:08pm

Back in Stock now

1/2/3TB are in stock again and nearly all colours.

https://www.wd.com/en-ie/products/wd-recertified/my-passport.html#RWDBYNN0010BYL-WESN

Kolido · 27-12-2018 7:23pm

Davy wrote: »

Back in Stock now

1/2/3TB are in stock again and nearly all colours.

https://www.wd.com/en-ie/products/wd-recertified/my-passport.html#RWDBYNN0010BYL-WESN

Cheers Davy. The passport ultra is slightly cheaper for the 2 and 3tb.

ParkyJiSung · 27-12-2018 7:33pm

Sorry to ask a silly question-- can this be used to put movies on and watch on tv? Last hard drive has packed it in, currently using usb but less space obviously

dubmick · 27-12-2018 7:37pm

got one for 31 euro before Christmas

Cantona's Collars · 27-12-2018 7:38pm

ParkyJiSung wrote: »

Sorry to ask a silly question-- can this be used to put movies on and watch on tv? Last hard drive has packed it in, currently using usb but less space obviously

Yeah.

mad m · 27-12-2018 9:27pm

What would be good for general back ups and connecting to an Nvidia shield.

mad m · 27-12-2018 9:41pm

Mr.S wrote: »

I use a 4TB connected to my Shield, works a dream.

Lantern, would you ever fill 4TB up....Which one of the refurbs do you recommend.

Edit...actually are they SSD ?

living · 28-12-2018 9:20am

It's cheaper to order on the UK site using the promocode "5OFFWDUK"

And this model is even cheaper

https://www.wd.com/en-gb/products/wd-recertified/wd-elements-portable.html#RWDBUZG0010BBK-WESN

mrcheez · 28-12-2018 9:23am

living wrote: »

It's cheaper to order on the UK site using the promocode "5OFFWDUK"

And this model is even cheaper

https://www.wd.com/en-gb/products/wd-recertified/wd-elements-portable.html#RWDBUZG0010BBK-WESN

Ship to Ireland or need to use Parcel Wizard?

living · 28-12-2018 9:33am

mrcheez wrote: »

Ship to Ireland or need to use Parcel Wizard?

Sorry, forgot to mention it, you need parcel motel / addresspal / parcel wizard but still cheaper than the Irish website

The different is more noticiable with he most expensive models though

tippgod · 28-12-2018 9:40am

picked up a 4Tb My Book (New Version) re-certified yesterday for €67 delivered to Ireland

cant go wrong with that as a storage device

tedpan · 28-12-2018 9:45am

TBH, for storage, I don't understand why you'd buy a used recertified drive(31gbp, plus parcel motel, only 6 month warranty) when you can buy a new one locally with 3 year warranty for 59euro?

Maybe I'm mad, but data is important to me..

Kolido · 28-12-2018 9:53am

If you want it just to store movies, music or games, its fine. These you can download these again.

Any drive can fail, if you have anything important that cant be got again, should be backed up in multiple places anyway.

snoopy84 · 28-12-2018 10:55am

living wrote:

It's cheaper to order on the UK site using the promocode "5OFFWDUK"

is this code working for anyone else? invalid for me

matt360 · 28-12-2018 11:14am

Could this be used as a harddrive to store and play PS4/Xbox1 games from?

banana_bear · 28-12-2018 11:33am

tedpan wrote: »

TBH, for storage, I don't understand why you'd buy a used recertified drive(31gbp, plus parcel motel, only 6 month warranty) when you can buy a new one locally with 3 year warranty for 59euro?

I agree, hard disks are a timebomb as it is. I wouldn't buy a second hand hard disk if it was only 25% of the price of a new one.

tedpan wrote: »

Maybe I'm mad, but data is important to me..

That, on the other hand, doesn't make sense.

If data is important (as it should be), you make regular backups. A brand new hard disk of the highest quality can fail the day after you buy it. Or get stolen, damaged by a power surge, destroyed in a house fire, dropped by the dog/kid, etc. Or you might simply delete something you didn't mean to, or a virus might delete/encrypt it.

If you value your data, you take backups. A hard disk is nothing but one temporary container for your data.

On the other hand, if your time and hassle free life is important, that would be a good reason not to buy second hand hard disks.

tedpan · 28-12-2018 11:44am

banana_bear wrote:

If you value your data, you take backups. A hard disk is nothing but one temporary container for your data.

I have multiple WD externals for backups , each backed up to another drive

pawrick · 28-12-2018 11:44am

If you have a plex pass there is usually a monthly 20% discount for purchases on the WD site (applies to both Irish and UK wd sites). Someone over on the nvidia shield boards forum with plex probably has a code to spare or will have one for January.

Regarding the re-certified offers, these pop up constantly but any drives of a decent size sell out immediately as they are posted all over the uk bargain hunting sites also. No idea if good or not as i never bought them but I'd imagine I'd see a lot more complaints on other forums if they were failing more often than new ones.

mrcheez · 28-12-2018 12:15pm

I've had 3 WD externals for 3 years with 0 problems.

All recertified.

Frank_1969 · 28-12-2018 1:10pm

Would these hard drives work with an LG TV for recording programmes.Have tried a few usb sticks but the TV won't recognise them for recording but does play videos and photos from them..Thanks

robfowler78 · 28-12-2018 2:30pm

Hi all ordered one of these to back up my media files. What's the best way to do a complete back up of 3tb from an external drive to this one I bought. Would copy and paste be the best option? I sometimes find when copying large files with copy paste it doesn't always work and I have to restart and it takes forever.

What's the best / cheapest software option that you'd recommend.

Snake Plisken · 28-12-2018 3:18pm

What's best for PS4 in one of these recertifed looking to pick up a 3-4Gig one not sure if one of the 3.5" powered via external power supply would be better then the 2.5" powered by usb.

mrcheez · 28-12-2018 7:12pm

Snake Plisken wrote: »

What's best for PS4 in one of these recertifed looking to pick up a 3-4Gig one not sure if one of the 3.5" powered via external power supply would be better then the 2.5" powered by usb.

For my PS4 I have the 3.5" ones powered externally.

living · 28-12-2018 7:44pm

snoopy84 wrote: »

is this code working for anyone else? invalid for me

It only works on the UK site

living · 28-12-2018 7:45pm

matt360 wrote: »

Could this be used as a harddrive to store and play PS4/Xbox1 games from?

I bought the one that OP posted for my xbox and so far so good

living · 28-12-2018 7:48pm

tedpan wrote: »

TBH, for storage, I don't understand why you'd buy a used recertified drive(31gbp, plus parcel motel, only 6 month warranty) when you can buy a new one locally with 3 year warranty for 59euro?

Maybe I'm mad, but data is important to me..

Believe it or not, I trust more the ones recertified because (in theory) they were fixed. One brand new can have hidden issues because nobody has tested it yet.

tedpan · 28-12-2018 8:11pm

living wrote:

Believe it or not, I trust more the ones recertified because (in theory) they were fixed. One brand new can have hidden issues because nobody has tested it yet.

Lol, they're tested in the factory

LiveRadio.ie · 29-12-2018 6:49pm

1 TB already gone.

2 TB still available for €52.99 (yellow color).

gally74 · 29-12-2018 8:14pm

just bought a 1TB,

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 04-01-2019 3:34pm

Just bought a 1TB, thanks OP

basskebab · 04-01-2019 6:16pm

nice one. Just got a white 1TB. Only colour available

GBX · 07-01-2019 10:26am

Some 1tb back in stock.

sweetie · 11-01-2019 10:45am

seems to be mypassport and elements in stock, any difference? edit: ill be sticking it in an xbox

Kristopherus · 11-01-2019 8:25pm

2tb still available, if you're not fussy about the colours available.

Capt'n Midnight · 12-01-2019 12:37am

From https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/my-passport-recertified-1tb-hard-drive-2799-delivered-with-code-western-digital-3161686

£5 off with 5OFFWDUK ?

Shefwedfan · 12-01-2019 1:40pm

How does the password work on these? if you reboot do you need to put in password every time? Thanks

gingernut79 · 17-09-2019 7:47pm

Picked this up for €30.60 paying with paypal, might be a bit cheaper paying with card, same item but lower price than OP

Shefwedfan · 17-09-2019 10:15pm

gingernut79 wrote: »

Picked this up for €30.60 paying with paypal, might be a bit cheaper paying with card, same item but lower price than OP

You get it yet? Does it have a password on it?

Tusky · 17-09-2019 10:47pm

gingernut79 wrote: »

Picked this up for €30.60 paying with paypal, might be a bit cheaper paying with card, same item but lower price than OP

Would this be okay for playing 4k files on a TV?

[edit] one more question. Where do you input the 10% code? I don't see an option.

johnnykilo · 17-09-2019 11:56pm

Tusky wrote: »

Would this be okay for playing 4k files on a TV?

[edit] one more question. Where do you input the 10% code? I don't see an option.

The website is a bit all over the place, if you click again on the basket icon in the top right it should go back to a screen where you have the option to enter a Promo Code.

Tusky · 18-09-2019 10:49am

johnnykilo wrote: »

The website is a bit all over the place, if you click again on the basket icon in the top right it should go back to a screen where you have the option to enter a Promo Code.

Got the 2TB for €40. Thanks!

ciano316 · 18-09-2019 2:25pm

gingernut79 wrote: »

Picked this up for €30.60 paying with paypal, might be a bit cheaper paying with card, same item but lower price than OP

Did you use parcel motel for this?
Only shipping option is UK

Shefwedfan · 18-09-2019 3:03pm

Bought the 2TB one....

Hope it doesn't have a stupid password on it.....my other HDD has buttons on front to punch in when been used and drives me nuts

Kolido · 18-09-2019 3:39pm

Do the promo codes work on the Irish site?

Tusky · 18-09-2019 8:48pm

ciano316 wrote: »

Did you use parcel motel for this?
Only shipping option is UK

I used address pal.

gingernut79 · 23-09-2019 6:15pm

ciano316 wrote: »

Did you use parcel motel for this?
Only shipping option is UK

I used Parcel Motel, sorry I should have factored that into the price

Gadge · 23-09-2019 6:46pm

I was able to get the 4tb white one shipped to my Irish address.

EDIT free shipping too

WD MyPassport recertified 1TB €35 delivered

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