I would for something I buy maybe every two years at most. It's less than the cost of a meal out with the family.

I guess it all depends upon what value you put on your data.

Edited by TinyMongomery (Tue 04-Mar-25 19:45:08)

Multiple redundant backups my friend. Besides the WD warranty if used you get a refurbished drive as replacement.

I thought you said they were OEM drives so warranty was with the seller, not WD?

Yes they are I was speculating if I had purchased from WD direct. One thing I have noticed while doing a surface scan is the speed compared to my 2016 Red, top read 150MB/s on 2016 on outer tracks. This one 220MB/s on same USB interface. Amazing how the technology has come along. Still got two drives to get hopefully 2024 stock.

Oh yes. Buy from WD (or buy a retail drive from any retailer) and you’ll get the full warranty. Whether it’s worth paying extra for that or you are happy to rely on a firm in China that probably disappeared yesterday is up to the individual.

Well bad news. Its a fake. The model number in the internal data is written as WCD instead of WDC. Label says manufactured Jan 2025 but internal data says 04 2021. Passes the surface scan but going for refund.

Thats a bummer, at least you found out now.

The old truism you get what you pay for typically holds true. Mostly.

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The old truism you get what you pay for typically holds true. Mostly.

With so much direct selling via the usual platforms from that particular country their is no control over what they are selling.

Doesn't look good for the 2 x 2024 drives on their way. Giveaway was the WCD model number prefix in data of the drive. Looks like the firmware has been tampered with as WD Dashboard Software doesn't even recognise the drive which it should. Also the serial number is not found on the WD warranty check.