are the WD ultrastars worth it? not looking for RAID/NAS, just a simple storage/ solution

yeah im considering that
not storing any critical data though, but i do love my movies
whats the consensus on shucking in malaysia? we no longer have the wd elements so im not sure if its worth it

wondering if anyone knows the load count for a 4TB my passport portable hdd?

trying to compare if a 3.5" would last longer than a 2.5" external hdd.

Do you mind to share how your Toshiba holding up still? Is the drive still working and what the age of the drive?

First time hearing this kind of sound on HDD feel strange as my old seagate with 7200rpm does not have the noise. Will just use this WD drive to backup something less important.

Checked, all passed.

Let me check again, cause run the extended smart test and took like few hours.

Yup won't run it again just that I've forgotten the information after that test. Will update again here.

By the way, if it all zero mean drive is ok state?

I'm using the WD Utilities to run that SMART, and it only show this

Reassigned Sector Count: 0
Power-On Hours Count: 20
Drive Power Cycle Count: 4
Temperature: 33C
SATA/PCIe CRC Error Count: 0

Where can I get the unreadable/unwritable sector?

This the value obtained from CrystalDiskInfo

Reallocated Sector Count: Current 200, Worst 200, Threshold 140, Raw Values 000000000000
Current Pending Sector Count: Current 200, Worst 200, Threshold 0, Raw Values 000000000000
Uncorrectable Sector Count: Current 100, Worst 253, Threshold 0, Raw Values 000000000000

  Mind to explain how my drive doing? Not sure what the value about. 

Hi Guys, anyone still use HDD? or all sudah migrate SSD?
Thinking should i still find HDD to backup?

Western digital still good to use?

i got one Toshiba 2TB. Its hardly been used. Suddenly I cant access the data anymore. Can see the folders, some data can read, some cant. Also will restart file explorer.

what can I do? I have not been using windows for a long time so forgotten all the stuff.

Thanks all in advance

Hard drive manufacturer Western Digital has confirmed that it is looking into potential problems with its older hard drives identified by data recovery scientists. The drives in question, a collection of 2TB to 6TB WD Blue and Red models released around 2020, are SMR drives, a classification that already brought WD a class-action lawsuit in 2021.

As WD alludes to, multiple data recovery scientists, including 030 data recovery, have begun reporting the issues fundamental to WD's use of SMR technology in lower-capacity drives. An open secret since 2021, data scientists have known that these 2TB to 6TB WD Red and Blue SMR drives have increased chances of failure, up to permanent data loss and physical drive damage.

Now, data recovery scientists are confirming that Western Digital Blue and Red drives with the WD*0EZAZ, WD*0EDAZ, and WD*0EFAX model numbers at the 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, and 6TB sizes are prone to abnormally high failure rates. Data scientists like 030 Datenrettung, mentioned above, also previously included WD Purple drives released at the same time in their list of failing SMR drives, but WD confirmed that the Purple drives are built on a different enough firmware that the same issues would not affect these drives. Larger SMR drives are also not at risk of the same failures.

Anyone using WD hard drives at these sizes from 2020 or later should check their hardware to ensure they are not also at risk of data loss and failure; data scientists suggest that the first sign of trouble with the drives will be loud noises coming from the spinning platters, though that warning sign is a fairly universal signal of something going terribly wrong.

wd red PLUS should be ok.

If u dont get plus then i would be wary 
wd wanted to sell wd red smrs for nas purposes. which they really shouldnt, but since they insist and they got caught, they came out with the PLUS. As in yes these are the real deal for nas drives, we promise 

then newbs who dont know will buy the wd red (NON PLUS) and get hit by smr. then wonder why for truenas zfs is sux 

2. different brand. might not be a good idea to mix. it will work, but i rather not do that

Hi Guys,

I am thinking to get an HDD to backup my phone data such as photo etc. Earlier i am using SSD, and I found out my SSD wont last long as my family member are actively backing up their photo and video especially.

Reading out NAS seems a good choice, but i am not into NAS yet as it out of my budget. I am wondering what is the best reliability of backing up my data? I will keep a copy into my pc, a copy into external hard disk. Should i consider another internal hard disk? such as WD Red Plus / Pro?

Please do let me know if there is a suggestion on how should i proceed? My budget currently perhaps 500 bucks looking at 2 - 4TB  , is it sufficient?