[Gllug] OT: Warning - new WD portable drives!

[general_email at technicalbloke.com]

On 10/06/11 10:00, j.roberts wrote:
> On 10/06/2011 06:22, general_email at technicalbloke.com wrote:
>> On 09/06/11 02:29, Alistair Mann wrote:
>>> general_email at technicalbloke.com wrote:
>>>>   Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>   Just a quick warning that you might want to avoid Western Digital's
>>>>   latest USB3/2.5" portable hard drives.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>   I'm sure this move makes sense to WD for reasons of speed, space and
>>>>   cost but personally I wouldn't touch one of these drives with a
>>>>   bardgepole so I figured I'd best warn you guys in case you'd feel
>>>> the
>>>>   same way.
>>>
>>> Caddies in general seem to fail much more often than one would expect,
>
> <snip>
>
>> I have heard portable drives are one of the manufacturers main outlets
>> for "recertified" drives...
>
> Aargh! Any sources?


Err, not sure where I heard this, there's a fair chance it was an
episode of Scott Moulton's excellent podcast: "My Hard Drive Died!" but
I can't be sure, I listen to a lot of tech podcasts!

Roger
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