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kpgigov

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Hello Team,

I'm running out of storage and I want to get an external drive so I can keep movies, series etc so the drive will not be used in general, rather I will plug it from time to time to transfer the file from the external drive to a PC or Laptop and paste the movie onto the local drive.

While searching for something cheep I stumbled upon offers from AliExpress and the price to TB is... well amazing, so I wonder what is the catch. Also, yes they are so cheep that getting one to test it out wouldn't be an issue but on the other had I don't want to move a ton of data there and find out that the drive is dead the next time I use it etc.

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004155510068.html?spm=a2g0o.ppclist.product.22.7266E4ldE4ld1I&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%20114%2C62%21%E2%82%AC%2021%2C78%21%21%21%21%21%400b0a23aa16554504738864650eacff%2112000028220155142%21btf&_t=pvid%3A3b5749e8-25ff-4dc2-acf5-0f0dae1e1c2b&afTraceInfo=1005004155510068__pc__pcBridgePPC__xxxxxx__1655450474&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004328156474.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.512f18c1PSiDci&algo_pvid=fbc19747-edbb-41eb-87dc-57acdd6f7728&algo_exp_id=fbc19747-edbb-41eb-87dc-57acdd6f7728-13&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000028772662576%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%2129.89%21%21%21%21%21%400b0a050b16554512353077177ea913%2112000028772662576%21sea

Kind Regards,
 
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kpgigov said:
Hello Team,

I'm running out of storage and I want to get an external drive so I can keep movies, series etc so the drive will not be used in general, rather I will plug it from time to time to transfer the file from the external drive to a PC or Laptop and paste the movie onto the local drive.

While searching for something cheep I stumbled upon offers from AliExpress and the price to TB is... well amazing, so I wonder what is the catch. Also, yes they are so cheep that getting one to test it out wouldn't be an issue but on the other had I don't want to move a ton of data there and find out that the drive is dead the next time I use it etc.

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004155510068.html?spm=a2g0o.ppclist.product.22.7266E4ldE4ld1I&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%20114%2C62%21%E2%82%AC%2021%2C78%21%21%21%21%21%400b0a23aa16554504738864650eacff%2112000028220155142%21btf&_t=pvid%3A3b5749e8-25ff-4dc2-acf5-0f0dae1e1c2b&afTraceInfo=1005004155510068__pc__pcBridgePPC__xxxxxx__1655450474&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004328156474.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.512f18c1PSiDci&algo_pvid=fbc19747-edbb-41eb-87dc-57acdd6f7728&algo_exp_id=fbc19747-edbb-41eb-87dc-57acdd6f7728-13&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000028772662576%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%2129.89%21%21%21%21%21%400b0a050b16554512353077177ea913%2112000028772662576%21sea

Kind Regards,
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16TB and 30TB = fake, fake, fake.
 
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kpgigov said:
Hello Team,

I'm running out of storage and I want to get an external drive so I can keep movies, series etc so the drive will not be used in general, rather I will plug it from time to time to transfer the file from the external drive to a PC or Laptop and paste the movie onto the local drive.

While searching for something cheep I stumbled upon offers from AliExpress and the price to TB is... well amazing, so I wonder what is the catch. Also, yes they are so cheep that getting one to test it out wouldn't be an issue but on the other had I don't want to move a ton of data there and find out that the drive is dead the next time I use it etc.

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004155510068.html?spm=a2g0o.ppclist.product.22.7266E4ldE4ld1I&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%E2%82%AC%20114%2C62%21%E2%82%AC%2021%2C78%21%21%21%21%21%400b0a23aa16554504738864650eacff%2112000028220155142%21btf&_t=pvid%3A3b5749e8-25ff-4dc2-acf5-0f0dae1e1c2b&afTraceInfo=1005004155510068__pc__pcBridgePPC__xxxxxx__1655450474&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004328156474.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.512f18c1PSiDci&algo_pvid=fbc19747-edbb-41eb-87dc-57acdd6f7728&algo_exp_id=fbc19747-edbb-41eb-87dc-57acdd6f7728-13&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000028772662576%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21EUR%21%2129.89%21%21%21%21%21%400b0a050b16554512353077177ea913%2112000028772662576%21sea

Kind Regards,
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Even if you find other "Goodies" on AliExpress I would avoid that site for any electronics, computer hardware and storage. Most of the stuff they offer have EXTREMELY skewed numbers. Just don't support sites that don't enforce user protection(from getting scammed)! I'm curious on what capacity those drives really are though.
 
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kpgigov said:
so I wonder what is the catch
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The 'catch' is that they are fake.

They are actually 2-3-4 small USB flash drives, wired together, and the firmware flashed to present as "16TB". Taken apart, you might see 16-32-64GB space.
But totally unusable, because the chips in there are ones that did not meet quality standards from a real manufacturer, and should have ended up in the shredder.

There is not actually 16TB of space in there.
 
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