[SOLVED] Looking for a good external Hard drive

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BCEbear

Apr 26, 2020
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Hello,

Im looking to find the best external hard drive for everyday use. As well as mass video storage. Im looking for anything 5-10TB for Windows. Any suggestions
 
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I have an 8TB WD Elements. This external drive is cheaper than the bare 8TB internal drive. There is a WD/HGST helium drive inside the enclosure.
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I guess WD could use any drive that meets the spec, but here is mine (attribute 0x16 / 22 is the helium level):

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 (2) WDC WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0
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       Enclosure : WD Elements 25A3 USB Device (V=1058, P=25A3, sa1) - wd
           Model : WDC WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0
        Firmware : 83.H0A83
   Serial Number : ********
       Disk Size : 8001.5 GB (8.4/137.4/8001.5/8001.5)
     Buffer Size : Unknown
     Queue Depth : 32
    # of Sectors : 15628053168
   Rotation Rate : 5400 RPM
       Interface : USB (Serial ATA)
   Major Version : ACS-2
   Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
   Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
  Power On Hours : 191 hours
  Power On Count : 126 count
     Temperature : 35 C (95 F)
   Health Status : Good
        Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
       APM Level : 00A4h [ON]
       AAM Level : ----
    Drive Letter : E:

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 100 100 _16 000000000000 Read Error Rate
02 129 129 _54 000000000070 Throughput Performance
03 164 164 _24 000801B2016F Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 __0 00000000007E Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 __5 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 100 _67 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
08 128 128 _20 000000000012 Seek Time Performance
09 100 100 __0 0000000000BF Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 _60 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C 100 100 __0 00000000007E Power Cycle Count
16 100 100 _25 000000000064 Vendor Specific
C0 100 100 __0 00000000007F Power-off Retract Count
C1 100 100 __0 00000000007F Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 185 185 __0 003100130023 Temperature
C4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
        0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
000: 045A 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000  .Z?..7.......?......
010: FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF  ....................
020: 0003 0000 0038 3833 2E48 3041 3833 5744 4320 5744  .....883.H0A83WDC WD
030: 3830 454D 415A 2D30 3057 4A54 4130 2020 2020 2020  80EMAZ-00WJTA0     
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 4000 2F00                ..@./.
050: 4000 0200 0200 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 5100  @.......?....?....Q.
060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0407 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0C08  ...........x.x.x.x..
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 970E 0076 0CDE 0000  ...............v....
080: 03FC 0029 746B 7D69 4773 7469 BC49 4773 007F 81A5  ...)tk}iGsti.IGs....
090: 0000 00A4 FFFE 0000 0000 0008 00CA 00F9 2710 0000  ................'...
100: 2AB0 A381 0003 0000 00CA 0000 6003 5A87 5000 CCA2  *...........`.Z.P...
110: 7ED6 6433 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 40DC  ~.d3..............@.
120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 000B  @...................
130: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0800 0000 0000  ....................
140: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ....................
150: 0000 0008 5757 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ....WW..............
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0002 0000  ....................
170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ....................
180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ....................
190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ....................
200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 003D 0000 0000 4000  .............=....@.
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1518 0000 0000  ....................
220: 0000 0000 10FF 0021 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  .......!............
230: 2AB0 A381 0003 0000 0008 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  *...................
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ....................
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 41A5                      ..........A.

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
     +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 10 00 01 0B 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 04  .....dd.........
010: 00 81 81 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 07 00 A4 A4 6F  ...p...........o
020: 01 B2 01 08 00 00 04 12 00 64 64 7E 00 00 00 00  .........dd~....
030: 00 00 05 33 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 0A  ...3.dd.........
040: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 04 00 80 80 12  .dd.............
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 12 00 64 64 BF 00 00 00 00  .........dd.....
060: 00 00 0A 12 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 32  .....dd........2
070: 00 64 64 7E 00 00 00 00 00 00 16 23 00 64 64 64  .dd~.......#.ddd
080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 32 00 64 64 7F 00 00 00 00  .......2.dd.....
090: 00 00 C1 12 00 64 64 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 02  .....dd.........
0A0: 00 B9 B9 23 00 13 00 31 00 00 C4 32 00 64 64 00  ...#...1...2.dd.
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 22 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00  .......".dd.....
0C0: 00 00 C6 08 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 0A  .....dd.........
0D0: 00 C8 C8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
0F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 5D 00 00 5B  ............]..[
170: 03 00 01 00 02 FF 00 C1 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10  ................

-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
     +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 10 00 01 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 36  ...............6
010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 18 00 00 00 00  ................
020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
030: 00 00 05 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 43  ...............C
040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 14 00 00 00 00  ................
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
060: 00 00 0A 3C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00  ...<............
070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 16 19 00 00 00 00  ................
080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
090: 00 00 C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 00  ................
0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C4 00 00 00 00 00  ................
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
0C0: 00 00 C6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 00  ................
0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
0F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 35  ...............5
 
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