WD _BLACK 500GB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, 7200 RPM, 64MB Buffer, SATA 6Gb/s Interface

2023-12-24T19:00:00

I just retired the work computer that I built in 2016 and have been using for 8-10 hours X 6 days a week. Lots of writing to the 4 WD Black hard drives every day. Set up in two RAID-1 arrays. Before I finally ripped it's guts out, I ran CrystalDiskInfo. After 7 years, 6 months of service, three of the WD Blacks were listed as "Good", and one (One of the system drives) was listed as "Caution". Mind you, none of the hard drives had failed, if I hadn't run CDI, I never would have known. The replacement computer? 2 10TB Golds RAID 1, two 10TB Reds RAID 1, 2 4TB Red SSDs (RAID 1) and 2 2TB 770 NVME system drives (You guessed it, RAID 1. I won't say that I've never had a problem with Western Digital products. But with the rare problem comes excellent customer service that has always resolved the situation to my complete satisfaction. Great products, great CS, yeah, I'll stick with WD for my storage needs.

Petercat

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2023-12-04T19:00:00

4TB Black: Unbearably loud. It makes a thumping noise every single second when idle. It's basically torture. And when it's reading...oh boy, it rattles the whole house. I deeply regret buyng this product.

chrism1

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2023-02-04T19:00:00

it was easy ti install and format. I hope it lasts as long as other WD drives that I have had.

Danno

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2022-11-14T19:00:00

Don't buy WD external hard drive. The majority of time it only works when it wants to.

Done

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2022-08-14T20:00:00

This thing is advertised as having speeds up to 150MB/s and in reality, at best, I'm only getting 7MB/s with a USB 3.2 on both my laptops. I have $10 flash drives that are faster than this thing.

jk276643

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2022-04-09T20:00:00

Easy installation no problems with install. Fit into my drive rack with 4 screws.

JohnG

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2022-03-17T20:00:00

2 of these WD Black HDDs had I/O Device Errors from the beginning. One sounded different after 60 days, with a Current Pending Sector Count of 8, an Uncorrectable Sector Count of 1, and Error Code 7 the next day. The WD Black totally crumbled after 5 weeks, before it could finish erasing once. The physical device WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 (not the filesystem) could not be recognized without being connected before starting Linux, but prevents booting beyond POST. It was connected while displaying the F12 boot menu (after POST and before Linux), and everything had Input/Output Errors except HDDSuperClone, which has been erasing the HDD at 1530 KB/s for 4 weeks. None of our other disks have ever fallen apart to that extent in under 10 years. Customer reviews strongly reflect the increase of I/O Device Errors with Western Digital products. The WD Support website blocks an RMA as "OUT OF REGION", despite being purchased from the official Western Digital Store and never crossing borders. "OUT OF REGION" means the product was originally sold in a different country. Western Digital used to provide Advanced RMAs for free, before requiring expensive deposits and a permanent $25 charge, which is never refunded even after returning the original. The $25 cannot be refunded even when an Advanced RMA is refused outside the customer's control. Western Digital has customers submit the $25 before knowing invasive identity verification is required to continue, with no option to cancel and refund the $25 by the time the customer gets to know. Western Digital uses Styrofoam instead of polyethylene foam because it's slightly cheaper. Styrofoam cushions much more poorly than polyethylene foam, and should never be used for an expensive HDD. Styrofoam is also toxic and nearly impossible to recycle. Polyethylene foam is not much to ask for, as it's also inexpensive plastic. The quality of the Styrofoam accurately represented the product. Western Digital previously used polyethylene foam before becoming a scam company. In August 2021, a bait & switch scam was uncovered with the SN550 Blue SSD. Western Digital neglects severe vulnerabilities in My Cloud OS 3, and says to buy a new WD My Cloud if your existing product cannot be upgraded to OS 5. Instead of providing updates, Western Digital will leave customers vulnerable until later in 2022, when networking functionality will be crippled, with a ransom to purchase a new device with OS 5. Western Digital claims to have determined it necessary to end support for OS 3, even though it is not fundamentally flawed, and the problem is the very lack of support itself. I have accurately recommended Western Digital hundreds of times over the years, and do not regret that, but the new CEO David Goeckeler has trashed the company.

Callistemon

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2021-12-04T19:00:00

Goes up from 219.99 to 249.99. If you raise the price in the cart don't expect people to give any good reviews. Maybe I will buy a different brand.

radrick01

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2021-09-04T20:00:00

I have been search for basic installation information and documentation that is current with the drive that I bought. Seems that documentation and simple installation instructions has been over looked. Not all of us are computer geeks... really missed the mark WD. Something as simple as a QR Code on the drive to take a person to simple instructions with illustrations. And if you do have.... nowhere to be found.

tickedoff

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2021-08-30T20:00:00

I ordered a 4 TB version of the hdd (WD4005FZBX). It is what it is, but it looks totally different from the appearance on the pictures (just a metallic cover with a sticker on it). Maybe I am missing something but I don't really understand it, did it change since then or how can this happen? Quality wise everything is all right, but still it is quite disappointing. Thanks!

B.K

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