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DO NOT BUY THAT (OR ANY) 12TB RUST DRIVE FROM AMAZON. I bought a 12TB drive same day delivery so I could blow away my 1.4TB home folder with no qualms about slo
by xerox13ster 2y ago
DO NOT BUY THAT (OR ANY) 12TB RUST DRIVE FROM AMAZON. I bought a 12TB drive same day delivery so I could blow away my 1.4TB home folder with no qualms about slowly reclaiming what I need/use from the backup for a month before I "freeze" the data on a shelf.
Instead of copying my library to my shiny Boox Note Air 2 and playing with my new toy, I spent Sunday hovering over an rsync transfer, cork tapping the spindle when it started clicking and grinding after having it for less than two weeks.
- ThrowawayTestr 2y agoThe brand and model is much more useful information than the retailer you got a bad drive from.
- xerox13ster 2y agoDoes the bullshit P&TO, Chinese-alphabet-soup-fake-brand-name of the enclosure matter that much? It was a Seagate Exos X4 drive inside the "branded" enclosure. I consider Seagate to be a trustworthy brand, yet the one sent to me failed within two weeks and it had no shock absorption in the device at all. When you buy rust drives on Amazon you are rolling the dice that you're going to get a drive that's been thrown around and could fail within two weeks.
- digging 2y agoIn the case of Amazon, I don't think that's true, but my opinion is only shaped by what I read online since I don't use it. I'd be wary of getting fake/counterfeit/knockoff items even if I thought I was buying the real thing.
- pimlottc 2y agoWhere would you suggest buying from instead?
- xerox13ster 2y agoNext time I want a drive the same day I'm taking the light rail to Best Buy. Otherwise probably online from Microcenter or Monoprice.
- thelittleone 2y agoThe dreaded spindle click. Few sounds in tech evoke such grief.