Ezzy-525@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 1 year ago

I had no idea these are notoriously bad?

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I had no idea these are notoriously bad?

Ezzy-525@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 1 year ago

So how many more stories of these drives being absolute garbage do we all have?

Of all the drives I’ve ever owned. From Hitachi, Maxxtor, Seagate, Western Digital and others…this is the only one I’ve had that died. Apparently this is a trend with these particular drives?

This one is currently a paperweight

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I have a 2tb model that runs fine just on a specific setup. If I change the power outlet the drive is connected it fails. Crazy af

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