Western digital my book shucking guide get cheaper hard. I just bought 2 western digital my book 8 tb for eur 157,55 each incl. Model wd my book 8tb wd my book 8tb wdbfjk0080hbknesn. Wd easyshare 8tb wd red shucking level1techs forums. They have these in addition to the latest my book and passport models that they have sold since late last year. Get your shuck onwd easystore 8tb on sale again 179. Western digital 8tb easystore external hdd wdbcka0080hbk. I changed brands to western digital as ive been having a bad luck with seagate lately. I know the warranty is 2 vs 3 yr, leading me to believe the mybook has a better drive or controller, for a lower failure rate. In this video i was able to get white label wd red drives out of the hard drive enclosures. In the example below, a western digital external 6tb hard disk drive is.
You can choose from a 3tb, 4tb, 6tb, 8tb, 10tb, 12tb, and a 14tb. Or is the difference just marketing to sell a more expensive drive. Apr 14, 2018 western digital my book shucking guide get cheaper hard drives. This isnt necessary if you know where to apply pressure on the case. I started this new thread to document some of the findings with these shuckable mybook drives. Finally got around to uploading my wd my book shucking guide. I even left the plastic wrap on, to reduce the risk of marring the plastic. This item western digital 8tb my book desktop external hard driveusb 3. Western digital 8tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3.
There are no tabs locking the sliding cover in place as seen here and here. Wd my book 8tb overview and full product specs on cnet. Inside the wd easystore 10tb external devices are 10tb heliumfilled sata iii hard drives. Shucking opening 8tb wd elements external hard drive hdd white label. I just got two western digital 8tb easystore external drives in the mail today. Datahoarder conclusion all in all i am pretty happy with the 8tb drives, they are 5400rpm but perform really well. The economics of this elude me, but as a result, drive shucking became a common practice among savvy nas users. In the above video i will show how to open the wd my book 8tb drive to get the hdd out. Compare wd 8tb my book vs seagate backup plus 8tb pangoly. Store thousands of files and documents on this western digital my book external hard drive. This drive appears to be easier to shuck than the easystores. I was able to shuck the drive from the enclosure and find a white label wd80emaz drive which is nearly identical to the red labeled drive that is sought after.
Western digital, desktop external hard drives, hard drives. Im looking for the technical difference between the my book 8tb and the easystore 8tb external drives. Raid0 mode provides superfast performance with up to 360mbs2 sequential read speeds using the usb typec port. How to open shuck a wd my book new without breaking. My book 8tb desktop hard drive with password protection and. The 8tb wd easystore costs more than the 8tb my book desktop hdd but it. Thats major cost savings even if you figure in shorter warranty. This has led people to obtain external drives just to open the enclosures to get the drives from inside. These western digital 10tb drives have a secondary use, namely as a less expensive way to get internal hard drives. I verified the 256mb cache on my thailand drive wd80efax68lphn0. Sep 11, 2017 at the moment and throughout 2017, for that matter, the best value in drive shucking has consistently been the example we used in the previous section. The 8tb version of the western digital my book is a deep well of affordable storage for your photos, music, videos, and more. Jul 06, 2019 shucking western digital my book 8 tb wdbbgb0080hbkeesn i just bought 2 western digital my book 8 tb for eur 157,55 each incl. Add up to 8tb 1 of extra storage to your device to build up your game library up to 200 games, 3 or relive your best inaction moments by saving your favorite gameplay recordings.
Fairly easy to shuck without breaking clips failed on my first one, but no clips broken on the other 7. And some other comments about the drives requiring additional surgery to make them compatible with a sata interface. Is one drive better than the other, for internal use. Oct 09, 2018 in todays post, ill be sharing some pictures of my shucked western digital 8tb my book external hard disk drive. Receive an email notification when this product becomes available. Mac compatible, may require reformatting before use. This is what western digital sent me as a warranty replacement for a shucked white label drive that came out of a wd elements usb enclosure. They are very easy to shuck, allowing you to run them internally using sata. What hard drive is in a western digital 10tb easystore spx labs.
My book desktop storage has massive storage capacity so you can confidently back up the files that make up your digital life. List of all wd firmware and software available for download. Find the western digital my book drives icon on the desktop and then doubleclick it. Wd 8tb my book shuck the developing person through the lifespan pdf free, i started this new thread to document some of the findings with these shuckable mybook drives. Wdbbgb0080hbknesn for those who do not intend to shuck the drive, warranty, parts. We have some benchmarks and the scoop on the western digital 8tb drives found on newer 2016 western digital my book external drives. In this video, i show you how to shuck the internal sata hdd as nondestructively as possible from a western digital external 8tb easystore drive. The wd my book 8tb external hard drive in black, is suitable to store massive amounts of photos, videos, music and documents. How to open shuck a wd my book new without breaking the case ive noticed that brute force is used in most of the videos on youtube which show how to shuck the hard drive of a wd my book. As a team, it was important that we listened carefully and understood your feedback about our wd red nas drives. Ive seen quite a lot of videos showing how to open the wd my book new case and breaking off the joints, or making scratches into the plastic.
The 8tb capacity easily accommodates the largest files and the built in 256 bit aes hardware encryption keeps your data safe from unauthorized users. Is shucking 8tb western digital my book external hard drives still a recommended method to get red drives cheaper than buying internal drives. This western digital my book external hard drive offers easy plug and play installation and includes wd backup software which makes it easy to back up. I got this hard drive as ive already had 2 other seagate hard drives fail and needed another drive. I asked this question via the presales form, but got no response.
How to get premium hard drives for cheap by shucking. Nov 28, 2018 updated 2020 i recently just shucked my first wd 10tb easystore and as far as i can tell it is a helium filled hdd, with a 256mb cache and runs at 5400 rpms. After publishing our howto guide on saving money with the toshiba 5tb 7200rpm external drives, we planned to do the same with the 8tb. Wd my book is a very popular and one of the more expensive options. This is a heliumfilled 256mb cache drive, like the wd red 10tb solution. Shucking western digital my book 8 tb wdbbgb0080hbkeesn. What hard drive is in a western digital 8tb easystore. The wd elements desktop hard drive and the wd my book desktop hard drive come with various storage capacities. Ive shucked both both reds and white label and had no failures. Western digital 4tb my book desktop external hard driveusb 3. Wd wd100emaz and wd easystore 10tb external backup drive. I find the easystore disks run quite hot, so i usually have a fan to force air into them. Western digital 10tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3.
Add up to 8tb of extra storage to your device to build up your game library up to 200 games, or relive your best inaction moments. Model no wdbwlg0080hbk model no wdbbgb0080hbk ell me what drive inside. Switch to raid1 configuration for redundancy and to mirror data on the wd red drives inside. Does somebody know which hdd is inside the new wd my book 8 tb. Flipping the enclosure over we see how everything is laid out inside the kit. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them. If youve been itching to bust out that velvet sport coat stuffed in the back of your closet, a festive attire dress code is your moment. Hope it helps you guys in getting some cheap white label reds 256mb cache. The equivalent specd wd red 8tb nas hard disk drive 5400 rpm class sata 6 gbs 128mb cache 3. Western digital 8tb my book desktop external hard driveusb 3. Its the reason why i went with western digital, and specifically not seagate with their shingle technology.
I kept the my book desktop drive for just a couple hours which was long enough to convince me it was lowend junk and going back for a full refund. Also can you just search for wd with a particular color series. Today, we will be looking at the 8tb hard drive for each. Our comments box is a great way for you to view other peoples feedback about products on, and add your own. Find over 30,000 products at your local micro center, including the my book 8tb usb 3. The new wd my book is both smaller and uses very different design than the older model, as it now sports angled corners compared to the rounded front panel used before. Free up space on your computer with help from this 8tb western digital my book external hard drive. Ordered 3 of the 8tb easystore to shuck and then use in a nas, heres what i got. The reason that i have five is because they are solid drives at an outstanding price. Shucking a wd easystore and upgrading nas ethan wojcinski. Save money on hdd purchases wd my book shuck pakstech. The goal was to extract the drives and insert them as regular sata drives into my home server for extra storage. Amazon was awesome about the refund and the return process was so simple. The smaller ones, 6tb and lower most likely be just blues as green is gone.
Seagate expansion 8tb desktop external hard drive usb 3. The video shows how to open the enclosure without breaking it and shuck the drive in great detail. I bought the wd 8tb easystore external hdd to replace a crappy wd 8tb my book desktop external drive i had ordered and returned. The new easystore models are currently on sale and are cheaper than the existing mbpp models. All mybook 8tb s seem to have ezaz drives in them, from what i can see, they are the same as the easystore white labels with 256mb cache. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps. My bookpassport vs easystore external drives for pc wd. If you get a white label drive and if you shuck the drive and put it into your computer and it detects inside the enclosure but not inside the computer, lookup the wd. Just wondering what the benefits are by shucking a drive like this wd my book 8tb. Establish a connection between the western digital my book drive and the mac computer.
Its less versatile it needs a mod in order to be shucked. I was able to pull the shell off by holding down the top center of the case, and pulling evenly on both sides of the front of the shell. The compact design offers up to 14tb capacity, making wd elements desktop storage the ideal solution for easy, addon storage of all your important photos, music, videos and files. Its common knowledge now that these externals have 8tb western digital red drives inside of them. Wd red 8tb nas hard disk drive 5400 rpm class sata 6gbs 128mb cache 3. After removing the outer shell, we find a wd100emaz 10tb white label hdd inside. This means that there is no way by looking at it wd can tell its been shucked. The my book duo drive has massive capacity for storing photos, videos, documents and music. Im sure some have failed, but myself asid,e i dont recall many any. How to remove shuck the hard drive from western digital. Western digital addresses the wd red smr controversy pc.
Datahoarder conclusion all in all i am pretty happy with the 8tb. The 8tb my book drives are pretty cheap on amazon right now, so im tempted. There is a possibility you could get a wd red drive. A usb typec port with all cables included makes it universally compatible supports. I need to buy a few new drives and was ready to buy a couple my books from best buy when i noticed that all of a sudden they sell new wd drives under the easystore label. The outer shell has tabs connecting it to the inner part. Lets say, for the sake of argument, you want four 8tb hard drives for a home server project. It might come as a surprise to you but external usb hard drives are actually cheaper per terabyte than similar internal drives. I recently just shucked my first wd 8tb easystore and despite what i have read on the internet, i dont believe my white label 8tb drive is a wd red drive.
When you shuck, or remove, the internal disk from a western digital easystore external drive, youll find either a red label or a white label internal disk. The western digital easystore is the most popular drive for shucking. All 3 were marked wdbcka0080hbknesn, all 3 said they were made in thailand. These are generally white label wd wd100emaz 10tb hard drives but we have heard of some containing wd red variants. By clicking the notify me when available button below, i consent to the use of the information provided below by. Click the devices tab and check whether your mac computer detects the western digital my book drive.
We had two wd 8tb my books en route from when pcper published that it got hgst he8 8tb 7200 rpm hard drives from units procured at best buy. Quick transfer rates move information three times faster than traditional hard drives, and the local and cloud backup prevents data loss. When your internal drive is almost full your pc slows down. In the past, western digital was using red label drives exclusively, but at the time of publishing this instructable, the white label drives are more common. Shucking external drives to get at the red nas drives within tends to be much cheaper than buying internal drives directly. Free up space on your internal drive by transferring files to.
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