Many of us have had hard drives fail, either soon after arrival, or after a year. Usually just when all your data is on it. So why does this happen? It can often just be the packing and handling.
I show you what to watch for, and how to reduce the chances of your drives failing at the worst time. It's simpler than you realize.
And we all get to ask, What was Amazon.eu thinking?
Link to the 6TB Blue CMR Drive : https://amzn.to/3OvrVXd
Just make sure it comes packed properly.
0:00 Intro
0:55 It's probably packing and handling
1:40 What does good look like? A random box
2:14 Amazon.co.uk, Seagate's manufacturers packaging
2:50 Western Digital Direct, lovingly carried by UPS
3:53 What does bad look like?
4:14 Amazon.eu, what were you thinking?
5:15 Past experience of an Exos that took a serious hit in transit
5:58 Lets inspect the WD Blue 6TB and test it
6:45 A closer look, why is it so dead?
7:50 Conclusions