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Discus and support The most reliable hard drives in 2015, according to Backblaze in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; @slyphnier, I still have no idea what the heck is blue or black. :-) I have a 1TB WD Passport Ultra. Is that blue or black ? I know, it is a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by Brink, Feb 16, 2016.

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  1. DAVIDHK
    davidhk Win User

    The most reliable hard drives in 2015, according to Backblaze


    @slyphnier,

    I still have no idea what the heck is blue or black. The most reliable hard drives in 2015, according to Backblaze :)

    I have a 1TB WD Passport Ultra.
    Is that blue or black ?
    I know, it is a cheap model.
    Or have I totally misunderstood this whole thread ?
     
    davidhk, Feb 17, 2016
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  2. THEZEEMAN
    TheZeeMan Win User

    Correct, at the time I bought the storage array, I need 8 of them and WD green were the cheapest. As I work with audio/video I need all the storage. The raid controller I have actually keeps the drives active so I'm not sure if that's why they died, but nevertheless they fall under a 3 yr warranty period.

    LOL No worries! I believe the passport uses the 2.5" blue drive but I'm not sure...it should have a 3 yr warranty? As mentioned, the black series are the top of the line with a 5 year warranty. I now buy hard drives based on warranties. For external drives, I recently went with a Toshiba as they offer a 3 yr warranty while Seagate offers 1 and WD offers 2 years on certain drives.
     
    TheZeeMan, Feb 17, 2016
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  3. SLYPHNIER
    slyphnier Win User
    BLACK-BLUE-GREEN-RED-PURPLE is just series do differentiate their internal hdd product
    you can read more on their web Hard Drives, Network Drives, Media Players | Western Digital (WD)

    for their external hdd model, i think mostly using GREEN drive, especially back years ago before RED series come out
    EDIT: quick look on internet, passport ultra seems using BLUE drives

    you can check what hdd used in your external hdd using hdd-smart-tools like crystaldiskinfo i think
    and match the model-code listed to
     
    slyphnier, Feb 17, 2016
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  4. XXHERONIKXX
    XXHeronikXX Win User

    The most reliable hard drives in 2015, according to Backblaze

    Some not all of them. I still have a 500GB and 2TB one from 2010 and 2014.

    Remember the HGST Deathstar? Now that is what I call one of the baddest Hard Drives I ever seen.
     
    XXHeronikXX, Apr 4, 2018
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