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  #3196749 17-Feb-2024 12:16
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After many messages to Customs, Aramex and Amazon; I finally received my package on February 15th. I promised to report what condition the hard drives arrived in, so here goes.

 

When I ordered from Amazon, I requested that they use their Amazon packaging so that people couldn't see what was in my package. They arrived in a sturdy cardboard box and each hard drive had its own smaller cardboard box with bubble wrap (the wrap with the large bubbles) around them, which allowed no movement of the drives whatsoever. After installing them into my  two bay Docking Station and having to do a Google search on how to format unformatted external drives, everything is running smoothly.

 

So, I can't complain about Amazon's packaging, but they need to use a different courier company than Aramex. Very poor in my opinion.





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  #3196841 17-Feb-2024 17:01
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@Movieman, did you carry out any SMART tests to determine the condition of the drives?


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  #3196843 17-Feb-2024 17:18
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Movieman:

 

I have considered adding a Synology NAS to my desktop set up (DS423 or DS 923), but for now I have settled on the Sabrent USB Type-C to Dual 3.5" SATA and RAID docking station, which I also got from Amazon US. If I'm not happy, I can always buy a NAS at a later date. The cost of populating the NAS is a major expense; at least now, I will have a head start 😀

 

 

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  #3196845 17-Feb-2024 17:35
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Mehrts:

 

@Movieman, did you carry out any SMART tests to determine the condition of the drives?

 

 

No, I wouldn't know where to start 😁 





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  #3196851 17-Feb-2024 18:01
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Movieman:

 

Mehrts:

 

@Movieman, did you carry out any SMART tests to determine the condition of the drives?

 

 

No, I wouldn't know where to start 😁 

 

 

100% worth doing before putting important data on them

 

crystal disc info is a good piece of software


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  #3197176 18-Feb-2024 19:00
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I have been a fan of Toshiba n300 series of nas disks and they come from Amazon in bubble wrap which is inside a box and when ordering multiples they are boxed again. Prices are good and even enterprise are better deals but I am sure disks more noisy. Have had a seagate delivered with next to nothing in packaging and it failed a week later of which I got a credit for.
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  #3197181 18-Feb-2024 19:30
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Always wanted to try one of those and see if they are legit or if they are re-flashed drives of different sizes, or refurbished ones.


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