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Hi @chandanhm92, The choice of the HDD, it all depends on your requirement and your budget. In terms of reliability, WD drives are good and have; the less failure rate. I’d suggest you to go with the WD My Passport Ultra because it has the extra feature like software for backup and security...

Hi @chetansha, According to warranty policy terms, we only provide the regional warranty on the products. For more information about warranty policy, please refer the link below: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=xMb0s In special cases of warranty change or update, you have to send...

Hi @Parag Sinha, I’d like to add the word on it. In terms of reliability, WD Red drive is good and have, the less failure rate. Based on your requirement, I’d suggest you to go with the WD Red HDD because It has inbuilt Nasware technology to prevent the bad sectors and provide the data...

Hi @dejavu619, For a gaming rig in this budget, then you go with the bssunilreddy configuration. In my thought, the future proof rig has the latest CPU and the new MOBO with the latest technology. For most future proofing rig use the overclocking CPU to gain the upper limit velocity as per...

Hi @nRiTeCh Thanks for your interest in WD Blue. You know, I'm not sure why by myself, but I've make sure to pass your question to our marketing and R&D division. I'm kind of curious myself too.

WD expands their award-winning desktop and mobile storage lineup with WD Blue PC hard drives. Extensively tested and built to WD's high standards, WD Blue offers a wide variety of capacities - ranging from 250 GB to the massive 6 TB – in both desktop and mobile models. Drive WD Blue with...

Hi subhasis, Have all data to be backed up often, to be put in a central location, like a server or NAS in the building itself. Have a second server/NAS for replication (backup) Shop around for any local solution providers that can do offsite backup in India itself. As for data leakage and...

HI subhasis, I'd suggest you to make a few copies of your data at different locations. First could be a local copy in the same place or in the same office. The second could be on the NAS server. For the third copy, you may use a cloud service. Again, making a lot of backup locations comes...

Hi chetansha, There is no hardware encryption on the WD My Cloud, but you can just set user permissions through it's dashboard.

Hi chetansha, When we talk about WD My Cloud NAS (The My Cloud EX) series does not come with hardware encryption. It does have the software encryption, which you can enable at the time of setting it up. @v.Na5h, If you want to use the drive in another system after taking it out from the NAS box...

Hi newuser990, Most of the WD external drives come with the hardware encryption. Although, our WD Elements line of external HDDs do not come with hardware encryption. Here's the link, you may have a look: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=9NURog...

Hi maddy_in65, Basically what reallocated sector's failure mean is when the smart test is unable to replace the bad sectors with the reserved sectors. There are some reserved sectors on every HDD to replace with the bad sectors, but once the count of bad sectors is more than the reserved sectors...

WD Blue 3.5-inch comes with RPM 7200, whereas the WD Blue 2.5-inch comes with an RPM of 5400. To take the advantage of using it as an external storage "once you buy your laptop in the future," it would be great if you can buy the laptop with an eSATA port. You can buy an enclosure with the...

Hi sarthakk250193, I would suggest that you may consider WD My Passport, instead of WD Elements if you are looking a drive with an automatic backup software. WD My Passport comes with a full license automatic backup software, while WD Elements comes with a 30-day trial of it.

Hi guptaji, With the help of WD My Cloud device, you can access your files from anywhere on your phone with WD's free app. My Cloud Storage can be used for home or small office that uses an Internet connection for local data access, and My Cloud software to make data available to remote users...

Hi tommy_vercetti, I'd like to assist you, for WD My Passport if it's under warranty, you may refer to the link below: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=gpZXyr If you will opt to go to WD Partner for data recovery, this will not void the warranty. But if you will take to other...

Hi @blueren, I'd like to assist here, both WD Green and WD Purple are not recommended for RAID setup. The WD Green drive had a high failure rate due to RAID setup. The platform or technology of the WD Green is not recommended to use the drive in a RAID environment. It's only recommended to use...

Hi girish925, It depends on the purpose of your usage, If you are looking for normal daily usage I'd recommend WD Blue as well. But if you just want to store the data, then I'd suggest to go for WD Green. Here's the link below for comparison. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=N8nBpX...

Hi shravank30, I agree with JJ the great, Criminal & Jambumali, in addition to that buying a hard drive depends on your budget as well. You may consider WD My Passport Ultra (New!) or My Passport Ultra Metal. You may visit the link below for specs. You can also see the comparison of both the...

Hi harshit143, I'll try to answer your questions: 1) You are absolutely right, you can access your files from anywhere on your phone with WD's free app. My Cloud Storage can be used for home or small office that uses an Internet connection for local data access, and My Cloud software to make...