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Oct 15, 2015 bought mybook essential three weeks ago. Wd recently updated their my book external desktop hard drive line for both the mac and pc audiences. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. However, 5tb of slightly faster 5,526rpm spinning seagate backup plus portable external storage, which is shingled as well.
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