WD

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Brand Details

Type: Brand

Description: Major data storage company. Manufactures and sells hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and other storage products for consumers and businesses under the WD, Western Digital, SanDisk, and G-Technology brands.

Website: https://WesternDigital.com

Mention Analytics

Total Mentions: 8

Subreddit Mentions:

Positive Mentions: 2

Negative Mentions: 3

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NegativeGeneral Discussion

💬 34 comments

⬆︎ 308 upvotes

Mentioned in context of other drives with transparent features, though the original post doesn't give it any specific score.

Found in /r/gadgets/
NeutralGeneral Discussion

💬 342 comments

⬆︎ 1824 upvotes

Mentioned in the context of Synology potentially rebranding drives.

Found in /r/gadgets/
PositiveGeneral Discussion

💬 125 comments

⬆︎ 969 upvotes

WD makes the best enterprise disk drives.

Found in /r/gadgets/

Feb 14, 2025

Western Digital to unveil 44TB HAMR HDDs in 2026, 100TB in 2030 | But not shipping in volume until 2027.

NegativeGeneral Discussion

💬 169 comments

⬆︎ 1213 upvotes

User says that the last two WD drives they've owned were corrupt and dead within twelve months.

Found in /r/gadgets/

Feb 9, 2025

Used Seagate drives sold as new traced back to crypto mining farms | Seagate distances itself as retailers scramble to address fraud

NegativeCurrent Event

💬 336 comments

⬆︎ 5839 upvotes

One comment mentions buying used WD drives and another expresses an intention to buy a WD drive.

Found in /r/gadgets/

Jan 29, 2025

German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours | The plot thickens.

NeutralCurrent Event

💬 231 comments

⬆︎ 4921 upvotes

One user mentioned positive experience with WD drives, contrasting them with negative Seagate experiences.

Found in /r/gadgets/

Oct 18, 2024

WD unveils new high-capacity 32TB SMR and 26TB CMR disk drives | Company slides 11th platter into standard HDD form factor

PositiveGeneral Discussion

💬 51 comments

⬆︎ 315 upvotes

Multiple users expressed excitement and interest in the new high-capacity drives.

Found in /r/gadgets/

Sep 13, 2024

Twenty percent of hard drives used for long-term music storage in the 90s have failed | Hard drives from the last 20 years are now slowly dying.

NeutralGeneral Discussion

💬 544 comments

⬆︎ 6718 upvotes

Mentions of the brand for backup purposes.

Found in /r/gadgets/

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