Is WD Purple good for storage?

Posted on by Muna Meyer

Is WD Purple good for storage?

Yes, you can. It should work fine. But, WD Purple is built for surveillance. This means that the drive is built to be written over and over again and read only once in a while.

Is surveillance hard disk good for PC?

Yes you can. They are pretty expensive than normal internal HDDs because they are more efficient. It has its own cache and it would be like “using an Airbus to carry 2 passengers.” if you wish to use it as PC HDD.

Why won’t my computer recognize my WD external hard drive?

If the WD external hard drive shows as unrecognized, go to the driver’s tab and delete/uninstall the driver. Then check out whether the external hard drive shows up in My Computer/My PC or not. If it doesn’t show up, reboot or restart the PC.

How do I connect my WD to my Mac?

Macintosh

  1. Connect your Western Digital hard drive to your Mac computer.
  2. Double-click the drive icon that appears on your desktop.
  3. Click “Applications” from the left pane, “Utilities” from the second pane and then double click “Disk Utility” from the third pane.
  4. Click the drive from the left pane of the Disk Utility.

How do I install WD Elements external hard drive on Windows?

how do i use a WD Elements with windows 10

  1. Plug the power adapter into a wall outlet.
  2. Connect the power plug into the back of the drive.
  3. Connect the USB or FireWire cable directly into your computer (do not use a USB or FireWire hub).
  4. Connect the other end of the USB or FireWire cable into the external drive.

How long does a WD Purple drive last?

The WD Purple drive has a three year warranty, and MTBF rating of 1.5 million hours. So the NAS drive is warranted to last longer but is less reliable than the WD Purple 18TB.

Is WD Purple good for PC?

I wouldn’t use the WD purple in a PC, specially as a main boot disk, since you will get errors and might lose bit of data that might not be relevant on a surveillance device. I might use it as secondary drive for storage or backup. Also the WD purple might not go to sleep like regular desktop and NAS disk.