
My creative tale. I purchased an Acer Aspire 5742G laptop in December of last year, and it came with the HDD. The laptop's first problems surfaced after 8 months of use, the first BSoD occurred after a month due to a progressive "crash" on the disk, and loading Windows took an additional 2 months if it did not result in a BSoD crash. Despite this, Windows did not force itself to wait for a long time. Until I repair the disk, I temporarily moved to a more dependable Linux with its JFS. My assessment is that an early failure is the bane of this approach, based on the reviews. Never anticipated this for WD drives.

WD Blue Desktop 1TB Hard Drive - 3.5 inch, 5400~7200RPM, SATA3 (6.0GB/s), 64MB 💾 Cache, Ideal for PC, Mac, CCTV, NAS, DVR, Raid and SATA Applications, 1 Year Warranty
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Seagate 1TB Mobile HDD SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5": Internal Bare Drive (ST1000LM035) - Reliable Storage Solution for Enhanced Performance
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Seagate Momentus 2 5 Inch Cache ST1000LM024
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2 TB External HDD Western Digital WD Elements Portable (WDBU), USB 3.0, black
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2 TB External HDD ADATA DashDrive Durable HD650, USB 3.2 Gen 1, Blue
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18 TB External HDD Western Digital WD Elements Desktop, USB 3.0, black
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🔜 Seagate Backup Plus Slim STHN2000400 2TB Portable Hard Drive - Black: Your Reliable External Storage Solution
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