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Originally Posted by oudplayer  and one should never buy Seagate or WD off-the-shelf external drives, as they put lower-quality drives (same model #, but from a different, lower-tiered bin) in their packaged external sets. |
Not disputing what you say, because I simply don't know, but I would be VERY interested in a verifiable source for your assertion - perhaps an article, citation, link, etc. I imagine that others may be interested as well.
Thanks!