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4TB WD ELEMENTS with WD40EDAZ inside! SMR! Avoid!

YES! Just as i said here: Incompetence from WD support on PMR or SMR drives - #11 by marcolopes

So, if anyone needs to know WHAT INTERNAL DRIVE MODEL they have in their WD EXTERNAL ENCLOSURES, install https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo and COPY PAST the info to the clipboard! (EDIT → COPY or CTRL-C). Paste it to a text editor, and voila!!!

Then, compare the model against one of the HD DATABASES available

And check if they have SMR tech or not!

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