Would you feel safe using these HD's?

Well if you registered them then I wouldn't do it. They will send them back to WD and I'm sure they will run the numbers. But then again, you sold them on ebay for really cheap with the title "WD Mybook broken use for parts"

But I still wouldn't do it.

 

damn! good call, good call.
still stuck then. I am so 50/50 on this. Screw it. Im going to just buy new drives and put these in a cheap enclosure and use them as a 3rd backup source. If they go...they go and I still have security in other dirves.

Thanks guys!

 

soc3558
A lot of cheaply made enclosures are ussually the problem. A good USB enclosure like the Vantec Nexstar 3 ( they come in mirror black, blue and red)for about $30 ( usually at Directron.com). I have bought and used many; the Nexstar DX 5.25 for DVDRW, Nexstar 3 for 2.5 and the (old) Nexstar 3.5 enclosures.

Russell

 

Thank you. Ill check them out for Firewire 800 enclosures.

 

The Nexstars certainly look nice, I haven't tried them myself. I usually go with IcyBox enclosures. The build quality varies significantly between them, but I've never had any issues with them, hardware-wise. The old shape IB-351 ones are best, but the new IB-370 is sleek looking, and a solid performer. Just avoid the 360 series, they're very tacky.