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    From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Sat Jun 20 15:12:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    Dadgumit, the WD external USB hard drives have doubled in price since
    the beginning of the year. 16 TB is now $654.


    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/B08KTRKB6S?tag=ttgnet-20

    I want a new one for backups but not that bad. The 20 TB is $815. Woof!

    I really do not like reformatting backup hard drives so I like to get
    really big ones. Our LAN backup is 5 TB but we have a lot of temporary
    files that accumulate such as daily zip files of 3 GB databases.

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Sat Jun 27 15:22:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 6/20/2026 3:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dadgumit, the WD external USB hard drives have doubled in price since
    the beginning of the year.  16 TB is now $654.


    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/ B08KTRKB6S

    I want a new one for backups but not that bad.  The 20 TB is $815. Woof!

    I really do not like reformatting backup hard drives so I like to get
    really big ones. Our LAN backup is 5 TB but we have a lot of temporary
    files that accumulate such as daily zip files of 3 GB databases.

    Lynn

    And now the WD 20 TB external is $600. What is going on?

    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/B09VCXWPQG

    Lynn

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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Sat Jun 27 22:14:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 6/20/2026 3:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dadgumit, the WD external USB hard drives have doubled in price since
    the beginning of the year.  16 TB is now $654.


    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/ B08KTRKB6S

    I want a new one for backups but not that bad.  The 20 TB is $815. Woof!

    I really do not like reformatting backup hard drives so I like to get really big ones. Our LAN backup is 5 TB but we have a lot of temporary files that accumulate such as daily zip files of 3 GB databases.

    Lynn

    And now the WD 20 TB external is $600. What is going on?

    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/B09VCXWPQG

    Haven't you seen the news about AI? :P
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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Mon Jun 29 02:41:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 6/27/2026 5:14 PM, Ant wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 6/20/2026 3:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dadgumit, the WD external USB hard drives have doubled in price since
    the beginning of the year.  16 TB is now $654.


    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/
    B08KTRKB6S

    I want a new one for backups but not that bad.  The 20 TB is $815. Woof! >>>
    I really do not like reformatting backup hard drives so I like to get
    really big ones. Our LAN backup is 5 TB but we have a lot of temporary
    files that accumulate such as daily zip files of 3 GB databases.

    Lynn

    And now the WD 20 TB external is $600. What is going on?

    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/B09VCXWPQG

    Haven't you seen the news about AI? :P

    The price dropped from $815 to $600. I did not expect that.

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Mon Jun 29 16:16:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 6/29/2026 2:41 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 6/27/2026 5:14 PM, Ant wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 6/20/2026 3:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Dadgumit, the WD external USB hard drives have doubled in price since
    the beginning of the year.  16 TB is now $654.


    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/
    B08KTRKB6S

    I want a new one for backups but not that bad.  The 20 TB is $815.
    Woof!

    I really do not like reformatting backup hard drives so I like to get
    really big ones. Our LAN backup is 5 TB but we have a lot of temporary >>>> files that accumulate such as daily zip files of 3 GB databases.

    Lynn

    And now the WD 20 TB external is $600.  What is going on?
    https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/
    B09VCXWPQG

    Haven't you seen the news about AI? :P

    The price dropped from $815 to $600.  I did not expect that.

    Lynn

    And now back to $815 in price for the WD 20 TB.

    Lynn

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