The HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ was acquired in AliExpress, in Storage MagicKing Store. It is the third of those who acquire, and the other two are still in full operation. I have spoken to each of them in articles here in Skooter Blog:
- [Review] HDD Western Digital Blue 3.5″ WD40EZRZ 4TB – eBay, from 06/06/2018.
- [Review] WD Blue 4TB PC Hard Drive – 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 3.5″ – WD40EZRZ – Amazon, from 03/02/2019.
Motivation
As I mentioned in the previous article, recently one of my HDDs began to fail, fading and returning the system, causing crashes. It was a Seagate Barracuda 3TB, ST3000DM001 model. This is an especially problematic model. I had some of them at work (About three if not remember correctly) and all pifaram.
And then replace it got the HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, for I have given more luck with Western Digital HDDs, at least for now. HDDs are 4TB with a good value for money and the extra 1TB can be useful.
As in Brazil the prices are higher and it is more difficult to find a HDD Western Digital Blue, naturally I opted for purchase directly from China.
Unboxing
The HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR It came very well packaged, in a cardboard box wrapped in air cushions. And the very cardboard box also came wrapped in air cushions. Only way to an HDD withstand the bad treatment of Post.
Inside the box HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR It was sealed with anti-static plastic factory. The seller also sent a SATA cable and 4 screws, I did not expect, because these HDDs OEM always comes with nothing, and the announcement did not mention these extra.
Check out the photos and the video of the unboxing from the HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR:
- Package with HDD Western Digital 4TB Blue WD40EZRZ.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, on its packaging.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, on its packaging.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, on its packaging.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, with packaging and extras.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, with packaging and extras.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, with packaging and extras.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, with packaging and extras.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ, no Wavlink USB 3.0 Dual Bay Docking Station.
Tests
I tested the new HDD in the first Wavlink USB 3.0 Dual Bay Docking Station, that I introduced in the last article, in an attempt to clone the HDD that was giving problems. But it did not work, because the HDD with problems was no longer being recognized.
But HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR It was identified correctly on the PC when connected alone to Wavlink USB 3.0 Dual Bay Docking Station, as can be seen on the screen Crystaldiskinfo:

HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR conectado no Wavlink USB 3.0 Dual Bay Docking Station and identified by CrystalDiskInfo.
Then, then I installed HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR on my PC, and tested again with Crystaldiskinfo and the CrystalDiskMark.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR, installed on the PC and identified by CrystalDiskInfo.
- HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZR, installed on the PC and evaluated by CrystalDiskMark.
After that I began to recover backups that had the old HDD. Most of it was games, as collections eXoDOS and ScummVM (old DOS games), ISOs Sega Saturn group Redump, ISOs PC Engine CD, Sega CD, and Playstation the group Trurip, etc. They are things that I could download again, but I would rather not do it because it my low ratio on the PleasureDome, which is an excellent tracker from torrents. But how it was little that had not backup, the little I had to redownload not much affected my ratio.
Tracing
These are the package tracking information obtained in the AliExpress:
2019.09.13 15:58 (GMT-7): Delivery successful 2019.09.02 08:25 (GMT-7): Cleared customs 2019.08.27 08:04 (GMT-7): Started customs clearance process 2019.08.27 07:59 (GMT-7): Accepted by Last Mile Carrier 2019.08.10 15:40 (GMT-7): Departed country of origin 2019.08.08 16:06 (GMT-7): Shipment accepted by airline 2019.08.06 06:39 (GMT-7): Shipment left country of origin warehouse 2019.08.06 04:41 (GMT-7): Shipment at country of origin warehouse 2019.08.06 04:30 (GMT-7): Shipment dispatched
Through the code LP + 15 digits, that appears in the system AliExpress, You can get the code from ePacket posted in Sweden (LB + 9 digits + SE), by using the site system Cainiao, that displays the following information:
Delivered 2019-09-13 15:58:00 Import clearance success 2019-09-02 08:25:00 Import clearance start 2019-08-27 08:04:00 Arrive at destination country 2019-08-27 07:59:00 Hand over to airline 2019-08-10 15:40:00 Depart from transit country or district 2019-08-09 20:39:00 Arrive at transit country or district 2019-08-09 18:35:00 Received by line-haul 2019-08-08 16:06:00 Outbound in sorting center 2019-08-06 06:39:23 Inbound in sorting center 2019-08-06 04:41:44 Accepted by carrier 2019-08-06 04:30:44
These are the package tracking information obtained on the site of the station:
13/09/2019 15:58 |
Delivered to the addressee object |
13/09/2019 10:08 / SP |
Object out for delivery to the recipient |
12/09/2019 11:57 INDAIATUBA / SP |
Object forwarded Treatment Unit in INDAIATUBA / SP for distribution Unit in [REMOVED] / SP |
11/09/2019 07:59 CAJAMAR / SP |
Object forwarded Treatment Unit in CAJAMAR / SP for Treatment Unit in INDAIATUBA / SP |
09/09/2019 18:19 SAO JOSE / SC |
Object forwarded de Unidade de Tratamento em SAO JOSE / SC para Unidade de Tratamento em BLUMENAU / SC |
02/09/2019 08:59 CURITIBA / PR |
Object forwarded Distribution Unit in CURITIBA / PR for treatment plant in CAJAMAR / SP |
02/09/2019 08:57 |
Customs supervision terminated |
27/08/2019 08:03 |
Object received by the post Office of Brazil Report document number for the supervision and delivery of your object. Click hereMy Imports |
09/08/2019 18:35 |
Object received in export unit
Report document number for the supervision and delivery of your object. Click hereMy Imports |
Only “pra vary”, o Correios fez lambança e enviou meu pacote lá para Santa Catarina para fazer um passeio, para só depois ele voltar para São Paulo e seguir com a entrega. É muita incompetência!
Table-Summary
This is the table-summary of purchase:
Product Name: | HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ |
Name Original: | WD Original Blue 4TB Hdd Sata 3.5” Internal Hard Disk disk Drive Disque Dur Desktop HDD for PC WD40EZRZ Western Digital |
Store: | AliExpress | Store: Storage MagicKing Store |
Value: | R$ 394,38 |
Current value: | R$ 426,21 (US$ 95,52) |
Payment Method: | Credit Card Visa International |
Shipping Type: | Aliexpress Standard Shipping |
Shipping Fee: | Free |
Package Home Country: | China |
Purchase Data: | 02/08/2019 |
Submission Date: | 06/08/2019 |
Data Delivery: | 13/09/2019 |
Time in Transit: | 38 days |
Declared content: | used product |
Type Marked Content: | Others |
Declared Value: | USD 15.00 |
Taxed: | Not |
Taxable Value: | - |
Tax Value: | - |
Final Considerations
Atéagora o HDD Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ Vem se comportando BEM, connected 41 vezes e com 230 hours of use. Recuperei a maior parte dos dados que estavam no HDD anterior através de backups e novos downloads, ficando ainda com 1,84 TB free. Devo usar parte desses espaço com ISOs do Sega CD group Redump quando tiver um Megas.
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Lendo seu artigo após quase 1 ano de publicado e fiquei com a dúvida: aós quase 1 year, como está esse HD?
Compro também muita coisa da china, just like you, porém um HDD era algo que, by transportation, it didn't cross my mind. But reading your post, now pass… The HDD is working normally?
It is in perfect working order. In noite, when I arrive at home, put a new print of his current information.
Transportation is smooth if well packaged. I even prefer to buy direct from China, because they always send sealed. Here in Brazil (and in Paraguay) salespeople love to violate the packaging to keep putting stamps.
Thanks for the reply! Now I'm more convinced, I will risk getting one soon! Really impressed!
This is how he is currently:

Checking now, too good! Very nice and that pasta that is working smooth. Nice investment indeed. Thanks for sharing the print
Hello, thanks for sharing you review, i have a question when the disk is new should not all the info in crystal disk be in “0”? i mean specially in reallocated sectors… the pic you upload at “new” have all values in 200 why?
If you look at the gross value it is 000000000000. I don’t know how CrystalDiskInfo chooses its values, but 200 seems to be its initial state for reallocated sectors for this disk. I have other disks which the initial value is 100. Notice that the threshold is 140, so I guess it decreases when there are reallocated sectors.