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Any list available of CMR external drives?

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Is there any big list of all external drives that are guaranteed to be CMR?

EDIT: My reasons i want this list is because i want to buy a new external drive because i need the space. I've dived into researching what would be the best idea and what i need is a CMR drive since i plan to frequently swap data around. Hard drives are more expensive in my country than external drives. Which is why i would like to know which drive i could buy to get a guaranteed CMR drive.

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This does not exist. Part of the reason why externals are cheap is that manufacturers can just use whatever drive they see fit.

This said this sub keeps a pretty close eye on what drive are used inside those enclosures.

WD 8TB and Seagate 10 or 12TB (not sure on this one anymore) and higher use CMR HDDs. Anything below including all 2.5" externals are SMR drives.

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This is correct. WD 8TB and above, and Seagate 10TB and above are all CMR.

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external drive

You're not guaranteed to get a specific drive. Therefore any such list is meaningless.

Hard drives are more expensive in my country than external drives.

There's a reason for that. One of them being, you're not guaranteed to get a specific drive.

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