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Name: WD - Easystore 5TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive - Black
Brand: WD
SKU: 6406512
Price: 149.99 USD
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Rating: 4.7 (11984 reviews)

WD - Easystore 5TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive - Black

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Questioncan you use it like a flash drive
Asked 5 years ago by mec1.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionCan I use this to store shows from my DVR?
Asked 5 years ago by Scooter.
- Answer Hi Scooter, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. In order to get compatibility answer, we would request you to please contact your DVR manufacturer support. -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionCan you install and run PC Games on this device?
Asked 5 years ago by Javier.
- Answer Hi Javier, The WD EasyStore hard drive is designed to be used with Windows or macOS computer. We have not tested the drive on the gaming stations We have a different range of gaming drive. The drive is to use as an external storage so you can keep any data in the drive or you can perform the backup jobs by connecting the external hard drive to a computer. For more information please refer to the link: http://products.wdc.com/library/?id=1542&type=49&cn=4078-705145&lang=en -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionAfter formating this HDD to be useful for ps4, will still work with pc as plug and play, or it will need to be formated again to be useful in pc? Bought this mainly for my pc but want to use it in both machines but pc as priority. Thank you.
Asked 5 years ago by Richy.
- Answer No. This WD digital disk has to be formatted on a Windows computer for you to access it. ps4 is NOT compatible with the Windows operating system.
  Answered 5 years ago by cooldude
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QuestionCan you plug directly into an iPhone to transfer photos?
Asked 5 years ago by Haleigh.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore portable drive is a plug and play DAS device tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for backup operations and files transfer. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionIs this compatible with Windows 7 and USB2.0? Conflicting answers from previous questions.
Asked 5 years ago by redbird.
- Answer Hi redbird, Yes, the drive comes with a USB 3.0 cable. Please be informed that with this drive, you get connectivity with USB 3.0 devices as well as backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices. To know more about the drive, refer link- http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705145.pdf Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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Questionhello! im wondering what is the internal form factor of this drive? is it 2.5in ? it doesnt say and this 4tb one it does say but is more expensive (both sold in this site): shorturl.at/ryTW0 so im really hoping i can get a better deal with this 5tb one.
Asked 5 years ago by AMillionSandwiches.
- Answer Hi AMillionSandwiches, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play external drive tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. To know more about the drive please refer to the link: http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705145.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionDoes it come with a usb 3.0 cable ?
Asked 5 years ago by jrags.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that WD-Easystore comes with a USB 3.0 cable. With this drive, you get connectivity with USB 3.0 devices as well as backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionCan I use this to transfer photos and videos from my Samsung galaxy 10 phone and bypass my desktop? Also, will this hold Digital movies?
Asked 5 years ago by Carlt4041970.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Western Digital drives are not tested with the vendor end of life operating systems and are optimized for more recent versions of OS.Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionIs it compatible with Mac mini m1
Asked 5 years ago by O.
- Answer Yes, that is what I use it on.
  Answered 5 years ago by coachbb94
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QuestionDoes anyone know if I can attach this drive to the USB port on my router, and use it as a media hub to store and play my music and movies?
Asked 5 years ago by Mike.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that WD Easystore is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers only and won't work as a Network Attached Storage.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionI want to backup my photos and videos from my ipad/iphone to the external hdd. Can I connect this drive to iphone/ipad using lightening to usb3 adapter?
Asked 5 years ago by Sansai.
- Answer Totally unfamiliar with ipads. I only know that Apple intentionally made their platform extremely proprietary so that Apple users would have to stick to Apple products. Ask the Geek Squad.
  Answered 5 years ago by chilibbob
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QuestionIs the WD 5TB External USB HD compatible with ubuntu Linux operating system?
Asked 5 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. However, Western Digital drives are not tested with the vendor end of life operating systems and are optimized for more recent versions of OS.Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionDoes this drive use a USB A plug, USB C or either?
Asked 5 years ago by Questioner.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive comes with USB 3.0 Type A interface.Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionWhat is the actual amount of drive space? I ask because the drive software takes up a bit on most external drive.
Asked 5 years ago by Mikeymike.
- Answer Hi Mikeymike, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Moreover, Determining drive capacity because of the different measurement standards that are often used. For more information please refer to the link: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16656 Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionWill I be able to transfer contents from an older Western Hard Drive right to new WD - easystore 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive or does the data need to transfered from a PC? Thanks
Asked 5 years ago by todson.
- Answer I transferred my data from an older external drive to the new 5TB drive by simply USB connecting both drives to my laptop, then moved my files from my old device to my new device. It is pretty easy, but if you have many files or large files, it will take some time to transfer between devices initially, but once it is done, you will able to open your data in an instant.
  Answered 5 years ago by Manny818210
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Questionis this compatible with older laptops and older operating systems?
Asked 5 years ago by Curious.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. However, Western Digital drives are not tested with vendor end of life operating systems and are optimized for more recent versions of OS. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionDoes it have to be reformatted for use with an IMac?
Asked 5 years ago by feetstreet.
- Answer Hi feetstreet, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is formatted NTFS for Windows10, 8.1 and 7. Reformatting is required for macOS. https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8200 Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionIs it comparable with iOS Catalina on 2020 MacBook Air? I bought a different WD storage that was said to be compatible with iOS to learn it wasn’t compatible with Catalina.
Asked 5 years ago by Bob.
- Answer Bob, sounds like you are missing a critical driver you need for it to work if it is complaining or your settings are not correct to allow operation. I would check your settings first since I don't think they are correct. Thinking something turned off that shouldn't be offset to another mode to enable another device you need to change back to defaults. I have not heard of these not working with Catalina. Check this out yourself first before contacting support.
  Answered 5 years ago by BassClef
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QuestionCan I download and store pc games on it?
Asked 5 years ago by Glen.
- Answer I would say yes. I use mine for storing STEAM games. I only have a few on there right now, but they seem to work fine.
  Answered 5 years ago by Brent
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WD - Easystore 5TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive - Black

Q: Questioncan you use it like a flash drive

Q: QuestionCan I use this to store shows from my DVR?

Q: QuestionCan you install and run PC Games on this device?

Q: QuestionAfter formating this HDD to be useful for ps4, will still work with pc as plug and play, or it will need to be formated again to be useful in pc? Bought this mainly for my pc but want to use it in both machines but pc as priority. Thank you.

Q: QuestionCan you plug directly into an iPhone to transfer photos?

Q: QuestionIs this compatible with Windows 7 and USB2.0? Conflicting answers from previous questions.

Q: Questionhello! im wondering what is the internal form factor of this drive? is it 2.5in ? it doesnt say and this 4tb one it does say but is more expensive (both sold in this site): shorturl.at/ryTW0 so im really hoping i can get a better deal with this 5tb one.

Q: QuestionDoes it come with a usb 3.0 cable ?

Q: QuestionCan I use this to transfer photos and videos from my Samsung galaxy 10 phone and bypass my desktop? Also, will this hold Digital movies?

Q: QuestionIs it compatible with Mac mini m1

Q: QuestionDoes anyone know if I can attach this drive to the USB port on my router, and use it as a media hub to store and play my music and movies?

Q: QuestionI want to backup my photos and videos from my ipad/iphone to the external hdd. Can I connect this drive to iphone/ipad using lightening to usb3 adapter?

Q: QuestionIs the WD 5TB External USB HD compatible with ubuntu Linux operating system?

Q: QuestionDoes this drive use a USB A plug, USB C or either?

Q: QuestionWhat is the actual amount of drive space? I ask because the drive software takes up a bit on most external drive.

Q: QuestionWill I be able to transfer contents from an older Western Hard Drive right to new WD - easystore 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive or does the data need to transfered from a PC? Thanks

Q: Questionis this compatible with older laptops and older operating systems?

Q: QuestionDoes it have to be reformatted for use with an IMac?

Q: QuestionIs it comparable with iOS Catalina on 2020 MacBook Air? I bought a different WD storage that was said to be compatible with iOS to learn it wasn’t compatible with Catalina.

Q: QuestionCan I download and store pc games on it?

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QuestionCan you install and run PC Games on this device?

QuestionAfter formating this HDD to be useful for ps4, will still work with pc as plug and play, or it will need to be formated again to be useful in pc? Bought this mainly for my pc but want to use it in both machines but pc as priority. Thank you.

QuestionCan you plug directly into an iPhone to transfer photos?

QuestionIs this compatible with Windows 7 and USB2.0? Conflicting answers from previous questions.

Questionhello! im wondering what is the internal form factor of this drive? is it 2.5in ? it doesnt say and this 4tb one it does say but is more expensive (both sold in this site): shorturl.at/ryTW0 so im really hoping i can get a better deal with this 5tb one.

QuestionDoes it come with a usb 3.0 cable ?

QuestionCan I use this to transfer photos and videos from my Samsung galaxy 10 phone and bypass my desktop? Also, will this hold Digital movies?

QuestionIs it compatible with Mac mini m1

QuestionDoes anyone know if I can attach this drive to the USB port on my router, and use it as a media hub to store and play my music and movies?

QuestionI want to backup my photos and videos from my ipad/iphone to the external hdd. Can I connect this drive to iphone/ipad using lightening to usb3 adapter?

QuestionIs the WD 5TB External USB HD compatible with ubuntu Linux operating system?

QuestionDoes this drive use a USB A plug, USB C or either?

QuestionWhat is the actual amount of drive space? I ask because the drive software takes up a bit on most external drive.

QuestionWill I be able to transfer contents from an older Western Hard Drive right to new WD - easystore 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive or does the data need to transfered from a PC? Thanks

Questionis this compatible with older laptops and older operating systems?

QuestionDoes it have to be reformatted for use with an IMac?

QuestionIs it comparable with iOS Catalina on 2020 MacBook Air? I bought a different WD storage that was said to be compatible with iOS to learn it wasn’t compatible with Catalina.

QuestionCan I download and store pc games on it?