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Name: WD - easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black
Brand: WD
SKU: 5792401
Price: 39.99 USD
Rating: 4.7 (7208 reviews)

WD - easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

Model:: WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN; |
SKU:: 5792401

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QuestionDoes this drive offer data encryption?
- Answer Yes, this drive offers data encryption.
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QuestionWhat is the product weight of this drive?
- Answer The product weight of this drive is 33.9 ounces.
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QuestionIs this hard drive compatible with a Mac?
- Answer Yes, this hard drive is compatible with Mac, but reformatting is required.
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QuestionCan I use this hard drive with USB 2.0?
- Answer Yes, this hard drive is backward-compatible with USB 2.0.
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QuestionWhat is the storage capacity of this drive?
- Answer This drive has a storage capacity of 8TB.
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QuestionDoes this hard drive have backup software?
- Answer Yes, this hard drive comes with WD Discovery backup software.
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QuestionWhat kind of warranty does the hard drive have?
- Answer This hard drive comes with a two-year limited warranty.
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QuestionIs a WD Red drive inside this disk? I saw this in the comments of the other guest but I did not find it in the product description,
Asked 8 years ago by Scott.
- Answer There are WD Red drives inside with NASware 3.0. Be sure you get the drive manufactured in Thailand not China. The Thailand drives have a 256mb cache and the China ones are allegedly only 128mb. I found this out from a YouTube video by JDM_WAAT published on 7/26/2017 titled "Western Digital Easystore 8TB (WD Red inside) unboxing and shucking. I verified the 256mb cache on my Thailand drive (WD80EFAX-68LPHN0). The video shows how to open the enclosure without breaking it and shuck the drive in great detail. A+ would shuck again.
  Answered 8 years ago by Permabanned
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QuestionI have a 931g passport that is full. I cannot access individual files ,pics and folders at my leisure. The only thing it does is backup and restore period, Does the new 8T allow you to browse thru files and folders you've backed up and pick & restore?
Asked 8 years ago by pablo.
- Answer Whether or not you can access individual files and folders is not a function of any particular drive. It is a function of the software you are using to back up your files with.
  Answered 8 years ago by SoCalBuckWheat
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QuestionWill this work on a PlayStation 4?
Asked 8 years ago by Biggs.
- Answer Yes it does. That's what I bought it for.
  Answered 8 years ago by jbrock0208
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QuestionWhat is the difference between the WD Easy-store 8TB and the WD My-book 8TB? Trying to figure out why the easy-store is more expensive. Thanks
Asked 8 years ago by marka1620.
- Answer The drives used. This one has a red NAS, while the other ones use, most likely, a WD blue. The easy-store is better for long-term storage.
  Answered 8 years ago by mummylover
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QuestionCan hook this up to my Xbox one?
Asked 8 years ago by Balki.
- Answer Most likely. According to Microsoft, the max amount of usb storage on an Xbox one is 16tb, in any combination. So a single 8tb drive should work fine.
  Answered 8 years ago by Diller
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QuestionI bough 2 drives because I read that they were red drives inside, when I took them out one of the drives is red and the other one isn't. what's going on?
Asked 7 years ago by ENIGMA.
- Answer Western Digital has been transitioning these drives to 'White' labeled drives. They seem to be functionally identical to reds, but were likely labelled differently so people could not re-sell the drives as reds. The only catch is that you may have a 3.3v pin problem that will prevent the drive from booting, but that can easily be solved with some tape. Poke around on www.reddit.com/r/datahoarder and you'll see what I mean.
  Answered 7 years ago by MrRatt
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QuestionIs the power adapter for this drive a power strip–friendly sideways brick like the recent My Book drives, or is it a long brick designed for vertical wall outlets that covers up 2 extra slots on a standard power strip if not installed on the end?
Asked 8 years ago by dgwdgw.
- Answer It is power-strip and outlet friendly (usable on top socket of the wall outlet without covering the bottom outlet).
  Answered 8 years ago by Mehdi
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QuestionIs it possible to use this (or similar external hard drives) to store and view movies, connected directly to a smart tv by the usb connection?
Asked 8 years ago by Fruitcake.
- Answer It's possible, but you'd likely need to make sure the drive is formatted with a file system your TV understands. Pretty much all of them support FAT-32. Windows arbitrarily doesn't give an option to use FAT-32 when formatting drives / partitions greater than 32GB capacity. Microsoft/Windows is really just trying to force their proprietary NTFS file system on you, even in situations where FAT-32 would work fine. The actual partition size limit of FAT-32 is 2TB (2,048 GB), which a third-party formatting utility can do just fine. So that means you'd still basically need to make multiple partitions to use all the capacity of your drive and have a file system that the TV can read. It's possible some TVs may be confused by that, but most would handle it fine. exFAT extends the established FAT file system to overcome some of its inherent limitations. For a drive with this capacity, exFAT is probably the best file system to use if you want to use the drive with your TV and other non-Windows devices. Among non-Windows devices, it has much better support than NTFS. You can make a single large 8TB partition formatted with the exFAT file system and it's very likely your TV will be able to use it. If your TV doesn't work with that, make a 2TB partition and format it with the FAT-32 file system.
  Answered 8 years ago by Ichinisan
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Questionwhat's the difference between WD WDBCKA0080HBK-NEBB and WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN
Asked 8 years ago by B4uwere.
- Answer NEBB contains OEM WD 8tb harddrive. NESN contains a possible WD red label 8tb harddrive inside. The red model is best suited for NAS devises. The OEM white label drive is probably better optimized for general use.
  Answered 8 years ago by Satblaster
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Questionis this hard drive compatiable with Mac? which is better WD easystore or WD My book?
Asked 8 years ago by zuberi.
- Answer as of this moment easystore is better because they use better quality hard drives. and yes, you can use it on any computer you wish.
  Answered 8 years ago by Solomonshv
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QuestionIs this drive SMR or PMR?
Asked 7 years ago by Ddavis.
- Answer This product is a PMR unit.
  Answered 7 years ago by CommunityAnswer
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QuestionCan You Bust The Drive out Of The Case and Mount Inside a PC with a SATA Cable and power from pc
Asked 8 years ago by Geek.
- Answer you sure can youtube the drive for the instructions if your careful you can do it without busting the case
  Answered 8 years ago by Deeforester
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QuestionHow many hours of pictures can this hold vs a 1TB drive?
Asked 8 years ago by asere.
- Answer It's hard to measure pictures in hours, but exactly 8 times as much vs 1TB drive.
  Answered 8 years ago by Pumb
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WD - easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

Q: QuestionDoes this drive offer data encryption?

Q: QuestionWhat is the product weight of this drive?

Q: QuestionIs this hard drive compatible with a Mac?

Q: QuestionCan I use this hard drive with USB 2.0?

Q: QuestionWhat is the storage capacity of this drive?

Q: QuestionDoes this hard drive have backup software?

Q: QuestionWhat kind of warranty does the hard drive have?

Q: QuestionIs a WD Red drive inside this disk? I saw this in the comments of the other guest but I did not find it in the product description,

Q: QuestionI have a 931g passport that is full. I cannot access individual files ,pics and folders at my leisure. The only thing it does is backup and restore period, Does the new 8T allow you to browse thru files and folders you've backed up and pick & restore?

Q: QuestionWill this work on a PlayStation 4?

Q: QuestionWhat is the difference between the WD Easy-store 8TB and the WD My-book 8TB? Trying to figure out why the easy-store is more expensive. Thanks

Q: QuestionCan hook this up to my Xbox one?

Q: QuestionI bough 2 drives because I read that they were red drives inside, when I took them out one of the drives is red and the other one isn't. what's going on?

Q: QuestionIs the power adapter for this drive a power strip–friendly sideways brick like the recent My Book drives, or is it a long brick designed for vertical wall outlets that covers up 2 extra slots on a standard power strip if not installed on the end?

Q: QuestionIs it possible to use this (or similar external hard drives) to store and view movies, connected directly to a smart tv by the usb connection?

Q: Questionwhat's the difference between WD WDBCKA0080HBK-NEBB and WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN

Q: Questionis this hard drive compatiable with Mac? which is better WD easystore or WD My book?

Q: QuestionIs this drive SMR or PMR?

Q: QuestionCan You Bust The Drive out Of The Case and Mount Inside a PC with a SATA Cable and power from pc

Q: QuestionHow many hours of pictures can this hold vs a 1TB drive?

QuestionDoes this drive offer data encryption?

QuestionWhat is the product weight of this drive?

QuestionIs this hard drive compatible with a Mac?

QuestionCan I use this hard drive with USB 2.0?

QuestionWhat is the storage capacity of this drive?

QuestionDoes this hard drive have backup software?

QuestionWhat kind of warranty does the hard drive have?

QuestionIs a WD Red drive inside this disk? I saw this in the comments of the other guest but I did not find it in the product description,

QuestionI have a 931g passport that is full. I cannot access individual files ,pics and folders at my leisure. The only thing it does is backup and restore period, Does the new 8T allow you to browse thru files and folders you've backed up and pick & restore?

QuestionWill this work on a PlayStation 4?

QuestionWhat is the difference between the WD Easy-store 8TB and the WD My-book 8TB? Trying to figure out why the easy-store is more expensive. Thanks

QuestionCan hook this up to my Xbox one?

QuestionI bough 2 drives because I read that they were red drives inside, when I took them out one of the drives is red and the other one isn't. what's going on?

QuestionIs the power adapter for this drive a power strip–friendly sideways brick like the recent My Book drives, or is it a long brick designed for vertical wall outlets that covers up 2 extra slots on a standard power strip if not installed on the end?

QuestionIs it possible to use this (or similar external hard drives) to store and view movies, connected directly to a smart tv by the usb connection?

Questionwhat's the difference between WD WDBCKA0080HBK-NEBB and WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN

Questionis this hard drive compatiable with Mac? which is better WD easystore or WD My book?

QuestionIs this drive SMR or PMR?

QuestionCan You Bust The Drive out Of The Case and Mount Inside a PC with a SATA Cable and power from pc

QuestionHow many hours of pictures can this hold vs a 1TB drive?