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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 (7172 reviews)

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

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

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QuestionCan I use this to back up my pc and iPhone / iPad devices. Do I plug ios devices directly to the backup drive?
Asked 6 years ago by Mexipol.
- Answer You have to have a host computer, it doesn’t have a processor. You can set it to back up via iTunes. You can also set up your os computer to backup. Extra space for multiple backups!
  Answered 6 years ago by GBinJax
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QuestionHow many USB ports on this external HD?
Asked 6 years ago by Gg.
- Answer WD has a special cord for the WD 8TB EASYstore one end connects (weird shaped plug) to the Interface circuit and the other end of the cable is USB to connect to your computer. Many people are taking the HDD out of the case and installing as a regular Storage Backup drive using the WD DISCOVERY backup program that is included "pre-written" on the Easystore HDD. The HDD is already NTFS formatted. The HDD is a 3.5 inch, 5,400 rpm, usually 256MB cache (Thailand) or 128MB (China). You definitely what it from Thailand as marked on the Bottom side of the Box Carton where the P/N and Purchase Barcode is located. There are 2 types of Labels they are White or RED. The white is a re-branded Hitachi HSGT Hard Drive basically the same as the WD Red labeled HDD. However, the RED performs better even though on White Paper or Specifications are nearly the same. There are fantastic reviews on the Portable WD 4TB EasyStore HDD.
  Answered 6 years ago by SunnyDay
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QuestionCan this be used as an NAS drive?
Asked 7 years ago by Ajax.
- Answer Yes, it can.
  Answered 7 years ago by bbuyer
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QuestionWith the backup software provided does the software backup the complete OS and data? If not what software would you recommend? Thanks
Asked 7 years ago by Cleo.
- Answer If you’re using a PC, yes. Probably. If you’re using an Apple computer, no. The built in software is incomparable with Apple OS. You must reformat the drive to use with Apple. This drive comes with NTSC format and it’s incompatible with much of Apples systems. Reformat into Apple journaled for anything with OS 10.13 and prior or for 10.14, you’ll use the new Apple format. Hope this helps.
  Answered 7 years ago by Chuck
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QuestionIs this drive a solid state drive or a high density hard drive?
Asked 7 years ago by Photoman401.
- Answer This is not a solid state drive.
  Answered 7 years ago by compgeekwannabe
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QuestionI got an WD Easystore External Drive to put my family films in to watch em on my Television through the WD TV Media Player; NOT ON A PC. Unfortunately the WD Media Player is not compatible. Does anyone know any media players that will work with Easystore?
Asked 7 years ago by vunobi.
- Answer I bought the same, and My TV isn't supporting either and asking to check the DNLA settings for the Drive. Will update the drive for media play and see if it works.
  Answered 6 years ago by Nandy
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QuestionI recently got an WD Easystore External Drive to put my family films in so that I can watched them on my WD TV Media Player but its not compatible. Does anyone know any media players that are compatible with Easystore?
Asked 7 years ago by vunobi.
- Answer It seems the Roku will support 4TB's from an internet search I did however not sure if it'll support more than that. It can't be formatted as exFat. Needs to be formatted with the following: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, and HFS+. Also to note, it seems you can't use a portable hard drive. The external hard drive needs to have a power supply because some of the Roku's only support up to certain milliamps.
  Answered 7 years ago by ResidentG33k
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QuestionI bought 2 easystore 8tb drives right the beginning of the week of Thanksgiving. I've used 1 drive with no problem, and now just opened and plugged in the second one, and it will not turn on (also, no light indicating that it's on). What to do?
Asked 7 years ago by dupzales.
- Answer Return it to the store or maker.
  Answered 7 years ago by MrBig
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QuestionWill this work with xbox one x? If so Will it turn off wheni turn. Off xbox or will it have a blinking light on hardrive
Asked 8 years ago by micro.
- Answer It's plug and play. I'm using it on my S. The light remains on. Not sure if it can be disabled. My settings are for the hdd to work while the S is in sleep mode
  Answered 8 years ago by xDHAV0K24x
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QuestionIt has a password protection?
Asked 8 years ago by Manuel.
- Answer No it does not have password protection and even with the WD security software included with other WD external drives password protection cannot be added (unless a third party solution is used)
  Answered 8 years ago by PeterB
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QuestionCan this hard drive be connected to an ASUS router? Planning to replace the 2TB WD passport that is connected and fully operational with this router, to be accessed by my home network. Otherwise I am affraid I will return it
Asked 8 years ago by vargasarist.
- Answer It should work but depends how old your router is. I"ve plugged this into a raspberry pi 3 and still able to see 8TB and this little machine only supports usb 2.0 transfer as far as I know. I have a netgear router w/ 1 usb 3.0 port and it works, able to see 8TM and my router is about 4 years old.
  Answered 8 years ago by leanmachine
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QuestionWill the Arconis software that comes with the drive work with drives other than the easystore ?
Asked 3 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer Only WD. Software provided FREE by WD only works on their drives
  Answered 2 years ago by KmK508
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QuestionCan this be used with a xbox series s
Asked 4 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore Desktop drive is a plug 'n' play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. We recommend you to contact your host device vendor to check whether the drive will fit and support the device. Please refer to the link mentioned below to know more about the Drive. http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705144.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 4 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionIs the WD - easystore 8 TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive compatible with Windows 11?
Asked 4 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer Yes
  Answered 3 years ago by KmK508
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QuestionCan this hard drive pass word connected?
Asked 5 years ago by Bobart.
- Answer The latest post about WDSecurity working with this drive is not correct. WDSecurity does not recognize the easystore as a supported drive. When I emailed Westrn Digital Support they pointed me toward the My Book if I wanted to use WDSecurity or I could use third party software such as Bitlocker.
  Answered 5 years ago by MarvelCollector
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QuestionCan I add this to my ESXi 6.5 datastore?
Asked 5 years ago by Rico.
- Answer Hi Rico, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play DAS device tested and designed only 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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QuestionI just purchased easystore 8tb two weeks ago. Backed up all of my pictures Now it will not let me open it up says corrupt unable to open I'm just about to panic! Please help
Asked 8 years ago by Cynthia.
- Answer Have you tried another PC to plug into and see if you can access files?
  Answered 8 years ago by Krzykrl
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QuestionIs this hard drive can be use in Europe.? I mean power adapter to be with EU plug and power rating 220V and 50 Hz.
Asked 8 years ago by Preslav1980.
- Answer The one I got has a US "I I" prong adapter but is also rated 100-240V at 50/60 Hz. I've purchased other WDs (forgot which ones, sorry) where the adapter comes with 3 replaceable tongs so it'll easily fit either US or EU. Any adapter that converts to 12V 1.5A center positive (I'm looking at the back of the adapter) will work. Mine is ONLY US format though. Looks like WD could easily replace or shim the power mounting tongs with the existing transformer, but I DON'T know that they've done so.
  Answered 8 years ago by AEIOU
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QuestionWd 8tb easystorage, I just bought this and it makes A clicking noise or like chirping noise every 5-6 seconds, I've heard that normal almost sounding like A single drop of water every so often?
Asked 6 years ago by Brandon.
- Answer None of these answers are correct. This is a "feature" of a lot of non-helium filled large capacity drives. It's a firmware feature meant to increase the life and reliability of the drive. WD has specifically answered this question. Your drive is fine. It's just incredibly annoying if everything else is quiet all the time.
  Answered 4 years ago by inphu510n
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QuestionHow do I recover 4TB of priceless family pictures I put on this drive in hopes of long term storage that died 60 days from purchase ? WD absolves themselves of all liability for lost data.
Asked 6 years ago by Bob.
- Answer First off, sorry that this happened. I would have thought with all sorts of warranties, WD would have made good especially after only a short time that you had the drive. Well I had a similar situation happen to me and I had to seek professional assistance with my whole life nearly gone on a hard drive. If your memories are as precious to you as they are to me then I will recommend a company that gave me my life back. It’s going to cost you some major money but it’s worth it and a lesson learned. The company is called Ontrack Data Recovery located in NJ. Formerly Kroll ontrack https://www.ontrack.com/rutherford-data-recovery-experts/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=physical-location&utm_campaign=USA0002. The amount you pay depends on the severity of what they need to do to get you up and running again. With me They had to extract the platters and the info on them transferred to another ext hard drive. The original drive wouldn’t comply. Which I knew ahead of time, but if they could’ve gotten the original drive to work, it wouldn’t have cost me as much. Now the lesson learned here is to - BACKUP YOUR EXTERNAL DRIVE(S) WITH ANOTHER BACKUP(S). In other words BACKUP YOUR BACKUPS, TOO !!! GOOD LUCK TO YOU !
  Answered 6 years ago by Reelguy
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WD - easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

Q: QuestionCan I use this to back up my pc and iPhone / iPad devices. Do I plug ios devices directly to the backup drive?

Q: QuestionHow many USB ports on this external HD?

Q: QuestionCan this be used as an NAS drive?

Q: QuestionWith the backup software provided does the software backup the complete OS and data? If not what software would you recommend? Thanks

Q: QuestionIs this drive a solid state drive or a high density hard drive?

Q: QuestionI got an WD Easystore External Drive to put my family films in to watch em on my Television through the WD TV Media Player; NOT ON A PC. Unfortunately the WD Media Player is not compatible. Does anyone know any media players that will work with Easystore?

Q: QuestionI recently got an WD Easystore External Drive to put my family films in so that I can watched them on my WD TV Media Player but its not compatible. Does anyone know any media players that are compatible with Easystore?

Q: QuestionI bought 2 easystore 8tb drives right the beginning of the week of Thanksgiving. I've used 1 drive with no problem, and now just opened and plugged in the second one, and it will not turn on (also, no light indicating that it's on). What to do?

Q: QuestionWill this work with xbox one x? If so Will it turn off wheni turn. Off xbox or will it have a blinking light on hardrive

Q: QuestionIt has a password protection?

Q: QuestionCan this hard drive be connected to an ASUS router? Planning to replace the 2TB WD passport that is connected and fully operational with this router, to be accessed by my home network. Otherwise I am affraid I will return it

Q: QuestionWill the Arconis software that comes with the drive work with drives other than the easystore ?

Q: QuestionCan this be used with a xbox series s

Q: QuestionIs the WD - easystore 8 TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive compatible with Windows 11?

Q: QuestionCan this hard drive pass word connected?

Q: QuestionCan I add this to my ESXi 6.5 datastore?

Q: QuestionI just purchased easystore 8tb two weeks ago. Backed up all of my pictures Now it will not let me open it up says corrupt unable to open I'm just about to panic! Please help

Q: QuestionIs this hard drive can be use in Europe.? I mean power adapter to be with EU plug and power rating 220V and 50 Hz.

Q: QuestionWd 8tb easystorage, I just bought this and it makes A clicking noise or like chirping noise every 5-6 seconds, I've heard that normal almost sounding like A single drop of water every so often?

Q: QuestionHow do I recover 4TB of priceless family pictures I put on this drive in hopes of long term storage that died 60 days from purchase ? WD absolves themselves of all liability for lost data.

QuestionCan I use this to back up my pc and iPhone / iPad devices. Do I plug ios devices directly to the backup drive?

QuestionHow many USB ports on this external HD?

QuestionCan this be used as an NAS drive?

QuestionWith the backup software provided does the software backup the complete OS and data? If not what software would you recommend? Thanks

QuestionIs this drive a solid state drive or a high density hard drive?

QuestionI got an WD Easystore External Drive to put my family films in to watch em on my Television through the WD TV Media Player; NOT ON A PC. Unfortunately the WD Media Player is not compatible. Does anyone know any media players that will work with Easystore?

QuestionI recently got an WD Easystore External Drive to put my family films in so that I can watched them on my WD TV Media Player but its not compatible. Does anyone know any media players that are compatible with Easystore?

QuestionI bought 2 easystore 8tb drives right the beginning of the week of Thanksgiving. I've used 1 drive with no problem, and now just opened and plugged in the second one, and it will not turn on (also, no light indicating that it's on). What to do?

QuestionWill this work with xbox one x? If so Will it turn off wheni turn. Off xbox or will it have a blinking light on hardrive

QuestionIt has a password protection?

QuestionCan this hard drive be connected to an ASUS router? Planning to replace the 2TB WD passport that is connected and fully operational with this router, to be accessed by my home network. Otherwise I am affraid I will return it

QuestionWill the Arconis software that comes with the drive work with drives other than the easystore ?

QuestionCan this be used with a xbox series s

QuestionIs the WD - easystore 8 TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive compatible with Windows 11?

QuestionCan this hard drive pass word connected?

QuestionCan I add this to my ESXi 6.5 datastore?

QuestionI just purchased easystore 8tb two weeks ago. Backed up all of my pictures Now it will not let me open it up says corrupt unable to open I'm just about to panic! Please help

QuestionIs this hard drive can be use in Europe.? I mean power adapter to be with EU plug and power rating 220V and 50 Hz.

QuestionWd 8tb easystorage, I just bought this and it makes A clicking noise or like chirping noise every 5-6 seconds, I've heard that normal almost sounding like A single drop of water every so often?

QuestionHow do I recover 4TB of priceless family pictures I put on this drive in hopes of long term storage that died 60 days from purchase ? WD absolves themselves of all liability for lost data.