Customer Ratings & Reviews

I use these drives for backup purposes. I am a video editor and need to backup projects with lots of media and I need to do it redundantly. So once I archive a project, there are two copies in case one fails. These drives are not the fastest at 5400 rpm, but they are good enough for backup and are a good value for the price. I've been using them for a couple of years and I haven't had one fail yet. I recently purchased two more of them. I use them externally on a 2 drive dock connected to iMac or Macbook pro.

I'm using this in a repurposed computer being used as a media server. I've used it for several weeks now and it works flawlessly. I've actually never had a problem with a Western Digital mechanical hard drive whether it be a blue label or a black label.

Not the fastest, but it does its job without breaking the bank. I use it for some game storage, but mostly bigger files I have on my computer.

It working very good it is good for the price it at

Good capacity. WD drives have been reliable for me. Hope this is, too.

I bought this western digital hard drive because they hold up pretty well. I have not had many drives fail. This is a great value for a 4tb hard drive.

More than enough space for anything and very easy to set up

Great storage device for archive and long term storage. Price is great

Lots of storage for a low price! Can't beat that combo thanks!

Its a nice work horse drive for large scale backup. It would be nice if the warranty was better.

easy to install. lots of extra space. works great!

Drive has worked flawlessly in a Linux PC for about a year. Always been happy with the brand.

Pros: Good price. Read and write speeds are good. Cons: It's a bit noisier than other hard drives. In order for a Windows 10 PC to recognize it I had to go into "disk management" and format through there. It did not appear under My PC along with the other drives until I formatted and added the drive through disk management

Needed to upgrade my storage to hold all pics and music. This worked out fine. Easy install and easy storage.

husband needed more space for game downloads on his pc easy installation

Don't lock yourself into the "5400rpm = slow" conventional wisdom. On a large capacity drive like this, more and smaller bits are more tightly packed on the platters. The bits still fly by the read/write heads at considerable speed. It's similar to DVD-ROM discs reading and writing faster than a CD-ROM, even at much slower rotation speeds.

Installed as expected, worked as expected. First of all, I got this to back up some old movie files for storage. I installed the drive, copied the files to it and then disconnected to power to it. So basically it is just sitting there as an insurance policy against my other drive crashing. It is doing well for that purpose.

Was looking to replace a very old drive. Works as needed and runs quietly.

Fast and so far reliable to store lots of data and various media

Good space for the money. If it lasts, I'll give it 5 stars, but that'll take years to determine. I've had better luck with WD than Seagate in the past.