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Model:
WDBAMA0120HBK-NESN
SKU:
6425301
Your price for this item is $237.99
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Customer reviews

Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 1736 reviews

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  • Value

    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

  • Ease of Use

    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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95%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers admire the easystore 12TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive's massive storage capacity, reliability, and ease of use, finding it to be good value for the price. Positive feedback also highlights its quiet operation and convenient USB connectivity. While some users noted that the drive can run warm and that the RPM may be lower than advertised, the majority of reviews are overwhelmingly positive.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It's what I needed.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I do not worry anymore about my computer crashing. It stores my information easily.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    very slow read and write

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    very very very slow. . . I own quite a few external drives, for backup purposes. All of them have delivered satisfactory and acceptable performance; except for this one, and a similar model 8Tb WD Easystore. Initial use was OK. Writes and reads were at acceptable speeds. Then drive got slow. It is only about half full. In Win 10 Pro, did a 'scan'; "no problems". Then did an 'optimize' (defrag). It took the drive a couple hours to analyze, and almost a whole day (22 hours +) to do two "consolidation" "passes". Repeated the 'optimize' next day; same results; had to leave it run overnight. Win 10 always reports the drive as 0% fragmented, but it's not. Older similar size drives I own from WD and competitors will do the analyze in a minute or two; and complete a couple of defrag passes in under 5 to 10 minutes. Drive is not acceptable, and is unusable for its intended purpose.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Satisfied with purchase

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Item is as described. Would recommend to others. We have multiple and not disappointed yet.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Plug and play

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great drive so far. About 10.9 TB after formatting.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    One of the quality hard drive from WD

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have bought 3 of this drives for home data storage and they were working great for the past few months. They are quite and fast enough with USB3 interface. Now I just bought the 4th one. They are excellent option for store important data with the size and cost when they are on sale. It is always an good idea to keep an extra one as backup for your priceless data.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD Easystore 12TB External USB 3.0

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works perfect. It is fast and holds a lot of stuff. If you want a huge hard drive buy this.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to setup

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great external hard drive! Was up running in minutes, backed up files from old computer.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy-to-use

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Super simple set up and so much storage. Works perfectly to store all of our games.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for photography files

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great, have a couple of these hard drives with no complaints

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great performance

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great value (price per TB) at ~$200 if you can hold off until a sale.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good value!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got a great price on this. A quality brand. I think it’s the best value out there.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great drive witth plenty of space

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    a good purchase with plenty of space for storage. would buy it again if needed.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fast and easy to use. Price is fair. Works well with my PC desktop and laptop.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great storage for pictures and videos.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great product, offering super storage capacity for all your files, pictures and videos.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good price for size

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    it has a large size for the price. WD uses CMR, not SMR

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Review

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great quality at a great price. Purchased this on Best Buy’s deal of the day!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works as expected.

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works as expected. Not my first WD device - though highest capacity.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Amazing Price for a 12TB Drive

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works Fine and has acres and acres of storage :) Enough storage to backup many computers.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Storage galore

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fast write speed. So much room for the price. Time to upgrade the laptop!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for Xbox and computer

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    12TB! This is huge. Great for video files. Great for computers or Xbox. Highly recommend!

    I would recommend this to a friend