Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this to have for 4k movies. Works great and got it on sale. Great amount of space and works well for my use case.

Needed more storage space, I was dividing up my backups between several drives, and really needed one drive to rule them all. Enter huge drive with great price. There were mostly good reviews, one or two iffy. So, I ordered and waited. And....Windows 10Pro said...there is only 12TB there..What? How could this be? But, I had seen it below in the reviews. So, I called up, and after only 2 transfers got on with someone and we started trying to run down the issue. Yes, I had gotten the right drive. Yes, it set up and worked fine. And properties said that it had 12.7TB free space. BUT...and here is where a little sleuth work went a long way, I noticed the fine print....where it writes out the VERY long number of bytes...it was 13,999,....and some other numbers, you get the picture. Windows was seeing the full amount (there is always a little in the software/MBR/etc) but then adding it up wrong! (I'm not the only one with math issues!) So, yes, it was a 14TB drive! Since then. It has run like a champ. A couple of times while transferring lots of files, due to it being a desktop external drive with no cooling system, it has gotten a little hot (I have Hard Disk Sentinel to watch over such things), But, I just turn it on it's side so it gets better air flow for a little while and it cools back off. Overall, it does exactly what I need, which is to store backups of my graphic work and writing files. So, it's something I use on occasion, and I'm not using it like a gaming drive or anything. If that's what you need? Then this is your ticket! AND I've only filled a third of it, while my other drives are breathing a sign of relief with not being stuffed to the gills, okay, except 1 which has a backup program that I have to find and get off of it, because it keeps getting filled up to 88kb free before it stops backing up....(gotta find that and destroy it...) So, there is your review. Have a great day.

easy to use and install data. I would recommend as great storage. The pricing was a great value.

This is my 2nd one after filling up the 1st one. It works, it's fast, and most importantly, it has always been reliable.

I have 3 of these drives that I have removed from the enclosure and installed in a QNAP Network Attached Storage box. Yes this voids the warranty, which I had considered. The price per GB is great and especially worth it when they are on sale. I've had one for a year and just bought two more. I've never had any issues with the drive. They run cool. The drive does make a bit of noise when accessing so keep that in mind if you keep your storage box in a quiet environment.

Nice, large HDD. The only problem I've had is that it has this annoying flashing light whenever you turn the computer you've connected it to off. I got it for $200 during a sale, which made it one of the best values per TB I could find.

I have purchased numerous of these drives, the 14TB model being the latest. The drive inside is compatible to a WD Red at a more affordable price and with an enclosure and power supply. Noise level and heat are as to be expected. I have run more than 10 of these (all different sizes) and never had an easystore fail over many years of 24/7 use.

Best Buy had the Western Digital EasyStore 14TB external hard drive for an unbelievable Black Friday deal of $199.99! I keep all of my computer data on an external drive and the one I was replacing was 2TB in size and getting pretty full. This new drive would have 7 times the space! (Of course, after formatting, which is already done, the effective usable space is about 12.5TB, but that is true for all hard drives.) There should be enough room on the drive to last me for several years. I always back up my drives so I bought 2 at that price. The other is the backup to the new drive. Installation and migration of the data on my old 2TB was easy, although it took a few hours to complete the process even with USB 3.0 speed. The drive is peppy and working perfectly. I am very pleased.

Western Digital sets the standard for fast reliable drives, Easy setup, great size for a growing library.

Budget friendly 14 TB external. Great for Stashing loads of files. (Technically around 13 TB). Plug and play, external power.

I bought the device to back up a number of smaller external drives. It's easy to set up and use, and provides peace of mind regarding my pictures, documents, and music. Glad I finally picked one up! I gave it four stars because it's relatively new, but it'll get the fifth star if it keeps working years from now :)

This is totally a MUST HAVE, if you need the extra space. Whether you need a digital locker locker for your videos, photos, backups or any large files, this is a perfect place to store them. If your work heavy in editing, whether it be digital, audio, video, etc and need a good storage space, this is a quick and easy option! Granted, the writing speeds are not the best, but transfers are easy and universal. The USB 3.0 helps ease of use, but Large files will take a good while to transfer. A/C power definitely helps with this. Definitely a "Local" hard drive, Try not to use this Hard Drive for " on the go" travel.

I use this hard drive for storage of my PC games. For that purpose, it works great. Lots of space for lots of games. But do not try to play games directly off of it. Even if not being used, it will cause 20 second pauses while you play. Unplug it when you play. And transfer any game to your computer before trying to play. Also, it's noisy. So expect to hear 20 seconds of read-write noise even if not being used directly by your device.

I've had really good results with these external drives. They seem durable and perform well when attached to a USB 3.0 port. Over time, I've bought these over the years as their capacity keeps growing. As of this writing, the 14TB drive provides the best cost/GB. The price can fluctuate a bit, so buy when there is a discount. Bet Buy has the best pricing on these when they are discounted.

Amazing price for as huge it’s capacity, I am using with my new Xbox series X, however it can’t play the newer games that require fast excess, most of previous games can be store in this hard drive. One more benefit is even if you can’t play from this drive but it will transfer to your Xbox series X way faster than downloading it from online. Only if it didn’t make that noise I would have five stars. Still love it.

Easy to use, doesn’t take up an excess amount of space, and has tons of space for the value that I paid at the time. WD has always had a simple plug and play peripheral line that I’ve used since college; a couple of those drives are still in use now! Now if my iPhone could have a 10th of the same space by default for the price I’d be happy.

Really good high capacity drive for the best possible price. I was waiting to buy this for a long time for using it to organized all my movies, pictures, and videos. Finally ended up getting it during the Black Friday sale for a steal. The WD tools drive scan took about a day but checked and verified the drive free of any bad sectors. Have used it for a few weeks now and no issues so far. Very happy with the purchase!

Nice external hard drive with plenty of size to store media files. Connects quickly and uploads and downloads data as quickly as the USB interconnect will permit. Great value

These are white label WD Red drives in an external case. I personally use the drives shucked in a NAS case as internal drives. Drive was a EMFZ. Cases are easily shuckable by watching a YouTube video. BEWARE: If you are planning to use this in the default enclosure that the drive CAN get hot. There is not active cooling on this external case. If you use it as a external drive, it is recommended to transfer it to a different external case with fans for active cooling or sitting some type of fan next to/on top of the stock case to force some air movement. Price isn't the lowest currently. They've hit $200 before, but $230 is an acceptable price. Drives did NOT require any power volt mod for use in a custom built FreeNAS system with SATA backplane.

I purchased two of these drives on two consecutive black fridays. After owning one for a year with no issues, I felt confident enough to buy another. They are my main back ups and they work as expected. They have plenty of storage so I don't think I will have to worry about running out of space any time soon. I recommend buying them on sale.