Customer Ratings & Reviews

Holds a lot of date but still nice and small. Easy to carry in backpack.

This was exactly what I was looking for to back up my computer with all my pictures, videos, word documents, and pdf docs. Also easy access and portability

Lots of storage in a small light size. Great for traveling in an rv.

I read the reviews and I checked the customer questions to be sure this was compatible with Windows Vista. Multiple questions about this very issue were asked & answered in the positive. So because my poor old Vista computer has been saying hard drive failure imminent for about a year or so & crashes every day now multiple times, I figured I’d better back it up pretty soon. I can’t afford a new desktop at this time & extremely dislike my ASUS laptop but I do want some of my files/pics from the Vista system so I purchased the WD EasyStore external hard drive to back it up. First nowhere on the box or paperwork (which is just an arbitration agreement in different languages) does it say anything about operating system compatibility so I plugged in the hard drive The first part of the installation process says I need a driver I don’t have so I updated the drivers then a box came up that said NOT COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM with a GIF of a broken heart. That’s nice. So I looked on the WD Easystore website for the PDF of Instructions for this external hard drive & downloaded it. The first part of the downloaded instructions said compatible with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Macs-Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra. That’s it, so no, Vista is not able to download the installation of this hard drive. So what were all the “yes’s” when others asked if it was Vista compatible? I did discover if you download folder by folder to the hard drive it will take them & read them just fine, it just takes time & since I really don’t want my whole C drive of Vista downloaded anyway it will get the job done with patience. But I was curious what the heck else is the download exec. that comes loaded on this drive that is not compatible with Vista? Would it make transferring faster, easier? The drive seems to work fine doing it folder by folder so I’ll keep it but for those counting on Vista compatibility it is a no go for total access.

Great product and good price. There were others on the shelf that were more expensive. Store associate was great about delineating the differences.

Cheap and reliable backup storage device for important files.

This WD portable hard drive (HD) is easy to use to reduce clutter and files on your desktop or physical computer hard drive! Easy access to the files on this HD. Also, it allows you to back up files regularly using a timed system! Once downloaded, it takes you through the steps of how to set up the auto backups! It’s so small and easily portable! Great buy!

Great error free device. Plug and play. Plug into system and used right away.

Very good little external drive. Works well. good price

Excellent product and easy to use! Would purchase again!

Great harddrive. Plenty of storage and very fast. WD is a good brand.

The WD was on sale, Great price, easy install, and compact size.

These mechanical drive based external hard drives are becoming more and more affordable by the month, as prices of solid state drives drop ever farther. This is a good plug and play solution for performing backups of your computer. However, as an external drive for everyday work, you'd probably want to get a faster external solid state drive. Everyone with a computer should have a drive like this, though, to be able to have a local backup handy, in case a catastrophic event happens with your computer.

I got this hard drive probably days before my previous laptop died. Was able to put everything (documents, pics, movies, songs, etc) into this hard drive and transfer it to my new laptop within minutes. Even though I had a lot of data, there’s still a lot of storage left and quality and durability is great.

I haven't had it long, but it is easy to use and suits my needs

Works Great. Bought my son a new pc for Christmas and it hooked up to his pc with no errors or anything.

it is a good hard drive, lots of storage, easy to use, no problems at all.

I love these drives, great for backups and portable storage

Works great for data transfer and PC backup, much better than the external drive I am currently using

Works Well, But I Think That the 2T model is needed to back up the entire MACBOOK system with Time Machine