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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 17635 reviews

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96%would recommend to a friend

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Customers frequently mention that this product is highly valued for its generous storage capacity and user-friendly, compact design. Users are generally satisfied with the overall performance, size, and reasonable speed of the drive, noting that it offers great value for the price. Additionally, the device is praised for its seamless compatibility and reliable USB connectivity, with many users appreciating that it operates quietly and functions without the need for extra software.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External Hard Drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I’ve noticed that this brand last longer than other brand s I have bought. Besides being easier to just plug in to my laptop and I can find it or it comes up automatically. The other brands I had bought would sometimes give me a hard time comparing to this brand. I will always buy this brand of external hard drive. Worth buying. I would only recommend to buying this brand. Very reliable and last long.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Believe it

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The quality is stable, the speed is good, and the volume is appropriate, making it difficult to detect obvious shortcomings. The price is slightly higher.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Back up your photos periodically!!!!!

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

    Plug in and use. Was so simple. I use to back up family pics and videos on Bluray and regualr DVDs on my PC but that was time consuming and and took a lot of discs to use. I had a harddrive crash 15 years ago and my wife and I lost all our photos that we had stored on it that were our history of our lives from when we first met to getting married. So I always made a point to back them up up discs. P Problem is that new laptops don't have disc drives anymore. So it was either an external HDD or a USB thumbdrive. Well, thumb drives don't hold as much as this does without costing 3x as more. I can easily lose a small USB drive in the house or even around my desk. This was the right price, the right size and easy to use. I bought a protective case to store it in when not in use to make sure I never loose any more memories.

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

    Did not function properly

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    After fully following all the necessary steps, I was not able to save any documents to this drive.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent hard drive

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

    Easyly to setup, just connected and ready to use, transfer pictures,audio,videos with an awesome speed, i used it at my laptop on my usb port 2.0 and 3.0 it's perfectly functional and compatible, for sure i recommended to anyone.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Solid, portable device

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have bought a few of these now and they are very handy. The size allows me to store the majority of our pictures and movies on it and use on any machine. Western Digital has been a leader in storage for quite some time and these things hold up very well. The only complaint I really have (and this pertains to every one that I have, roughly 15), they never want to eject well from a Windows Operating System. I usually get the "Unable to eject" error that a lot of others do. To circumvent this issue, it would be nice if Western Digital would release a utility of its own to allow for a fast and easy eject without any issues. Otherwise, you can't really go wrong! Be sure to buy a storage case too to store it when carrying it around or storing it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Size, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A wonderful external drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drive is awesome. I especially like that it does not need an external power cable. It simply plugs into the USB-3 port of a computer. It is fast and quiet. It is small and therefore easy to carry. I got a standard carrying case for it too. I love it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Product, price, compact, and easy to use

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

    I recently purchased the WD - Easystore 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black, to clean up files on my desktop that I wanted to keep. The price was great, easy to use, small and compact, perfect for backup or storage. I highly recommend,

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External Drive

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

    more than I really need, good price, good size, good value

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent Product!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent product, I highly recommend it. High speed transfer, just what I needed! For backing up computers like photos, music and documents, this is the right one.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Compatible device

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

    compatible, light weight and easy to carry. Fast date transfer

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great External Drive

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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 at a great price! Very easy to use. Quickly transfered data. Highly recommend.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A breeze to use

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

    This is truly the easiest external drive I have used. The 2TB is perfect to store pictures, videos and documents.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Overall performance, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for PlayStation’s

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

    I purchased this hard drive to use with my PS5 and it didn’t disappoint. Easy setup, and works as advertised. Great for backing up those large games.. I’d recommend this for anyone looking to reclaim disk storage space on the PlayStations..

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Size, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love this hard drive

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

    Excellent little hard drive. Plug and play, moved files from laptop at amazing speed. Very happy with it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Speed
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    Software

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great lightweight portable drive for fair price.

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

    I recently had a complete loss of all of the data on my laptop and had to reload everything from scratch. I had all of the data backed up in different areas, but I lost around 6 hours in time getting everything back to where I had it. So I started looking for a drive that I could store disk image files on. This drive has met that goal completely! Extremely fast, super lightweight. The only con I can find is that it doesn't come with a bag to keep the drive and cord together. I had a velvet bag that I got with a 2.5" drive enclosure, so I'm keeping it in that so I don't lose the cord (and it adds some protection from scratches). So far I've backed up images of 3 different computers. I haven't used the included WD software but it really doesn't look that great. I use AOMEI Backerupper (free).

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A great product for its price and reliability

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A great purchase. I am very thankful for this product and purchase. It saved me from deleting things and adding to my storage. Very satisfied with this for its speed and reliability. Glad I bought this and for its price well worth it

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Speed
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    Software

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good drive bad software

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

    Great price and fast. Bought for my Mac. The software that comes with this ( NTFS for Mac ) is horrible so ended up uninstalling it and just formatting the drive for a Mac. Works fine know

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size, Speed, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice for Backups

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It is small and speedy for a secure backup of all the photos my wife ahs taken over the years. Something like this is needed unless you store in the cloud, because there really is small amounts of internal storage in most small laptops today.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Overall performance, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    So helpful

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to use and lots of space. I was able to offload a lot of files off my pc to help it run fast and efficient.

    I would recommend this to a friend