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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 17601 reviews

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers admire the product's ample storage, ease of use, and overall performance, often highlighting its compact size, reasonable speed, and good price. They also appreciate its excellent compatibility and seamless USB functionality, noting that it doesn't require additional software and operates silently.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for what I need

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

    Needed to have a simple HD for my time machine and it works very well. Easy to use and setup

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good

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

    Pretty good product will recommend to anyone. Will buy again.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Disappointing

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

    Was not very impressed. I transferred many files but then they all disappeared, due to me transferring them from a Windows 7 system. I was told I needed to send it to Western Digital maybe they can save the files.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Met my needs

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

    Needed the back-up because my new computer muse be rebooted. I can't lose personal info.

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

    Great hard drive

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

    Have a few of these for data backup and work great so far. Using one for xbox one and also works great.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External drive storage

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

    Over all quality is good. Got it when it was on sale , save lots of room on the drive

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

    Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Slow.

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This thing transfers files as quickly as what old dial up seemed to download them.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    I had to format it myself, it was a lot of trouble

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

    I had to format it myself which was a complicated process.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great

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

    I bought it for my Xbox one and it works great but I filled it up and got the 5 tb now

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

    Very compact , Large capacity

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

    Bought this for my new iMac , I hope it is working as the only way to find out is if your anti-virus stops working.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good hard drive

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

    Use it for extra memory for my xbox. able to hold all of my games without any issues

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to set up and use

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

    This unit is being used for both a windows and an apple computer and was easy to set up and use.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It's a hard drive!

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

    Western Digital never lets me down, unlike a company that starts with S and rhymes with Beegate

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

    Great External HD

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

    I bought it to use in my mac. It is so much easier to get it work with MacPro. I totally recommend this product.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love the external drive

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

    Love the external drive. Easy to transfer information from my old computer to my new computer. Would recommend.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Portable HD

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

    I purchased this portable HD to hold all of my movies and photos. It worked great with room to spare.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Compact and great for storage

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I needed some extra storage for photos and this little hard drive has worked very well!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It holds all 80 gbs of my music

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

    Got tired of using flash drives to move files from all my pcs and wanted something bigger and this does the work

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for PS4

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

    Awesome storage unit, let’s me clear out space for my PS4. Now I can upload more games.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    N/A

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Good product.Easy to install and use.Good price and convenient to use

    I would recommend this to a friend