Customer Ratings & Reviews

As a 45-year IT pro, let's just say I am not a huge fan of WD. There are better drives out there, namely Seagate. BB does not sell Seagate. As an owner of a data recovery company, I can tell you why I go with Seagate, but I'll probably get sued :) If this is to be an intermittent-duty drive, then this 4TB will work fine. Remember, as the TB storage increases (all high TB drives have this problem) these drives tend to be a lot more fragile. Be very careful when moving this drive, if it is running. So, why did I go with a WD when I could have purchased a Seagate online? Buying at a local brick and mortar store creates local jobs. I buy everything locally because I want to see my neighbors employed.

Easy to use. Plug and play. Backed-up files, photos, movies easily with drag and drop or copy and paste.

Very happy with the drive so far. It gives new life to my 32mb SSD student computer.

I bought this item to backup my old computer so I can get rid of it and it works like a charm

Works perfect.. no problems and lots of space. Can't ask for much more from an external storage.

Perfect size, lots of storage. Easy to work and use. Great for files and lots of pictures.

Great storage external hard drive is transfer speed is really fast and i purchased at great price.

This item is definitely worth purchasing. Just make sure to buy the item when it's on a good sale.

Very compact and easy to use. A great storage solution for my photos and important documents.

So much storage. Bought this for additional storage for PlayStation 4 games! It works!

I bought two of these hard drives during black friday, so I've only had them for 1wk. I'm impressed with how cool they stay while running for hours as I move over several GBs of data. They did come with some pre-installed backup software which I decided to install on my computer for now. The software is completely unnecessary for the drives to function, and you can simply drag and drop over files immediately without any other automated bells and whistles. I'll update this only if the drives fail. As of now, 1wk in, they work!

I like the size of this hard drive and the built it's excellent. I will really recommend this

Small but holds a lot information. Great price. Would recommend.

So far no issues, and doing its job with the One X. Got it for a great price and gives me the much needed extra storage for the console.

Very fast drive. Simply plug and play. Was delivered quickly and definitely would buy one again.

GREAT price and is perfect for the additional laptop I needed to purchase. Would purchase again.

Bottom line: 4TB of storage in a small form factor from a trusted manufacturer. Pros: attractive case, easy to use included software Cons: USB 3.0 transfer speed As a general rule of thumb, I always recommend buying the maximum amount of drive storage possible. You'll surely use it later, and you won't have to search multiple drives to find the files you want. Western Digital is a leading manufacturer of external hard drives, so if you're backing up important files buy a name you trust. WD's software is easy to use and the drive is formatted as NTFS out of the box. Mac users will need to reformat the drive, but it only can takes a minute or two. The casing on this drive is textured, which reduces the look of fingerprints and smudges. It shares the same form factor as WD's external portable drives and is about double the thickness of the 1TB WD drive I already own. The only downside is that, as hard drive storage increases, aging connection and transfer standards such as USB 3.0 start to feel slow. It took nearly two hours to copy 1.75GB of data from two other USB 3.0 external hard drives to this one. This isn't really a criticism of the drive, but if you have a newer computer you might look at USB-C drives as an alternative.

Great for storage of dashcam files for a recent month-long road trip. Plug & play!

Really good external hard drive for the price. Can't complain for the price.

Good quality - reasonable price in compare with other external storage option. Using exactly same one for 2 years for local backup. No issues yet. So purchased another one for the same purposes to back up my cameras on my local network.