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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 11973 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers consistently note the Easystore 5TB External Hard Drive's large storage capacity and ease of use. Many appreciate its reliability, reasonable price, and convenient size. Some customers have reported issues with the software, noise, and heat.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD - Easystore 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard

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

    Purchased as a back up. Great pricing for the amount of storage and ease of use and size.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good storage for price

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

    Got this to add space to ps4 and it works flawlessly. East to setup and it automatically moved saved data to the hard-drive once it was configured.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works as intended.good value

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

    Easy set up. Decent speeds. Good value for portable drive. No separate external power cable/supply a

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Ps5

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

    Daughter needed extra memory for ps5 and this is the perfect external memory we found and it's worth the price

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good purchase

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

    Very happy with this purchase. Small and compact size will fit in security box well. Lots of room to save pictures and important items.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great USB Drive, but needed to remove current USB

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

    This is a great value and was easy to install ONLY after I unplugged my other WD Easystore 4TB usb. This new drive was not recognized by my Windows 10 PC until I removed the current one. Simple solution, but was not apparent till after numerous attempts trying all other fixes on reddit, Youtube, etc.... Lack of included troubleshooting instructions is a negative and I sent back a previous purchase because of this, but bought a second drive thinking the first on was defective...

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good for storage but be warned no PW / security.

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

    I purchased the Easystore device because my other WD device (Passport) was running out of space. I do vlogging and store my data on a physical storage device and the 5TB on this device was needed. My only issue is that it doesn't offer security / password protection like other WD storage devices. Even the WD website indicates this. I wish I had known this prior to buying it to replace my WD Passport portable HD, which has the PW protection. Sadly, I can't return this device because I already transferred everything from my WD Passport to the WD Easystore. I do not recommend this storage device because it does not have security protection. Think bout it. Would you buy a cell phone that doesn't have password / security protection features to prevent others from unauthorized intrusion / access to your cell phone? I hope WD updates their "WD Security" software to include Easystore devices.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to store 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.

    It was exactly what I needed. Allowed me to move non essential files to a portable drive. It loads instantly upon connecting to pc! Easy to store and use.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great!!

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I use my Easystore literally every day. I'm very happy with it, never had any issues. It has been moved around a bit, something I was worried about, but it has been just fine as long as you take care of it. I am a graphic designer and work largely off of this hard drive with no issues. It has ample space for all of my files and allows me to keep all of my documents off of my laptop to help with speed. Recommend!!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good external hard drive

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

    Using this as external hard drive for ps5, storage PS4 games and ps5 games so far excellent performance no issues working as described.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I just love it, it has a lot of room for my games. I’m using it for my Xbox and it runs perfect. Nothing to complaint about it

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Western Digital External Hard drive

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

    Great small, tight. Works just right. As advertised, would recommend to anyone needing extra storage/backup for files, pictures or video.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Highly Recommend!

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

    We are using this external hard drive as a back up for our PS4. Perfectly compact, I can't believe this tiny thing has 5TB of storage.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value

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

    Easy plug n play, also very portable. Using it for daily backups and works well. Great value and would highly recommend.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD 5TB Easystore Portable Hard Drive

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

    The WD Easystore 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive in black I purchased new works great. I have been using this 5TB Portable Hard Drive to backup video files and it's performance has been satisfactory. - The drive has a little white light that turns on when it is powered up. The light will flash during use. - Using a total of 1.89 MB of space on the drive right out of the box is the installer WD Discovery.dmg for Mac and the installer WD Discovery for Windows. - The included USB cable is about a foot and a half long.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    I recommend to buy

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

    It's fast and great. It allows options of different format that could be compatible with both Windows and Mac OS.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Storage space

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

    A much need storage space for the precious memories and data that you do not want to loose. Was easy to setup up and use

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value for the price

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

    Fast USB 3.0 and 5TB compact hard drive, what else can you ask for? Even Western Digital 4TB External Hard Drive can't match the price to this item.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    excellent product and suggest for friends

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

    excellent product and suggest for friends. no issue found till now. best value for price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Does what it is supposed to.

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

    Affordable and works well out of the box. I have been using it for a while now pretty heavily and I haven’t had any issues

    I would recommend this to a friend