Customer Ratings & Reviews

Received it and plugged it in, did not use any of the stuff that comes with it. Just did a quick format, checked the capacity and proceeded to load 1 terabyte of data on it with no issues. Seems to be a solid drive. Would definitely buy another in the future.

I like these drives because they are compact enough for easy portability and can power off USB, yet have better capacity (and seem more reliable) than USB flash drives. I bought a bunch of them to use for off-site backups, where I store them in places far from my home (my desk at work, a safe at my parents' house) for optimal disaster recovery. I've been using these for quite a few years, from when 2 TB was the largest available size, and I've never had any failures.

Great litle storage unit. I have 5 of these and they all work well, Simple to use.

It's compact, spacious, has a great price, and works well--what's not to like? It's my third Easystore drive for my Macs.

Very reliable disk. Access is very fast. And it easy to use.

it's been reliable for daily Time Machine backups on my MacBook and storing media libraries. No data loss or failures, even after minor drops. It's not as fast as SSDs like the SanDisk Extreme, but for bulk storage, it's perfect and runs quietly without overheating. Battery drain is minimal when connected to laptops.

I bought this to add storage to my PlayStation. I've never needed external storage with the system before, but my boy is taking up more and more space, so it was time. I was a little worried that it wouldn't run smoothly during gameplay, but honestly, this thing has been almost completely seamless. I plugged it in and it was pretty much good to go. I haven't noticed any lag playing games that are stored on the external drive compared to that stored internally. Super slick!

So glad I bought this. I have an older laptop that is starting to get to the end of its life. I didn’t want to lose all my files/music/photos, etc. I also wanted to get some of the photos from my phone saved somewhere else to clear up a bit of space. This hard drive was great. I went with 5 TB because I have a lot of stuff and also want to have room for more. It was super easy to use, and it’s small enough that it will store very easily.

Well if your going to back something up you best get something small easy to move around and store. So far I've bought about 8-10 of these drives of various sizes from 2TB to this 5TB. They are all still working, (One 2TB drive has some problems copying/reading but still spins up, don't use it anymore.) Some are over 9yrs old still running. To me I don't like the cloud, a home network is better (unless your house burns down ><). $220 gets you 5TB of storage no fees lasts about 8+yrs, wasn't possible a few years ago. $220 cause you need 2 drives, make sure you back it up ;O) you don't want to ever loose 5TB of information.... "EVER".

Good storage and easy setup. I like the size and it sync up immediately with my Playstation 4 system.

I use a great deal of storage with my computer. This 5TB portable is ideal for carrying those files and apps with me. It's relatively small in physical size, but it's a giant in capacity! The price was very reasonable as well.

I love this external drive. It's small, but holds 5gb and does not require external power, it gets power from the 1 USB port it's connected to. I've had 4 of these drives for at least 2yrs and every one of them is still running perfectly, so I consider them reliable. They take up very little storage space and easy to connect and use.

I bought this item over 2 years ago, and it is still going strong. I've had no issues with it and would buy it again if I ever need another external hard drive that is easily portable. WD makes long-lasting products, and I've owned and/or still own numerous products they make.

Fantastic product. Ease of use, compatibility is genuine as described, no glitches, able to handle a huge amount of data, no slow start up! Transferred over 700 CD’s still well over a half of storage space remaining! Love love love it!

Upon buying the external hard drive I was in search of a device that was simplistic in its functions and would deem user-friendly for someone who wasn't entirely computer savvy when it came to hardware. I wasn't pleasantly pleased with this purchase as it exceeded my expectations. It took about 3 minutes for me to configure the device and start transferring over files. I was also surprised by how much storage was left remaining after I had transferred over almost every file on my computer. I was shocked to see the storage capacity barely moved a notch. I am very pleased with my purchase. My computer now runs much smoother and with less interruptions and stalling issues. I fixed my issue without having to buy a whole other computer. This was definitely a great purchase.

I had bought two 1 TB two years ago and realized i needed more space. These came up during the holiday and i figured they would be perfect replacement with the size. Love it! No issues or regrets with the purchase.

The drive does it's job. I use them for movie storage and I have 6 of these WD easystore drives, the oldest is 4 yrs old and all are running great. I don't baby these drives at all. I take them on the boat to watch movies while fishing also camping etc. The only complaint I have is WD's hiding of what the magnetics format is. Whether it is recording in CMR, PMR or SMR matters but that info is hard to find from WD.

Slim. Portable. Easy to use. A ton of storage. Greta quality

I have been using this product for about 2 years now mostly for backing up documents, pictures, and movie clips. So far so good, small size, and easy to use and carry. Higly recommend with reasonable price for good size of storage.

Small but fast drive with 5TB of storage. Light and easy to pack if your a traveling photographer.