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Model:
WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN
SKU:
5792401
Your price for this item is $39.99
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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 7183 reviews

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers have good things to say about the easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive, particularly its excellent storage capacity, reliability, and ease of use. Many appreciate its fast USB 3.0 transfers and quiet operation. Some customers mention that heat may be an issue.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity, Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast backup storage solution

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

    I wanted something to backup my important pictures and files. This fit the bill with large capacity and USB 3.0 speed.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Simple install

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

    Simple install, just make sure to allow all permissions when doing the install or you will get stuck at 80% for eternity If you dont allow permissions and you do get stuck on the 80% windows key R and type the command appwiz.cpl amd look for the application. Click delete and reinstall with permissions

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

    External Harddrive

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

    The instructions are extremely easy to follow. In order to use it with all my Apple products, I highly suggest going into the utilities app on the computer, and formatting the drive to APPS prior to use.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great storage at great price

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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 for so much storage. Easy to use and exactly what we needed to back up my parents computer.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic Value

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

    Really pleased with this external HDD. It's fast, quiet, and comes with a decent warranty. Not to mention, it's cheap for 8TB (and a high quality drive inside).

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It does its job

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

    Assuming you don’t want a wireless backup hard drive, this is the best bang for the buck. We almost bought the 14 TB version, until we realized that oddly enough, two of these (8 TB) combined were about $20 less than than a single 14 TB. This is counter-intuitive, as that means I’m getting 16 TB for less, and usually the bigger package is the cheaper one, but not this time. Onto the actual hard drive: no complaints. It’s super easy to use. It does what we want it to. It does its job.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value for a solid external 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.

    The Western Digital easystore 8TB external hard drive works as described and as intended. If you need more space, whether it is for backing up important files or storing media, or both, this should do the trick for sure.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD external hard drive 8 TB awesome

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

    We love the external hard drive so much that we’ve got well axing on eight of them and I’ve had never ever had a problem with one

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

    Great for solid storage

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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.

    Works as expected. Not too loud. Pretty slim and fits most places

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Plenty of Space, fast, quiet, reliable.

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

    Got this at 139.99, so far best deal, using it to store data. So far no issues. The drive is quiet and fast with USB 3.0 connection. Would buy again if needed.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External HDD

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

    Easy to setup and use. Appreciated the employee who helped me and easy to check out.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice space for the cost

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

    A ton of space for the price. I would recommend this if you need to storage a bunch of data without breaking the bank. I wouldn't recommend for video editing

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy Addition

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

    Plug it in and it Works! Enough Storage for Pictures for ever! USB 3 alows for reasonable transfer rates. So nice to be able to put everything in one place!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy yes to buy

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

    SO far, so good! I have had no issues with it, it's easy to use and stores so much files, it's insane.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    8TB is much appreciated!

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

    Very happy to get this 8TB external hard drive on sale. I got it for my PS4 and it was easy to set up and use.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect TiVo upgrade

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

    I purchased this on sale at a steal of a price to upgrade the 1 TB drive in our TiVo Roamio OTA because these have a WD Red drives inside. In doing so I voided two warranties at once, but totally worth it! Once I tested that the WD drive was functioning properly, I shucked the drive by using a set of spludgers designed for opening electronics, there are 3 clips on each side once you have something in those spots to keep the clips from engaging, the drive slides out very easily, I can't even tell I opened it. Take the 1 screw out of the back of the TiVo, pop the lid, remove the 4 screws that hold the drive in, then the 4 screws that hold the rails on. Replace the drive, power up the TiVo and wait for it to get to the setup screen. This takes about 5 to 10 minutes because the TiVo is formatting the drive during the startup process, I didn't time it so it may be longer, maybe shorter, be patient. Shut the TiVo down, take the drive back out, connect it to your computer via the USB circuit board that came out of the drive case, then use MSFRTools 3.2 or later to expand the drive so the TiVo sees all 8 TB, this is called "blessing" the drive. Reinstall the new drive, button up the TiVo case, complete the setup on the TiVo and you are done! Total time if you don't mess up, about 45 minutes until the TiVo is back up and running. Extremely easy and cheap way to get 8x the space on your TiVo. You will loose all recordings and OnePasses doing this, I had none because I was anticipating this upgrade so we did not schedule anything to record. If you want to keep your recordings, you can either copy the recordings to your PC or another TiVo or clone the drive. You are limited to a 4 TB drive when cloning as this is the largest drive the cloning utility can handle but you don't lose any recordings or OnePasses you have setup. I did the clone method on our first TiVo. The clone process takes a bit longer and will require that the drives be connected to a PC and that you have a boot drive for the utility. Takes about 2 hours, but totally worth it as well.

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

    External 8TB

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

    Easy to set up and use. Size is compact so fits office well.

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

    Automotive Journalist

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

    The performance aligns with expected standards, enabling the efficient backup of a variety of files, including videos and photographs from main computers. Nevertheless, the transfer speed from the easystore unit to other computers is relatively slow, akin to that of numerous external hard drives. In summary, I would confidently recommend this product to my business colleagues.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent Storage

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

    Easy to use. Excellent storage system. I am very happy with the performance.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great buy

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

    Great memory storage my son is very please with it. Its not very big so that's also a plus for saving space.

    I would recommend this to a friend