Customer Ratings & Reviews

This hard drive is easy to use and holds a serious amount of data. I would definitely purchase again!

This is my second WD 8TB drive. The last drive used the 2.0 and after upgrading my tower I wanted the speed of the 3.0 transfer rate. Just like the older model, this one is what I always expect from WD. Zooom.

Computer was failing and this came in handy to save our files

Solid drive, not much to say. Ok value/price point for amount of storage.

Great reliable drive with a tone of space. So far so good.

This external hard drive works well and is easy to use. Although the first time I brought my computer to Best Buy for them to back it up, they didn't actually do it and the hard drive was empty when I got home. I brought my computer back a second time and that time they actually backed it up.

Easy set up. Enough space for gaming mods for now. I hope it lasts as well as other storage spaces I have purchased manufactured by this company.

I was looking for additional back-up storage. I purchased the WD easystore 8TB Plug and Play Desktop back-up unit. My Linksys router has the USB port to allow the connection of storage that can then be shared across the network. I attached this drive to the router and set up the shares. This unit can also be used as a Media server. Files and Folders can be password protected. I would recommend this for a solid back-up solution.

Easy to setup for my Xbox one elite. It's fast and quiet. Definitely a must have for extra space.

I would recommend the WD storage device to anyone because how easy it is to use and the price was very reasonable.

Connected easily...drag and drop...love the huge capacity.

Awesomeness works fast and great does what it says

Needed a large external HD for my PS4. Works like a charm and was about 50% off on a doorbuster.

Nice drive and has always been reliable. Some of the models I've had click a bit but SMART / checks say they're fine. Other than some excess noise they've been perfect.

Great storage and fast speeds. I’ve never owned this brand before and setting up the program was a little annoying but easy overall.

Works as advertised. Very easy to shuck, though might want to consider another drive that is easier to verify if cmr or smr

I remember paying over $500 for a 64Mb hard drive and now I got this 8Tb drive for under $180. The setup was easy although I had to reformat it to use on my Mac. It runs fast and I'm able to use it as a backup for my other drives connected to my computer. I've never had a bad WD drive but have had many drives from another brand (starts with an S) go bad and I've lost lots of data. WD makes quality equipment at a great price.

USB external hard drives aren't a flashy piece of tech, but their benefits are huge. Personally, I am using this drive on an Xbox Series X for storage of my Xbox One library. I had recently outgrown a 4TB drive and the 1TB internal storage on my One X was maxed out, so 8TB on sale was the next logical jump. Being able to hold your library and GamePass games locally is great. Load times are good, but obviously not as great as SSD. As a spinning HDD, there will be some drive noise. Mine was sitting on an entertainment cabinet shelf and just having the drive on was noticeable. I then found that if I bore out a hole behind the cabinet and lay the drive on its side on top of some styrofoam tape, the drive noise is all but gone. Obviously, everyone's situation varies, but for me, this was a fairly easy fix. I also have two of these drives that I've shucked and am using in a RAID configuration in a personal server at home. In that scenario, they are pretty quiet, as they are in a cool basement closet, and have been in use for about a year and a half now. I can easily recommend these drives to anyone looking for additional space.

Got it at a really good deal. So far it’s been working great. Have it hooked up to my network.

Great price! Super quiet. Easy to use. Small size yea.