Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this at an attractive sale price. I'm happily using the drive with an iMac for Time Machine backup and media storage. Performance is good, but not as high as some more expensive drives from other manufacturers. The Blackmagic 1 GB Disk Speed Test shows numbers around 110 MB/s write and 180 MB/s read speed (photo attached). The has a nice looking glossy finish that adores fingerprints. It seems well-made and well-ventilated. It seems to go on sale often, so it could be worth waiting for a good price.

So far there have been no issues with this drive and my only issue is the price is a little on the high side.

I love this! I have plenty of space now. I freed up another drive just for backups which was running out of room. I also am able to have duplicate files of my art work which is really important to me. Works out great and you can't go wrong with WD drives.

At it's regular price, this drive is an excellent value with a HUGE amount of storage space! At the sale price, this is an Outstanding Value with a Tremendous 8 TB of Storage! The WD (Western Digital) brand name guarantees the Best Quality, based on the extensive R&D (Research & Development) they are known for!

Great still holding up.it powers on when u need to use Storage space. Speed is OK no you’re fastest storage drive works well with 4K footage/ photos

I couldn't be happier with my WD Easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive. As a content creator and vlogger, storage space is absolutely essential, and this hard drive has exceeded all of my expectations. The massive 8TB capacity gives me plenty of room to store thousands of videos, photos, graphics, and project files without constantly worrying about running out of space. Having all of my content safely organized in one place gives me tremendous peace of mind. What I appreciate most is how easy it is to use. Setup was simple, the drive was recognized immediately, and transferring large video files is smooth and reliable. It has become an important part of my daily workflow. Whether I'm backing up completed projects or storing footage for future content, it performs flawlessly. The drive operates quietly, feels durable, and has consistently delivered dependable performance. For anyone who creates videos, streams, edits content, or simply needs a reliable backup solution, this is an outstanding investment. WD has created a product that combines huge storage capacity, reliability, and ease of use into one package. This hard drive has helped me stay organized, protect my work, and focus on creating content instead of worrying about storage limitations. I highly recommend the WD Easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive. It has been one of the best technology purchases I've made, and it easily earns a well deserved 5 star rating.

I've had no problems with this storage drive. this is my second "easystore" and I'm ready for a second larger one. Nice having all my movies at a cords reach!

I've been using this drive for 2 years and they don't fail, they are terrific. and fast and I have 2.

So far the WD Hard Drive is working out great for all my Gam8ng Storage needs

I was able to get the HGST drives (rebadged as WD Red) within. The price at the time of purchase was awesome. I put them in my NAS.

The capacity of this external high drive is amazing

Very easy to connect. Simple to use. USB 3.0 speed. Small in size and quite. LED on light. Turns on and off with the computer.

Packaging and everything looked fine. Opened up Speccy to check the SMART values, saw that the drive had been powered on 510 times and was on for 107.4 days. Let's put that in perspective. If the average computer is on for 8 hours a day, that is nearly a year of use. This was supposed to be a new drive.

Both price and performance are the best. You can only buy at BestBuy. I am very satisfied with the product.

This external drive was the best item that I purchased besides my new computer from Best Buy.

Quit working after 47 days. Very easy to use, When it worked.

Bought two of them for my office as backup disks. Within a week, BOTH drives were giving me I/O errors. And what's worse, when I try to fill out an RMA with Western Digital, their RMA site doesn't work. I'm royally upset and feel like I wasted a few hundred dollars.

Holds a lot of stuff. Xbox storage works great untill it starts to not power connect to the xbox. Now it starts my cable need to be plugged in to a different usb port. So now i cant access my gamessssssssssss.

I got this on sale, and I use it to store all my old school games

Just received my order and was all excited to get it setup. However running the exe file to setup the software, I got installation failed, we are experiencing issues error. UGH!!! It’s been three hours same issue....