Customer Ratings & Reviews

Fast start-up easy to connect great product overall

I really like these drives so much, I bought one last year, so I have two now. They have update the controller or something and these from this year are much faster that the one for a year ago.

I've been using this same brand external drive for a while. I haven't encountered any problem on my old one. I just got a new one as backup. I noticed that the hard disk it uses now is just plan white one. The older version I got used a NAS grade hard disk. I hope it can handle the constant writing.

WD hard drive was very reliable and Worth the price

Improved storage space and features. Easy to set up.

This is a fantastic way to score a 8 TB HD for next to nothing. The drives included in these external enclosures are WD "RED" drives. These drives are made for Network Attached Storage devices so if you are looking to build a NAS, this is a fantastic deal!

I purchased this hard drive on Dec 1st, 2020. I was using it to back up my laptop. I recently purchased a new laptop also from Best Buy. I backed up the old laptop to the hard drive. When I plugged it into the new laptop I could not see the hard drive. I made an appointment with GeeK Squad. The employee I spoke to said he plugged the hard drive into a computer and could not see the hard drive. He said it appears the hard drive has failed. He also said there was nothing Best would/could do and that I would have to deal with the manufacturer. We have purchased numerous appliances, TV’s and computers from Best Buy. In the future I will make sure to shop Best Buy competitors before purchasing anything from Best Buy!

Fast drive. So far it is stable. With such a large drive, I decided to do a "break-in" stress test -- 2x full rewrite with random data. Then, full WD tools test. After everything passed, I started using it.

I gave it 4 stars because the drive seems to go into a sleep mode. I will be transferring some files and it working fine. I'll check my email and then go back and it says not responding. then it works again. I don't know if it's my laptop or the drive. I haven't looked online to see if anyone else has had this problem.

Was able to back up all my smaller Hard Drives!!!!

After 6 months.. non-responsive. Now if i plug it in, it freezes my pc. Waste of $$.

No complaint about the drive except for the running temperature. It heats up quickly in it's enclosure. It's passively cooled with no fans and little ventilation. It's easily shuckable with some guitar picks. It runs hotter than even Toshiba drives in my computer case.

Excellent hard drive for backing up my files. Highly recommend this if you have files you do not want to lose

I transfer files from my home computer to work just in case of a disaster that destroys my work. Very trustworthy. I feel much better knowing I have duplicates of everything, thanks to this.

i mean whats there to say, its an external hard drive. speeds are alright, its what youd expect for a 5400rpm drive. if you can get it on sale its definitely worth it.

I mainly have videos stored on this drive and have it hooked to my PC and that PC runs a plex server. This drive is fast enough that I have no problem watching movies from it.

I bought this on sale for a huge discount, It is worth the retail price. I have contemplated buying another one. I use it connected to my routers USB port as a network drive for media and file backup.

These come with WD Red hard disks, which are considerably more expensive if you buy them standalone. On that basis alone, they are a very good deal, but you also get a USB 3 enclosure on top of that.

Verified that it was a red drive inside. Only had it for a few months so can't attest to the durability but I am expecting it to be pretty durable with it being a red drive inside. Happy so far with it.

Excellent drive for a NAS and standalone external.