Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is my 6th one of these in 8 years , I use it almost every day but alas they are material and we live in a capatalist society so they build them to break down and not last forever . Wish it was a bit more durable . Gets the job done but I always have to make sure I have a backup for my backup

bought several of these over the years. Great drive. Most come with the Western Digital Red NAS drive inside if you are shucking them for the drive.

Best deal I could find. Not compact but its used to back up a desktop machine so sized did not matter. I have an older Elements version of this and it has an on/off switch. Not a big deal because windows put these things to sleep after a few minutes.

Bought to use as a shared backup drive. Installed on my Netgear router and share across multiple computers. Backup software included is very limited providing basic backup functionality.

Only had this about one month. I have it attached to my router and am using it as an Apple Time Capsule. Works great so far. I’m told it has a quality hard drive inside used in a NAS.

Internally a wd red/white drive so dependable for external storage. Easy to schuck if you just want the drive for use in a multi drive Nas enclosure.

This contains a WD red drive, perfect for constant use. It works great and doesn't have high temperatures.

Took a little while to pair with our iMac. But now that it is set up , it works great.

My only gripe with the drive is that it can get VERY noisy while in use laying horizontally. I helped remedy this with a few squares of adhesive craft foam between the drive and the surface. Other than that, it's business as usual as far as external drives go.

Two stars because I have the peace of mind in keeping my files backed up (in addition to DropBox), but no matter how many times I try to install it, when I go to set up for automatic backups, device can never be found. It's frustrating.

Bought this after reading positive reviews. This model is exclusive to Best Buy. Most of these reportedly use WD's higher quality line of drives, which is a plus. I am using it with a Mac. One thing I've noticed is that it's a little slower to wake from sleep than my previous WD My Book.

Excellent HD for use in backing up your computer or laptop. Also great for video and photo backups. It is susceptible to power surges which causes it to disconnect, so not good for active dvr recording or temp drive usage (which isn't the norm anyway, but just saying).

Would love to have the cloud capability. .8tb is too huge for my usage

I have 4 of these, and 6 of the 4tb easystore drives from WD. No failures to date, even the ones I received in the mail instead of store pickup.

This is a good value for the price, and I use it for a variety of tasks beyond mere backup. This fits the bill for those needs, including video storage. You'll likely like it. too.

I thought it will be hard to set up this device but the step by step instruction was easy to follows. Now I don't have to worry losing all my files if my computer crashes.

I brought this item because I need extra storage for important files.

Just like the old WD mybook that they use to make before they made the new design. I needed the look of the old one. It does have the old characteristics of the old mybook, still a bit noisy.

A large amount of space for backup. Don't expect this to be as fast as an SSD but it haves plenty of space to archive stuff. It's easy to tip over and cause a hard drive failure so be careful where you put it.

Easy to set up and the transfers move fast. I transfered some movies and 3D animations I have been working on and has been working like a champ.