Customer Ratings & Reviews

This drive which I got for the storage capabilities is phenomenal. The interface is simple, read/write is quick, the system is very responsive and with 8TB, plenty of storage for my movies and such. The internal drive alone is worth more than I paid for the entire unit. Awesome!

I bought this product for storage and I really like it. Worth the purchase!

Having this drive, a second one. The first was for my photos, and second one, is back up the PC system and relevant files.

Purchased this on sale as my first external harddrive. I expected lightening fast computer recognition when connected but it took several minutes. But I kept replugging it because it did not show up as an available drive quickly enough. Once it showed up, I used it to back up my hard drives. The best part is that I took it over to my 4k tv and plugged it in the usb3 port and there was my entire harddrive. I could select movies to watch and it would load and play them flawlessly. Took it to a friends house and connected to his computer and it showed up very fast. LOVE the size. You can never have too much storage.

Found this on sale and I thought the price was very reasonable. Very easy to use and WD is an extremely reliable brand. Replaced a 3 TB WD Drive that lasted me for years.

BB has lowered this drive's price on 20 days of doorbuster cheaper than BF and this was the lowest price so far $139.99. Love it. You can use immediately out of the box if you are Windows users, The drive includes the apps for you to check bad sector, S.M.A.R.T, etc... (you can download on WD website anyway). Rumor and confirm that inside is RED with 256mb cache, great price if you plan to buy multiple drive for your NAS.

The drive is quiet and performs well. Lots of storage at a low price. My only drawback is that I wasn't able to connect it to my router and use it as an online drive, but that may be because I didn't spend enough time trying to get it setup correctly for that type of use.

I was running out of space so I purchased this external hard drive. When I purchased it, it still came with a Western Digital Red hard drive inside it that uses CMR instead of SMR.

Great brand, very reliable. I got this one to replace my old 1 tb which i had for about a decade, before i had a single issue

I bought this product on Black Friday of this year for $169.99. It’s great for storing my digital media collection of about 5TB but I was intending to use it for a media hub on my Xbox One. For some reason, the device stops reading files on the drive on the console. They’re on the drive, but the Xbox One does not recognize them. I don’t know if it’s a problem with the console or the product itself, but it is a letdown.

I have had several WD Easystores over the years and have yet to have one fail on me. Large storage for my filmmaking for a good price. Highly recommend.

My Hitachi external back up was no longer working went to Best Buy to purchase another one. Was Installed by Ryan of the Geek Squad so far so good.

It’s amazing that you can get an 8 TB drive now for so cheap and it is fast for the size and what I’m using it for which is for a back up I’m really happy that I was able to get this when I got it thanks Best Buy

It is a quick and simple way to provide more storage. Just plug-in and go. No complications. It has performed perfectly so far with no issues that I have been able to detect. Really good for a backup device.

Performs well as a backup drive. Easy to setup and easy to move to other servers as required.

The surprise hidden inside each of these high capacity external drives is apparently a Western Digital Red NAS-rated hard drive. These are designed for long life and high reliability. While not ultra-high speed, they are more than enough for USB 3.0. An excellent value.

I bought this to store files. It now allows me to store files after I plugged it into my computer. I'd give it an A+ for storing files.

Another name brand product stopped working. It cost almost twice as much as the original product to recover the data. My original Western Digital, external hard drive is still working after buying it years ago! I am happy with WD reliability and recommend their products.

This is my second storage device ( First One was a 4 TB). Massive storage for the money ( Black Friday Special). Its efficient, quite and easy to work with.

Have you ever had a Hard Drive you had everything on, when it just quit working? And you had no backup? How'd you feel? Well, this is my "Back-up" to my "Back-up" to my "Back-Up." I never want that to happen again. Research says WD is a good brand and the price was right.