Customer Ratings & Reviews

The WD Easystore 8TB external drive is reliable, easy to set up, and works exactly as advertised. Plug-and-play functionality makes it ideal for backups or expanded storage. The USB 3.0 interface ensures fast transfer speeds. A solid, no-fuss choice for anyone needing large, dependable storage at a great value.

Great deal given the capacity. The price per GB is unmatched in the current desktop hard drive market. After shucking the drive out of its enclosure, I found that it is a Western Digital WD80EDAZ (mostly rebranded western digital Red). It's a reliable drive, but is obviously slow given it is 5400rpm, and it does get hot under continuous throughput. If you plan on doing what I am doing, which is using it as an internal storage in a desktop, make sure to have a fan blowing intake air somewhere close by, otherwise it could overheat.

Power glitches from our local LA utility company meant our video/audio studio kept losing hard drives (and occasionally entire computers). While we have a vast collection of pro-grade external drives, these 8G WDs are inexpensive, work well, and are an excellent way to back up data when you're really in a bind.

So far, it's great. I had no trouble reformatting it for my new MacMini. It's very quiet as well.

Ease of use, very easy to set-up, just plug and play, no difficulty getting is linked to the computer. File transfer is fast using 3.0. Does not get hot when plugged in for extended periods. Very good quality. Works smoothly on Apple OS. Store associate that recommended this storage external drive did excellent job. Value of purchase is great, was able to price match and beat Amazon's price.

You will need to download WD cloud but the set up process is very easy. The ability to access your files is very easy and would recommend to store files or even to backup your computer.

This is a nice compact 8TB drive with USB 3 speed. I've been using this particular drive with rsync on a linux box to backup part of my NAS system. No weird sleep modes, no timeouts, no failure to spin up after power save kicks in, all in all a good deal for this amount of storage. This is my 3rd 8TB unit, along with a number of the same make 2, 3, and 4TB external drives. They have been reliable and work well with both Windows and Linux machines using SMB for multiplatform shares. Handy hint: Use grsync front end for rsync on linux boxes and the weird quirky parameter issues for mixing SMB and USB shares just go away.

Needed to replace a hard drive. Easy setup. Quiet. Great price. I’m using this to run my Mac mini. Works awesome

I don't know how I will ever use all of this space. The drive performs as expected, although it does run a little warm, it would have been nice if they put a fan in the unit to help keep the unit cool, heat = hard drive failure so we'll see how long it lasts, but so far so so good

You don't realize how fast you can use up storage space when you have a Home Theater PC. I'd been reading about these particular external hard drives on reddit and how versatile they were. They are easily stackable if needed. These are such a bargain and hold everything I need.

Easy to use right out of the box. Plenty of space inside and small footprint outside. Trusted Western Digital product.

I am a fan of WD this drive was a great price, easy set up, very quiet operating and overall it is stylish. On top of that it is 8 TB a lot of room with this one.

I run my own graphic design and videography business and needed a new external drive to replace one that I had filled up. I was looking at the 4TB version and saw the 8TB on sale for an amazing price. After several mishaps with Seagate drives, I typically only use Western Digital and this one does not disappoint. It has a lot of storage capabilities and was a breeze to set up. I use a Mac and it comes formatted for PC, but it was really easy to format for use on my Mac. As video and graphics work requires a lot of storage space, I will definitely be picking up another or more of these!

Western Digital always deliver excellent quality and performance in every product I have purchased. I am using this external drive as a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device connected to my router USB port. I love the storage capacity the WD - Easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive adds to my home network without the need of having to pay a monthly cloud storage subscription to backup my important documents, files, music, and photos.

This external USB was very easy to set-up, very responsive and fast, and so far I have enjoyed having it. It does not take-up much space and it has already proven its value to my office tech. I would definitely recommend this product. Delivery by Best Buy was lightning fast!

Easy to use and set up. Good size. Reliable. Good history.

Easy to use and reliable. As far as spinning disk drives go when you need a good amount of space, this is a nice affordable option. Two thumbs up.

Still running nicely over a year later. I got this for backing up dashcam footage. One of the features I really like is the auto power down when inactive.

Huge storage unit captured in a nice small sleek case that stays on my desk unnoticed. Easy to use.

This is a great external drive. I use it for secondary backup activities, including the drive and system restoration settings of a WIN 10 Pro system (I also use a cloud service). This drive is very large by capacity but small in size. It is fast, as well, so make sure you plug it into a USB 3.x port. It also works fine in USB 2 mode. It runs silently. At least I haven't heard any whirrings yet. Probably never will.