Customer Ratings & Reviews

Reliable, and looks good. The size is pretty compact and it has USB 3.0 so it's fast to back up files. I always buy WD brand instead of Seagate.

I own more than 12 of these. I typically get the WD My Book model but the store was out. Thus far, no problems. I have long been impressed with their reliability. I also feel the price/value is fair. I'm sure that when this one gets full I'll be getting another.

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

As with all WD external hard drives. The performance is great and capacity is large, but the best thing of all the price is just right!!!

Not much to say. Great WD quality. Fast write and read speed. Perfect size for saving memories.

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

I have 3 4TB my book external hard drives. One Is used on my pc for plex movie and music server. I added this 8TB easystore drive so that I will not have to worry about running out of space for movies. I should be able to get roughly 1500 bluray movies on this drive alone. I couldn't pass up the great deal on black Friday $129 for 8tb is awesome.

8TB of storage is impressive and can be used to transfer data from multiple computers and still have plenty of space left over. I purchased this when it was on sale for less than $200 as I was running out of space on my internal HDD of my desktop. The external HDD uses USB 3.0, so the data transfer rates are much faster than USB 2.0 devices.

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!

This is a very reliable desktop hard drive. I’m using it for a Time Machine backup on a Mac and it performs very well.

I have used WB Easystore external HDs as backups for about 6 or 7 years now - and I've never had one fail yet. I also use the drives to work off from making video content, with hundreds of gigs of info going back and forth, with no problems whatsoever. A highly recommended workhorse of a drive.

Have you ever had a hard drive failure? If so you can appreciate the need for routine backup of your files. We purchased the Western Digital easystore 8TB from Best Buy and now have routine backup for our PC's. The particular model we purchased is 8TB allowing for worry free, regular backups. It is very easy to use and instantly gets you backing up your data. It also makes for an excellent addition to storage space expansion. Get a WD easystore and stop worrying about backups.

f you're looking for a great external hard drive, look no further. I bought this drive because of the outstanding reviews and the more lackluster reviews on it's sister products. What any user needs to do when buying any sort of external hard drive should expect some sort of noise. It isn't an external SSD. So expect some sort of noise. With headphones on, I don't notice the noise on this drive at all when it was performing it's first backups. With headphones off, it is hardly noticeable. I am using this drive to back up all my data across three different computers: an old laptop, a school/work laptop, and the new PC I built. Now, I will be able to access all my data from the new PC I built with plenty of room for future data back ups. I can't speak on durability quite yet. Rest assured, I will certainly update this review significantly if this dies within a year of purchase. Side note: I have been seeing things that this could have a white label or a WD red drive inside. I would prefer not to shuck this out of the casing, so if anyone knows another way to tell, let me know!

Great storage space and runs smoothly !! I highly recommend !!

This external HD is exactly what I needed to handle storage for some massive datasets that I've been processing lately. It was quick to set up, has a stable connection, and is reliable. Would definitely recommend and am contemplating getting additionals for the office!

I had two externals die within a week of each other and scrambling to get a large format external to create backups of those. It's no the fastest external I have had, but the price was right for a quick off the shelf purchase to start the recovery process. Compatible with my WD NAS, I can plug this to give added storage capacity.

Lots of space for an excellent price. Came formatted for windows which is fine. Some may complain about speed but it’s a backup drive in my use case so that’s not a negative for me. You can’t expect spinning media to transfer as fast as an SSD.

I have bought several of these and am amazed with how well the drives performed. I have tons of data and needed the space. These drives perform the same for me internally or externally. That is just amazing. They are not designed to be used internally in theory but they are internal drives in an external enclosure. Highly recommended. I bought the drives made in Thailand and each as the 256mb cache. They are all so far the RED NAS drives.

These storage drives never cease to amaze me. They are strictly for storage and viewing, I recently had a huge project which was 7.8 terabytes. I backed up my entire project to this drive. It's trusted and reliable.

Excellent for the storage of Raw photo files and the edited product. Easy to install and very quite.