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Model:
WDBAMA0080HBK-NESN
SKU:
6425302
Your price for this item is $149.99
The comparable value price is $169.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 7160 reviews

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers recognize the easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive's impressive storage capacity, ease of use, and reliable performance. Positive feedback also highlights its reasonable price and fast transfer speeds via USB 3.0, along with its quiet operation. While some users noted that the drive can get warm, the majority of reviews are overwhelmingly positive. The use of WD red hard drives is also frequently mentioned as a positive attribute.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Price and space

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Amazing value for the storage size. I’ve been looking for a drive for months, this was the best price. Moved 2TB on it already and now issues.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD EasyStore 8TB External HD

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great price! No problems with setup. Fast and quiet.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Kinda big but its alot of storage, used for Xbox1 and lost almost a full tb with the "extra" stuff Microsoft puts on it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good for external storage

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Really food price compare to other internal hdd. Some may say its not red label drive, but at this capacity you might expect its quality standard is consistent with red labels.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    2nd time buying this great product

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I had bought this product about a year ago and was so impressed, I bought another one. I edit a lot of photos and videos in 4k. This hard drive keeps up and you can't beat the price point.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very high quality product. I purchased this one to work from and wanted something durable, high speed and light so it is easy to carry. So far, it has met all expectations. Great product and would recommend.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great External Hard Drive

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this hard drive as a backup for my system. I've had it for half a year now and I have no complaints. If you get this at a sale price which Best Buy sometimes has, this is a steel.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to use, nice 8TB drive.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I needed this for a quick backup for a server, 8TB over USB was too slow even with USB 3, but the case pops right open and then I was able to connect the drive to a SATA controller on the machine and backup at SATA speeds. Then just as easily popped the drive back in the case. Decent drive, decent case, fair price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Hard Drive

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Has many great features. Easy to install and set up. Has added a lot of room for games.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Lots of space, easy to use, initial setup

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is an excellent hard drive that is easy to use. The only problem I had was at initial installation. Performance of the system was poor, the bluetooth connectivity was seriously impacted, the keyboard basically not working. Not much help looking around; however, one article indicated there was a Windows version and an Apple version: maybe I got the Apple version. A quick formatting of the drive took care of the performance issues. Backup works well and because I use the drive primarily for backing up, I uninstalled the other 2 programs Overall it is a dependable device.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works well, quiet, small, good reputation

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very small footprint, quiet, instantly recognized by windows 10, and a brand that has never failed me. Was surprised that the Light just blinks.... all the time...whether I am using it or not. But I ready that this normal. Would buy again.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great 8TB drive

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Ordered three 8TB easystores. Ran SeaTools full surface scans out of the box with no errors. Filled drives with random video, re-scanned, and again seatools came back with no errors. Solid drives so far.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    works fine out of the box

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    excellent so far, even though the shipper chunked it on my doorstep. great price, only complaint is it dropped by $20 a month later - oh well. excellent 8TB WD Red inside (checked by CrystalDiskInfo)

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works Like it should

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great, WD is the only HDD I trust, Not fast enough for my samsung tv but great for computers

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    High capacity high reliability low price

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    What can you say Western Digital. They put out one of the best hard drives on the market especially the Reds that came inside the 8 terabyte USB external drive. I ended up buying 4 for a new nas setup

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    As expected from Western Digital

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I was fully aware that the capacity labeled 8TB is not what you're getting. Having said that, why don't manufactures such as WD, Seagate and so on be more up front in their descriptions. The markets, meaning the Consumers have tolerated this and manufactures have continued with this misleading practices. On the technical sides from materials used, manufacturing process and programming, I can expect some tolerance. 8TB to 7.2TB, that's a good chunk of disk space that I paid but not getting. This was why I rated a 4 out of 5 stars. Now, for my reasons for selecting the 8TB WD external hard drive: Product reviews, quality of the product, price and company's track records. I owned many external hard drives from Western Digital, Seagate, Acomdata and some off brand. The Western Digital and Seagate have been the most reliable. Data that I have lost due to hard drives dying on me was worth more than the units I stored them in. With the two above mentioned external hard drive, I have more confidence and faith that it will perform it's intended purposes with time proven reliability.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Back UP

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This external hard drive performs excellent. Feel secure having it on all the time when connected to my computer. It is compact and does not interfere with other attachments.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice solid drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A big solid high capacity drive. It uses an external power supply and is the size of a very large paperback book, so it takes up space, but is reasonable fast and quite. It has a lot of room for storage and can be used as a drive or you can use the auto-backup software included (I didn't)/ So far, no problems.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    nice large capacity and speedy

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    good large capacity for backup VM and PC images and setup is really quick basically just plug, power up then play.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    GOOD

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    WORKS GOOD THANKS GREAT PRODUCT MUST GET TO SAVE IMPORTANT STUFF

    I would recommend this to a friend