Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is pretty much a plug and play unit for any recent Windows machine with USB 3.x, Linux folks will need to fuss about with Fuse and ntfs-3g - but it does work acceptably well. For us, this is our disaster recovery system - it sits on a laptop in an outbuilding, attaches to the main network via a 5 gHz link, and receives a daily backup. It's worked flawlessly for almost a month now and we trust that it will continue to protect us from fire, flood, tornadoes, and psychotic brother-in-laws.

This is a great drive. I have been thrilled with it. I have noticed that the speeds copying to it aren't as high as I hoped, but I think that is more a function of the devices I am copying from rather than the drive itself. The only cautions I would give are that there is very little cushioning inside the case for the drive so be very cautious with it. If dropped or otherwise harmed, I think you might have the hard drive fail. Also, the drive gets very hot, so you must make sure that the vents around the drive are not blocked and the drive does not overheat...

Needed a new external hard drive - this works great. I've never had issues with a WD hard drive so love this brand. And the price on this for storage size was incredible!

8TB RED DRIVE, AMAZING PRICE! I couldn't believe the price for an 8TB RED drive (inside). So far it's been amazing 2-nd master backup of my raid.

I couldn't believe the amazing price on this when I saw it online! It's awesome in size and does just what it's meant to do! I'm so glad I got this.

I needed an external hard disk for backup. This should do me for a while. Speed, capacity, and reliability have all been what I needed.

Bought for my dad for his birthday. He was thrilled. He connected to his desktop immediately. Says it set up quickly and works perfectly.

I use it to back up video files. It comes with a backup program so you can schedule your backups. I love the sleep mode in the drive which keeps it from running continuously. Highly recommended especially for large files backup and storage.

I only purchased this drive for storage. However, it can be used for working projects if needed. I would not recommend 4K video editing from here. However, it is a great place to free up space and access as needed.

These units are great. They use the WD Red drives in them and they work wonderfully with my Ma Pro as a time machine and a secondary network drive.

Couldn't beat the deal on this external hard drive. Large amount of storage to get the job done. fast and easy to set up, just plug and play

This external drive is the way to go It’s very easy to install and will hold many many games.

I needed a couple of large hard drives and Best Buy had the best price. They are both working fine and filling up fast.

I saw this online as a daily deal and I got it at an awesome price. It works as expected, and it was well worth the money.

Great item , works good as intended a little to big but 8T space is great

Great Product. I have 7 of these drives. Most are larger than 8TB but 8TB is the largest drive to use with sony Playstation 4 and 5.

This hdd is perfect for storing massive amounts of data. I have several of these running 24/7 with no issues. Love these!

worked with ps4 now I 've got almost 9tb of storage available works great doesn't produce much heat during the long dlc sessions

I have had good experience with wd in the past. It has worked really well.

Picked this up to consolidate storage of our videos. Easy to install, quiet, and convenient with backup software if you need it.