Customer Ratings & Reviews

The hard disk is fast. It is formatted with NTFS, to use it with Mac, you have to reformat it; however, there is some challenge to reformat it with latest Mac OS (High Sierra version 10.13.2), follow as current WD website instruction to reformat for Mac OS won't work. ( WD may update their docmentation later). It always resumes error as "MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation."; this is due to EFI partition < 200MB. To fix the issue you have to use dd command line command to fix the issue ( Google the MediaKit error message then you will find the solution online ). For this reformatting issue, I gave it a 3 points.

I was looking for a storage solution to backup my computers at home and also store my media that I have collected over the years to include the millions of photographs of my family and trips over the years. This has plenty of space and I can transfer files very fast. I currently have it hooked up to my wireless router and use it as a networked storage to all my devices.

This is a cheapest way to get 8TB of storage in to your computer. Just shuck and place the drive in your computer case. In my case, I did not have to do anything with the pin voltage, but I have read that you may have to do a work around in order for it to work. I high recommend getting this, looking up the video on how to shuck the drive and enjoy 8TBs of goodness.

Price was good at the time. And setup is easy. Would recommend to increase the memory for the Xbox.

There is a lot of storage space for your pictures and home videos and other backup that you need. This is not the small portable laptop version but it sits nicely on a desk and requires a separate ac outlet to work. It makes a clicking noise on data access once in a while but it's quiet otherwise.

These 8tb drives have been my go to for my NAS drives. The cost per GB is outstanding and, at least the one I got, are not SMR.

nice one fast speed, I use it for my home storage.

Works great as a NAS drive attached to my nighthawk router. IT's reasonably quiet, not bright, and the network storage means I can access whatever I put on it, pretty much anywhere in the house (or with some VPN foolery, anywhere in the world.)

This is the cheapest and most reliable 8tb harddrive out there. Hands down. Nothing comes close.

My son soooooooo needed this for his video storage for his vlogs. It helped him so much!!

Using it for computer backup - certainly a great price and smaller than I anticipated. I have gotten errors a couple of times about not being able to complete a backup. But I just restart everything & it works fine. My computer repair person recommended it so I really didn't do much research.

Great amount of storage for the price. Easy setup and great for a backup system.

EXCELLENT TRANSACTION, EXTERNAL HD WORKS PERFECT AND GOT A GREAT DEAL ON IT TOO! DELIVERY WAS PERFECT AND PROMPT! THANK YOU!

I needed a external hard drive that fits in my pocket and not as large as a bookend

easy to set up and use. Quiet so you hardly know it is even there.

Reliable and quiet external usb drive with lots of storage space. Great for backups!

I've had this for a about 2 months now. When connected to a USB 3.0 port this transfers quickly. It also has backup software included that is easy to use and automatically backs up.

After a run of bad luck with Seagate drive failures I decided to switch to Western Digital. I'm glad I did. The drives are silent and at 8TB they are great for large backups. They even look good. I think the vertical form factor also allows for better cooling for longer life. Oh, and most importantly these have the Red drives recommended for Network Attached Storage (NAS) which means that they should last a lot longer.

I was debating on getting a/c powered backup vs. USB powered. I learned from my son's online research that this particular 8TB unit had "Red" graded hard drives. I plan to use this drive strictly for master archival storage (migrating smaller WD Passport USB only drives to it.) It has worked flawlessly and I am very happy. The a/c adapter situation is not an issue, as I only use it when I need to migrate data from the smaller drives.

So this Harddrive I got during the one deal before christmas for $129. It's 8TB which means it can hold a ton of pictures, artwork, books and anything else. It's read and write speeds are decent enough for transferring data over night and knowing it'll be finished by the morning. They are shuckable which is cool too. I've recommended this to a ton of friends who want to download their whole steam library in one place.