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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 7162 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

    A little big but great hard drive

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

    Is a little big and if you want to use it need to be plug all the time but I can even recommend it because works great

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Does Exactly What It's Supposed To Do

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

    This product does precisely what it is designed to do. It provided me with fast access to a ton of storage and actually helped me expand my total storage capabilities. So far this has been an excellent external hard drive. If you're looking at getting a high capacity external hard drive, this one works great and I recommend it. If you're looking for a DJI Mavick Pro, don't buy this. It totally sucks at being a drone..

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Problem solved

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

    Needed to expand memory for Xbox One. Connected easily. Problem solved. Decent price also.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great storage for ps4

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

    I bought this expandable storage for my ps4 it has being a great choice. I like to buy games from the PlayStation store and some games can take up a lot of memory so having this 8tb portable storage i dont have to worry about running out of memory . This is a good buy and even better if you can buy it when it goes on sale.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome storage space

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

    This is the second Western Digital external hard drive I have purchased. The first one saved all my records when my old PC crashed. I was able to restore everything, including over 30,000 photos. This newer version drive is larger capacity, and appears to have similar software, which was easy to use for restoring. It does not appear to allow synchronous updates, but I can set it to backup on the hour. I would recommend it.

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

    It works

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

    Works for what I bought it for. Does have a slightly loud fan.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A great huge storage to have at home.

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

    This is the second Easystore 8TB that I own. It's been relaible and easy to use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Easystore says it all -- it is

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

    I've used WD hard drives before and, even when they eventually fail (and they all will), they stand behind their guarantees. And the Geek Squad is a great back up to that as well.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great storage solution

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

    Enough storage for even the most hard-core of us, very easy to use.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great drive

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

    Easy to set up. Great price. There is nothing bad about this product. All good

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    I would purchase again.

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

    I hesitated because of a bad experience with a WD product years ago. However, I'l so glad that I purchased this to store videos and important documents. The instructions for setting up confused me but I got a very helpful WD customer support person by phone to assist. For several weeks, I've been loading videos directly from a chip inserted into my laptop -- bypassing my overloaded hard drive. I would purchase again.

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

    WD is very Stable

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

    I bought this to go to my XBOX one. Before I had the 4TB and it worked very well. But I have a lot of games downloaded and it was almost full so I bout the 8TB for more memory.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great external storage useage

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

    This WD External drive is everything i wanted and more plenty of space and very user friendly.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Tweak Needed to work with a Mac

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

    I had to google what to do to make it writable with my Mac, but it's been smooth sailing ever since. The drive is easy to use, quiet and fast.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Dead within 90 days

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

    Died within 90 days of purchase. Would recommend SSD not HDD.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Western Digital Team
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      Hi JoshuaB, we're sorry to hear that the drive didn't meet your expectations. We understand how frustrating this can be. Please contact our support team by opening a ticket at (https://support-en.wd.com/app/askweb) with detailed information and a screenshot of the potential error so we can look into it and find a possible replacement (if necessary) or workaround for you. WDConnections

  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    I like the amount of storage but

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

    It’s a very good storage system but it is slightly louder than an average hard drive also it’s a lot slower so it takes longer to transfer a files.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    So far so good

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

    I've only owned the external drive for 2 months, but so far moving files with ease and plenty of storage that I'll be using this for a long time.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    huge on size

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

    This this is small but big on data size. Stores all my data plus so much room for growth!

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

    Working well

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

    Seems to be working well. There was some connectivity issues, but with the setting changes it seems to be working well.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Simple and seemless

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

    I had ordered a 2 TB internal drive from Dell and the virus hit so they couldn't deliver. I canceled that order and found this 8TB external drive at Best Buy for less money. Boy am I glad I did. Everything I needed came with it and I was up and running in seconds. It is quiet and fast and just sits out of the way and does its job. I highly recommend this drive.

    I would recommend this to a friend