Customer Ratings & Reviews

I use this drive to back-up data from 6-8 computers. It has performed well. The software that comes with the drive is also a plus. I believe to obtain the software you need to purchase the WD back-up drive that says plus. Or maybe I could be wrong. However, it is worth considering while searching for large backup drive.

This item was recommended by a good friend in the IT industry. It has turned out to be a great investment!

quiet large storage with cheap price. and the speed is also acceptable.

Works great. USB 3.0 is much faster than older USB 2.0 WD external drives I have. It is plug and play with Windows 10. It comes with WD disk utilities on it, but I don't use these. I have other real time backup software running. This 8GB WD HD is "air gapped" from my Dell XPS 8920. I use it only for backup of an external WD 4GB HD. I bought it on sale at BB, great low price.

It’s simple. It’s a hard drive and gets the jobs done. However, if you own a mac, have a usb adapter to accommodate your product.

Desperately needed more storage this was reasonably priced and works great

The transfer speeds are really good for this drive. I was getting 130 mbps plus. It's also pretty quiet compared to other drives. I found Seagate drives to be the loudest and less reliable. I've never had any negative problems with Western Digital drives and always prefer buying them over Seagate!!!

I'm using it for backing up my computer. The device install was easy. My one challenge is figuring out how to manage space the WD Back up software uses. But that may just be me not taking enough time to study associated documentation. But it's nice to have all my changed files backed up daily without having to do anything but leave the omputer running at the time I selected.

Great for backup, easy to setup, and contains the red NAS drive inside.

I bought this 8tb drive to go with my new Xbox one X system as an expansion for the hard drive. The price was 149.00 and was to good to pass up since it retails for over 300 dollars. When in used it helps me to load games faster because of the major storage. It also helps me to travel from one Xbox one to another because my games already loaded up on the hard drive.

Very happy with performance. Fast and easy to use.

Easy set up. Huge capacity. Great price. I love it!

I've been using various sizes of WD drives for backup and transfer functions for years. I trust WD and the quality of their drives. They are super fast for data transfer and are also super quiet when connected to a computer and left on. WD also has great prices on these drives compared to other manufacturers.

8TB is a lot of data storage and this drive does the job well.

Easy to set up and use. QuLity product but really I’m writing the review to get my bestbuy points :)

Picked up this external HD on sale as a door-buster and it's a great value. Speeds are decent and the drive is not too noisy. Does the job well.

I have been using WD external drives for years with minimal problems. This one maintains that reputation. Blazing fast data transfers via USB 3.0, as long as file size doesn't exceed the onboard cache. Some problems with Win 10 'losing' the drive, but that was corrected by connecting the external drive directly to my computer, instead of via my USB hub.

Haven’t used it yet haha, bought it, good price, reputable brand. I have high expectations

Easy to use both on the Windows and MAC side. Lot of drive for what you're spending. It's been a solid back up storage drive for me.

a lot of space to save anything, silence operation, fast with usb 3.0