Customer Ratings & Reviews

1. CrystalDiskMark to check status of the disk. 2. WD Data LifeGuard to do a full write (erase) to the disk. 3. Windows to do a full format 4. WD Data LifeGuard to do a long self test 5. Re-Verify data in Crystal Disk Info to make sure during all that nothing went bad.

Good storage for the money. Reliable so far, but NOISY when it's reading/writing.

Great deal on the price extremely versatile to use both operating systems (iOS & Windows).

This is the best deal in storage. It is simple to use and reliable.

If you want a lot of storage for a good price, this is the HD for you. The simple design has stayed the same for many years now, but as a simple, single drive unit, nothing fancy is needed. There's a larger 10 TB version available too.

product as expected. no noise, good performance. recommend it.

The WD Easy Store hard drive was justnthe ticketnto backup all of the items and documents on my iMac Desk Top Computer. I am an artist and photographer so saving and protecting images of my work is critical. This hard drive has performed above and beyond my expectations!

Super price for a HUGE hard drive! Western Digital is and has been a solid brand that stands behind what they sell. I don't expect any problems but it is nice to know there will be someone there is issues arise.

Always a great product and very trustworthy drives.

I had zero issue with the operations of this drive, worked flawlessly. It was just a bit, slow, for my desires. Sure was GREAT to see that 8TB showing up though, that is a TON (!!) of space. The slower speed though, totally expected by the way (just forgot exactly HOW slow it was going to be), I did return it. If you need large amounts of slow space no doubt this is a great drive. Just wasn't for me.

Good external hard drive, however this is a large enough unit it requires external power.

Was afraid older NTFS might choke on 8gb partition but working fine. Good utilities also!

Bought. Opened. Confirmed - WD Red HDD inside. Nice. Wish it was an SSD for that price :)

A friend of mine told me that these external hard drives are easy to shuck so the physical disk can be used in a NAS or a desktop. Furthermore he told me that the enclosure can then be put back together with a different hard drive inside if you still want an external hard drive and have an appropriate HDD lying around. Despite having a DOA unit which had to be exchanged, I'm still happy with the purchase.

Bought to attach to my primary computer to serve as a way to off load important data no longer needed on internal drive. Plug and play, works seamlessly and quietly in the background. Very happy with dependability, etc.

Great external hard drive with great transfer speeds.

Great data storage and backup option for the price.

I have not been able to schedule a back up routine on this one yet . . . I had a similar one that I was able to set up a back up routine, however that one went bad within 14 months so had to replace it . . . Waiting for the Geeks to come out to help me get this on a back up schedule . . . Until I get it on a schedule I am not able to rate it for anything . . .

Purchased this based on positive reviews. I exceeded my current hard drive (4tb) containing pictures and videos. I was originally looking at a 6tb drive but saw this one on sale and with a WD Red Drive inside. Normally, I don't like extremely large drives like this because I would need a backup of equivalent size and if a failure happens. That is a lot of data to recover. But for the price I'm willing to take a chance. Originally I was going to pop the drive out and put it in my desktop. But before that, I wanted to transfer all my files to the new drive. I was surprised how fast it copied everything (4 tb + 2tb). I was so impressed, I decided to keep it as an external drive. For my purposes it works fine. Right now it is a backup of two drives of photos and videos. Why mess with breaking it out and installing in the PC. So far no issues and I can keep the data isolated from the PC. Great value for the money.

This is my 3rd WD Easystore. I have 24 TB total for my media server and they have all performed flawlessly.