Customer Ratings & Reviews

Pretty much plug it in and you're good to go. Took longer to route the cords under my desk. I use other backup software, so I can't comment on the included WD software. I'm expecting the same 4-5 year life of the many WD external drives I bought over the years.

seasonably priced and easy to use disk storage. try to use usb 3 if your pc supports it.

I am in IT, and I have always told people to have backups. This is a great, reliable drive to keep backups. Inside are Western Digital Red/White drives which are known for reliability. I am able to make consistent backups with this drive.

Good and stable. Although, I'm not a big fan for the auto check sound, is it bearable.

The hard drive was good for the price. Plenty of storage space.

This is a great value especially if you are an elite plus rewards member I’ve had very good luck with these western digital drives and this drive presents a great value for holding all of my media for my home media server.

Western Digital one of the best external hard drives.

I kept researching this drive but never pulled the trigger on buying it until it went on sale. Keep an eye out, because this drive goes on sale quite often and 8tb for under $150 in a USB 3 enclosure is a great deal for your storage needs.

Large size, can save tons of files and have been reliable so far.

I've used this several times to backup most of the data on my LAN. The unit worked without a problem, was not load and didn't become hot. Very happy with the result.

It was very easy to setup. It took a while to copy all 3 internal drives. It also showed some files not copied. Called WD and they quickly told me some operating system files will not copy. They sent me a list of those file. Great service from WD

This is my 2nd 8tb WD Easy Store usb 3.0 external hard drive. First one I connected to my XBOX to save game info and extras on to it. This one will be for my desktop to save music, pictures, videos, etc. Very happy with purchase !

These went on sale for $160 that means you can have a terabyte of space for only $20 dollars. If someone had told me that 5 years ago I would of laughed at them. When on sale these drives are a steal definitely pay attention to B.B. sales and grab when you can.

Purchase, shuck, repeat. The HDD included was a WD White Label. Not a problem for me. Much cheaper than purchasing a WD Red at same density from other vendors. Works well in a NAS enclosure after shucking the drive out of the external enclosure.

Good amount of storage and it's reasonably quick. The software installs quickly (if you have an interest in using it, there's not a requirement to do so) and lets you run back ups, update firmware, etc. I bought 4 and I'm very happy with the value of them.

Bought This Drive On Sale, It was the same price as the 4TB version regular price. Works as expected so far, it is USB 3.0 and a lot faster than older 2.0 and comes with backup software that seems to work although I have not tried to restore from a backup yet

Inside is a Western Digital Red Enterprise hard drive. I bought one on sale over the holidays and it was about half the price of the comparable drive without the enclosure. I don't leave it powered on all the time. I primarily use it I for redundant backups.

I bought this just in time. My 2 TB internal hard drive was almost full and was on its last leg. I bought this huge external hard drive and was able to transfer all my iTunes music and movies. Won’t be running out of storage for a very long time

Hopefully you grabbed one of these door busters was great deal on very large drive.

I had to buy a larger hard drive to consolidate my family photos that where spread over multiple hard drives. The sale price on the drive was perfect timing. I have had very good experience with western digital hard drives.