Customer Ratings & Reviews

Setup of the hardware was very easy. The new software called Acronis used to create backups is a bit hard to get exactly the way you want it. For example I need to backup 2 terabytes and because of the way it does full and incremental backups I filled all 8 terabytes of the drive up because it was creating multiple full backups without deleting the old ones first.

Let's start with a few examples. 20 years ago you might have downloaded The Matrix onto your PC. A 2 hour movie, standard picture quality - might have taken between 600 megabytes and 700 megs. Then tvs boasting "hi-definition" 720 pixels per sq inch came on the market. People wanted the better picture and gradually 720p TV became the norm. But if you downloaded The Matrix in 720p the file size would be larger - maybe 1.5 gigabytes for the same film but higher quality. Then TVs boasting even better picture quality emerged - the 1080p sets. If you wanted to download The Matrix in the 1080p format you might be talking a file size of 2 gigabytes or more. Now 4K tvs are being sold. That is a single picture frame is now composed of 4,000 pixels. Same film, but the higher density of the pixels makes for transformational film viewing. Pretty soon, the hard drive that came with your PC is going to be filled up. What will you do? Some people will simply delete stuff to make room for new stuff. Others (call them digital pack-rats) will buy an external hard drive. Depending on the size (density) of the external hard drive you might be able to store the entire run of Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, all the Marvel and DC Superhero films and much more, all in 4K quality. The only drawback to this digital film library is that external hard drives can become "bricked" and no longer can be read by your PC. Yanking out the USB cord without following the proper procedure can cause the X-Drive to become bricked. I have several 500mg external hard drives that I use for paperweights- and that is why a "large" external hard drive is so important. I regularly download a film or tv show and try to watch it right away. If it seems like something I'd like to watch again I transfer the file to the larger external hard drive. I'm being operated on next week for prostate cancer. Even if all goes well I will be housebound for a few weeks. I am anticipating enjoying a movie marathon!

Great device. Comes with everything you need. Plenty of storage. Has a western digital red drive inside. works perfectly for NAS.

Awesome storage capacity. Great price. Got it for $139 while retail is $299. Fast drive that utilizes USB3.0. Can’t ask for more.

For the price the size is normal but the space is huge. and being WD it should last for a while to take care of anything I need.

I was hesitant to get this hard drive at first, and don't regret my decision because I've been able to backup my current files from work, and still have plenty of space. I just wish it didn't have the AC Adapter, but that is a small price to pay.

Has tons of storage room! Is sturdy and well put together, plus easy to use!

Handy external hard drive. Easy to connect and great price for the size.

very good and reliable USB external hard-drive! Huge store. more than I need!

The WD 8TB External USB Hard Drive is good for storing old files, images, and videos.

Solid performance. Quick write time. Very quick pulling files.

I had a 4tb My book plugged in to a Raspberry Pi 3 running Kodi to hold all my Movies and TV shows but I needed more storage. All I use is Western Digital products for my external storage needs. And im happy with my Easystore External hard drive purchase. Read/write are super fast. And now I can hold all my media. I was shopping online for an 8tb. I found this on my Best Buy app. I checked inventory and drive to my nearest Best Buy and bought this. Great price and quality for so much storage.

Reliable, easy set up, and reliable external hard drive

I also have the Seagate 8tb external Backup Hub Plus, but its SMR technology is better for archiving and not for everyday use like the WD. I wish I had bought the 8TB WD the first time around as well. Anyways, now all our family photos and videos are "safely" archived/duplicated on two separate externals kept at two different locations. Regardless of what you choose, i recommend putting an active fan underneath the units to ensure air flow and reduce operating temperatures inside the cases.

Easy to setup and massive in size. This hard drive is great for a grab and go

Easy/store is easy to use. I like the rounded shape too. The downside to this and some other external hard dives that are on the market is that the power port is very often proprietary, somewhat flimsy and over time can break. Given the sensitivity of the type of product it is this can present a problem. If allowed to go too far it can become quite difficult to obtain or transfer data from it and a replacement part for the port is difficult to find. Other than that it works well and is easy to use

Best Buy proposes two models, without any obvious difference, except the price : WD - easystore® 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black Model: WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN - SKU: 5792401 - $150 WD - Easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black Model: WDBCKA0080HBK-NEBB - SKU: 6110900 - $300 So I asked Western Digital, and they said : "the model number is just "WDBCKA0080HBK". Also, please be informed that "NESN and NEBB" are the sales and marketing codes which vary from country to country." It works fine with Windows 7 and Linux. The power adapter is compatible with 100V to 240V 50/60Hz Product of Thailand bare code : 7.18037.85612.4 The User Manual and the last version of the software (WD Drive Utilities for Windows, WD Backup) are available here : https://support.wdc.com/product.aspx?ID=137 http://products.wdc.com/library/UM/ENG/4779-705169.pdf

I totally uploaded every DVD I had onto this so now I can just have this plugged into the back of my TV and or Internet service provider and all of my DVD are accessible anytime I want.

WD easystore is doing as advertised making saving 8k photos and everything else easy. I bought a generic ext. HDD online and still cannot access the drive w/ valuable data on it for no reason other than it was a Monday I guess? I never save to the cloud because you never own your own stuff...they charge storage money don't they and if you do not pay they cut off access don't they? Rates will always go up, never down so...Maintain ownership via via HDD then in future when external SSD storage becomes affordable simply copy files over to the new.

WD external drive…Good for Time Machine backup… I recommend it