Customer Ratings & Reviews

On and running out of the box, Good amount of space at a great price point. Using for my system backups. I think it’s on the slower side and that’s what you should expect from a spinning drive but for backup not a problem at all. Would recommend!!!

Very clean Very quiet Appropriate speed Easy interface affordable price

I can store so many music files in this drive, however, I use it to store 8K pictures of various restaurant appetizers, most of the drive is filled with mozzy sticks. If you need any recipes, find them in recipe books!

This is our second WD external hard drive & they have worked great!

I bought this on sale on Black Friday for $150.00 and you can not beat it! This is still the one with a WD Red drive in it and it runs great in the enclosure it is in. My original plan was to take it apart but I am able to place it in a well ventilated area so I left it alone... The WD Red drive that is in this thing on it's own costs around $220.00 so it's a freaking steal!

I bought this for additional storage and couldn't beat the price at the time. Works great but it took me a while to realize that it's an Energy Star type unit. It will shut down to conserve power when not being used. When you access the drive after not using it for a period of time, the unit takes about twenty to thirty seconds to power back up.

Was able to get this up and running easily with the included quick-start. I'm using it to backup the laptop required for all engineering freshmen at Virginia Tech - if I lost my data or work, i do have an overnight service plan, but it wouldn't restore my data. Every Wednesday night it backs up my hard drive, and now my room-mate is using it as well - there's plenty of space!

I have not purchased 3 of these and am still very please with the size and speed of them. I did by a USB-C connector cable and I can move large files with ease. This is the most expensive one I have paid for of the 3 in my Opinion it still worth the price for Secure backup of my data.

Needed a big backup to upgrade to Windows 11 and this unit did the trick, plus tons more in space to consolidate other external hard drives.

Plenty of space and for a good price ( door buster deal ) can't beat that

I am just waiting for its arrival. I want to redo everything I had before including gamrs

has been great so far! I had a couple of bad experiences with WD hard drives but this ones works well as a storage and working hard drive. I do keep it stationary on my desk and it does not move from that space + stays connected to my computer. will be purchasing another one soon. can't beat the price!

I like that it has 8 TB for a full backups of several of our systems but it makes a lot of noise and sounds clunking in the background while it's reading/writing. Not sure if this is normal. Our other WD products are quiet. Have to dismount it from auto backup because it is so noisy and loud. Then re-engage when needed. Not ideal since remembering to do so could be overlooked.

There’s no real reason this product exists, there are cheaper ways to get a backup drive and use it with a computer, but these are convenient, dependable and reasonably priced. I bought this one to do a mega consolidation of everything I have on many different media, except for my photography

Internal drive is a WD White Label WD80EDAZ. Many videos can be found on YouTube on how to shuck the drive and open the case. Popping the updated case open is exactly like for former version even though the exterior of the case looks a bit updated. Wait for it to go on sale and you can get a great deal.

I needed this drive for a project (a large scale database) where the drive would take quite a thrashing, continually being read and written to over the course of several days. Not only was the price right, but I normally use enterprise grade drives and I have to say, I was surprised at how well this drive managed. It managed not to get hot at all, despite the load I as subjecting it to. I've had other drives that got so hot, that they would actually burn to the touch! If your intent is to use this for the home to store movies, perform backups, or what ever occasional needs large storage needs you might have, you really can't go wrong with this drive. If you need something for work that will see moderate to heavy use, you should consider this drive as I can assure you very few applications will subject it to the load I put mine through.

Great device and lots of storage. Very reliable drive in this package.

It was easy to install, and it works great. Would definitely recommend.

Large Capacity for a good price. I am using this device to create full backups to be stored away from home as a disaster backup. It is doing its job

Works well and have had it for over a year. Pleased with it.