Customer Ratings & Reviews

The WD-easystore external drive was perfect for my purpose of backing up all of the photos and documents from my computer and other older drives.

This easystore 8TB hard drive is the third 8TB WD unit I bought and replaces two smaller external drives. As usual, it is easy to set up and works flawlessly. I don't install any of Western Digital's software, no scheduled backup for me, I just use the drive to store files on an as-needed basis. In the past, I have had external hard drives crash, so I believe in redundancy. This extra-large hard drive is just what I need to handle my OCD problem of storing more and more data files. Sad, isn't it? Don't answer that.

Easy to use, works great, and its small and doesn't get in the way.

WD Easystore drives are fast and high capacity for a relatively low price. This one was no exception, allowing me to add to my home server without much of any trouble. Diagnostics identify mine as likely housing one of the "white label" WD Red-comparable drives, and it's acted just like any other so far. Would very much recommend this, especially when it goes on sale. Hard to get this kind of storage value anywhere else. Originally heard about this series on Reddit and I've not been disappointed.

Good storage for the price. I use it to back up specific files on the network at work. I wish the WD Backup software could see the network drives, but I can drag and drop the directories needed. Very quiet and so far no errors.

Works as intended. Not much more to say about it..

Bought my 3rd drive for PS4 and works really well! had the other two for 1 year and had zero problems!

Satisfactory size for my needs. Glad I have it and feel my data is safe.

Just plug and play. Good amount of capacity to store lot of contents. Consistent write speed of 160MB/s. Highly satisfied and recommended for desktop backup solutions.

Needed to backup my files and this was the perfect choice. Tons of space for photos and videos.

Latest pro cameras have huge sensors which requires one to have huge backups!!! Very important to backup ones images

This WD 8 TB USB 3.0 external drive is perfect for all your external storage needs. High megapixel, 14-bit RAW, DSLR photographs take up a ton of space and this external unit is the answer. I can store primary copies on my internal hard drives and backup copies on the external drive. This unit goes on sale all the time and is a great all around unit. I own two. I bought the second because the first one checked all the boxes on what I needed for an external hard drive.

What is there to say, 8TB of storage. What a world that can offer that much storage and the price has risen but then aren't all things going up. 35 years ago 8 MB was hard to imagine then they went to 20 MB, Thought it would never ever get this big. Waiting for the PB.

very good product for the value, use everyday. It is important for my business

does everything that you would ask this to do easy to backup item from your computer to this drive without having to worry if your computer stops working.

Very necesssary for storage, quiet and a very decent price. Also very stable. Good for computers more than game consoles

Purchased this so I could keep it connected to my main computer for regularly scheduled backups. I am a photographer and need a reliable system. Have never had issues with Western Digital products. This is my 3rd external hard drive I have purchased. Still using the others for additional backup redundancy. I do keep the door open where it is running in my cabinet desk and have hole drilled in the back wall of the cabinet for air circulation to keep it from overheating.

These are excellent drives. I have several of them in use at the moment. When you can catch these on sale they are a great value

Never fails me! This is my fifth hard drive and they all perform brilliantly!

Inside this enclosure, at least the two I bought plus 10 more bought by various friends, are WD Red server-grade 8TB hard drives. There are numerous videos on YouTube showing how to "shuck" the plastic case and remove the hard drive, then usable in your NAS box or other servers. If you're just using the drive as an attached 8TB external, this is a particularly high quality hard drive to have in a $139 package. Now, for the props to Best Buy -- I bought two of these at $159.99 on Black Friday. They went on sale for $139.99 on December 7. I called up Best Buy and asked (politely) for a price adjustment. They approved the adjustments, including crediting back the portion of sales tax for the $20 per drive refunds. I would absolutely do business with Best Buy again.