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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 667 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars

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98%would recommend to a friend

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Customers often highlight the ease of use and ample storage capacity of the Elements 1TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive. Its reliability and compact size are also frequently praised, along with its affordability. Positive feedback consistently points to the drive's seamless setup and fast transfer speeds via the USB 3.0 connection.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Small size, and working well for me

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This device is small enough physically to be portable, and it's working well so far as a storage device.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Picked this up for the ps4 and it works great. Thanks for the sale price it always keeps me coming back.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It's nice

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I like it because it's small . I like it a lot.perfect for my ps4.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This was exactly what I was looking for, simple & easy to install. A great product for a great price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    1 tb harddrive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great hard drive for my ps4, tons of space readily available now!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent purchase

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this earlier for weakly backup for my laptop, and it has been working great.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I got this hard drive on sale , I'm using it in my Xbox 360 now i can save and buy a lot of games...:)

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Small and to the point

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Just fabulous what for needs to be said. It does all that I expected and that the product promised!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good extra storage

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A good drive for extra storage at a reasonable price. I use mine for backups. USB3 makes is quicker.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD - Elements 1TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard D

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It works great,. No problems or issues and the price I paid was the best that I could fine anywhere!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Extra Storage is convenient

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I keep my backup photos and music on mine, bought during a daily deal for about half off.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It works!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great with my PlayStation 4. Soon as you connect it, you're practically done with the set up.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome Xbox one expansion

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this so our kids could have more room for games on the Xbox one and it was a breeze to setup.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for XB1

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Needed an external drive for our XB1. This one arrived on time and was a plug and go with zero issues.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good for local backup.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Good for local backup of my files on daily basis. I use it as my portabke offsite data backup device.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Hard Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great external hard drive for the price. Have never had problems with any WD hard drives I've owned.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    it's a hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    it saves your stuff and it's portable, what more do you want?

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good external hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drive is easy and pretty fast. It holds all my pictures.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Meets My Needs

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Using this hard drive to back up 2 laptops and to store tons of photos. Easy to use and convenient.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Use for xbox works great

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Use it on my xbox one that 500 gb gives me 1tb of extra games probablyn20 plis works great and fast

    I would recommend this to a friend