Customer Ratings & Reviews

Bought this to add storage to my Synology NAS. It works very well!

This was an excellent purchase for backup and recovery.

It is a great external Hard Drive! I can backup my internal HD's and have my files for safe keeping! Everyone should have their data backed up OUTSIDE THE COMPUTER, just in case they get a virus or if the HD dies!

This was a cheap 8tb drive, This was a cheap 8tb drive,

Thos was a great purchase the kids are able to save alot of data it we purchased one system with less space on it but then we decided to update to more space

I love WD external drives. This one allows for password protection so someone can't take your drive and plug it into their system without knowing your password. Easy to setup and use.

Little noisy but it serves its purpose. First one was defective so sent it back and purchased again with insurance just in case. So far it’s worked well.

Could not recommend this external hard drive to anyone more! I've used MyBooks for several years now, and I can always count on their reliability to store the information in a secure fashion.

I chose to remove the drive from the enclosure so that I could use it in my server. Please note that did does void the warranty of the enclosure but on WD's warranty checker site the drive comes up as having 3 yrs warranty by it's serial #. If you choose to remove the drive, you will either need to cut the Orange wire on the sata power cable (Be sure to insolate the wire ends so as not to short out) or use a molex to Sata adapter (Recommended). This drive conforms to the new Sata standard which replaces the 3.3v line with a Reset. If you use the normal sata power connector then the drive goes into a constant state of Reset and will not work. I've had this for about a month now.

Worked great out the box. Performed a format, and then this drive became a backup for my data. There is nothing like having a backup when you need it.

This was a great buy, especially as I have always trusted Western Digital over the years. I have never been disappointed.

I have several of these units and rotate them for backups on our virtual data center. This is not the primary backup but it is nice to have secondary off-line backups in the event of a malware attack.

I had 4 TB External almost full because I have 300 games so I got 8TB Exernal and I am so happy to have more room for more games for right price!

In this day and age of media and digital content, it’s important to back up your files. Never lose your photos and videos with this device. Definitely a good purchase.

Needed more space and i chooses this drive over Seagates. I have better luck with Hitachi and WD drives. I believe the drive in this case is an Hitachi. I am going to buy more of these when the price goes down.

Wd is the only one I trust for hard drives, they just work and are reliable. I have tried other brands which worked just the same but definitely don’t last as long

Unit works great. Easy to connect. Have a bunch of photos that I needed to back up and out of memory on other drives.

Great value and the product works as it should. It also does not look bad sitting on top of your desk. Much faster than a basic hard drive.

It's 8TB, and it works, no problems. I didn't bother with the software, as my experience with WD backup software is that it's at best unreliable. Windows 10's File History is much better.

It really works great. I'm so happy to have so much SPACE to store my important photos, etc. on. This is great. We can put LOTS of stuff on this.