Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WDBVXC0040HWT-NESN
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- SKU:
- 5990204
Customer reviews
Rating 4 out of 5 stars with 1469 reviews
(1,469 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.0
Rating 4.0 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.2
Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.0
Rating 4.0 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers love the My Cloud Home 4TB Personal Cloud for its easy setup, ample storage, and reasonable price. They appreciate the convenience of being able to access and share their files from anywhere. However, some users have experienced compatibility issues with previous generation drives, software crashes, and data loss.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great backup and central storage
||Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I purchased this device for network attached storage and backup of our phones, MacBook, iPad, and notebooks. Backs up all devices when attached to the home network. Also great for centralized storage of our photos.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Time Machine backup option for Mac
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Works well because I never have to think about it. I recommend for anyone looking for a wireless way to save information or for a Time Machine backup.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 3 out of 5 stars
Ok but not great for DIY DVR
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Won't work with HD Homerun dvr. Works with CHANNELS DVR app in conjunction with the HD Homerun tuner. So far not impressed. It has too many bugs for $8 a month.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantatstic NAS storage
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Works across all my devices i can draw soemthing on my ipad pro and imediatley pull it into a project on my desktop
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent Cloud Storage
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is a great way to be able to share pictures or files anywhere in the world. This beats emailing your pictures, just drop them in a common folder for everyone in you group to see.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Great buy
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Makes a great server for a small business. Good value.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Hard drive
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Does the backups as I needed. Easy to use. Saves needed material
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Cloud Only
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This drive allows access via the cloud only. If you want to access this drive via a local network, it will not allow access. You can install apps on your mobile devices to access the drive via the cloud also. Great little drive.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Neither Personal Nor Cloud
||Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.No good. The app doesn't seem to work with anything and the access is clunky and near useless. We got this to replace our offsite cloud storage and attempted to set up automatic updates from all our devices. Not only is this difficult in any form (seems like photos and documents are the only backup options?) but this device DOES NOT talk to Windows, Apple, or Android and the web login is simplified to uselessness. Please just use this money to get an (non WD) external HD and network it locally yourself, it will save you time, money, and the disappointment of a trusted brand failing you after decades of investment.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
MyCloud
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Working as expected. I lost my old MyCloud due a power surge. This one is better portected and works like a charm.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Held all my movies
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.my Old lady and I like to watch Andy Griffith show while we paint each other’s toenails. It a real pain to heal wobble to the DVD player to change seasons. No need to repair my MANecure now the HD streams just fine
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
WD cloud
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is a very nice personal cloud. It makes sharing items within the house very convient. If you are working with various devices it makes moving from one to another very easy. I highly recommend this product
I would recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
DO NOT BUY!!!! LOST ALL DATA!!!
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I used this drive for 8 months. Then it failed. I was unable to recover any data myself. When using the WD tech support I was informed that they "do not charge for data recovery" and to submit a "Return Material Authorization". This is NOT what it sounds like. Upon receiving the drive they ERASE ALL DATA & send a "REFURBISHED" unit. I have since learned via other "support technicians" that WD does not offer any data recovery .... Hence why they "do not charge for it". They also do not do any type of reimbursement for data recovery. So If your drive fails.... You have to PAY to get YOUR DATA & get a USED unit back... LESS THAN 1 YEAR. SUPPORT WAS A JOKE! They constantly send you to page after page to read & self diagnose instead of actually helping. DO NOT BUY!!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
4T Cloud =)
||Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This My Cloud works great, I have bought a few for my clients. They all enjoy them. It comes with and App that works pretty good over all but could use some tweaks
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Your personal iCloud
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This a great drive for the money and it is wireless. Your own personal cloud. please note if you want to use it backups using Time Machine it cannot be used for anything else.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 3 out of 5 stars
Solid Backup...but not great
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Had trouble getting it to sync with my wifi and devices at first. Tech support was not very much help. Once I got it its been good. It backs up automatically...easy to retrieve pics from anywhere.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Avoid - you will not be happy
||Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Do NOT buy this product. It was initially sold as a way to connect as a local drive on your computer. Western Digital removed this functionality and requires us to use the web-based app to get to our personal cloud devices! Furthermore, do download from the web app, you cannot select large amounts of files to download. Small amounts only. Furthermore, the web app is NOT easy to use. Lastly, I wish I had not invested in two of these to copy to one another. Planning to remove data and never purchase a WD product again.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
WD drives are best
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This WD drive was very easy to hookup, it does the job I need from this drive. I connect it to a network switch and I can get my data from any of my PC's It is fast also. I like it and I will recommend it.
I would recommend this to a friend- Cons mentioned:Hard drive
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Too good to be true
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Hard drive worked for about 4 months then the unit stopped working. Following the steps on WD’s website I was unable to restore the hard drive.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend - Cons mentioned:Reliability
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
No way Jose!!!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Heed my warning. Hours wasted setting up and really hoped to have this machine meet expectations. Found out this isn’t compatible with my MacBook OS Catalina. This having already spent hours into the early morning backing up iPhone pics. That proved to be a complete waste of time. My network also reported an IP attack experience. Boxed up and returned the next day. Do not buy!!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

















