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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 5088 reviews

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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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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94%would recommend to a friend
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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for Xbox One

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

    I use this for Xbox storage and it's perfect. It's very fast, it's silent, and I honestly forget I have it because of how effortless it is to use it. Highly recommend.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this as a gift for my daughter who recently ran out of storage on her PS4. This is a great and affordable temporary solutions until we upgrade the console. I recommend this product.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Backing it up!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I got this hard drive for my older parents - they had an older mac they were replacing and wanted to back everything up. The hard drive was easy enough to use without having to help them set it up.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent hard drive...

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent external portable hard drive. Easy to use and very practical. Lots of memory.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Recommended

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy software installation and use. Plug and play use has been great.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Worth the money

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A lot of storage capacity at a reasonable price. It did exactly what I needed and would buy again.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    You can not go wrong with WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    You can not go wrong with WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE A great addition to expand my laptop storage. Super portable, light, and FAST

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    excellent extra drive for the price

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    as advertised easy to use good capacity proven reliable smart to make them different colours for coding what is on them because no one ever puts a label slot on a hard drive for reference

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great back up disk

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This makes a great backup disk. It is compact and reliable.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good durable Drive

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It has being almost a year since I have purchased the external drive. So far the drive is working great, and I have not experienced any issues. The transfer speed is slightly slow though, but for the price it is a great product. Hopefully it won't break any time soon.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Bootable HD

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This external USB HD works quickly and well. The size makes it extremely portable. I am currently using it as an external drive to run Ubuntu on.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    The best external hard drive.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I’m so happy I purchased this. The storage and security is phenomenal.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Necessary storage when transferring data

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This portable hard drive was purchased by my son to store files that are beyond the storage capacity of his other hard drives. I have not heard any complaints so it must be working well.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Lasted a bit up to 1 year

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

    I had used this for about 10 months for my laptop. It gave me pretty fair write and read speeds, didn't corrupt any data. But, it gave out after being connected to a brand new PC. And I couldn't find a way to retrieve any of the data. Not sure if the device switch killed it, but it was alright while it lasted.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Western Digital Team
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      Hi JordanKC, We're sorry to hear that the drive did not meet your expectations. We understand how frustrating that can be. If your product is still under warranty, we would like the chance to make it right. Please reach out to our support team by opening a ticket at (https://support-en.wd.com/app/askweb) so we can look into it and explore a possible replacement (if needed) or a solution for you. WDConnections

  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Device.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I use this to store my PS4/5 games. My passport saves me a lot of space on the PS. I have a few games that I haven't played in a while and this lets me keep all of my data.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External drive

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this external drive just to use at work to save all my files and reports that I am not able to keep on the work computer because of the limited space we are allotted.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great drive with a 3 year warranty

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It a compact no nonsense portable HDD. - Does its job perfectly - It pretty quiet during operation. - Comes with a good 3 year warranty - You can encrypt your data if you need to do so.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great hard drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love it.. needed this to save all my pictures. I have pictures from 2014 and it works great.. I also like that it comes in colors. I choose red... It has a big memory.. excellent

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Ps5 storage

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Does what it needs to do, works very well so far, love the color!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to set up and use

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I use, Windows, Ubuntu and Chrome and this drive interfaces seamlessly with all platforms. I am impressed and plan on buying another.

    I would recommend this to a friend