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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 5104 reviews

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94%
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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD a brand I can always trust for storage

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

    Whenever I need storage I can always count on WD and so far this external HDD has been my go to whenever I need to store critical files and also I needed encryption which is the main reason I got this product. Any external HDD that has hardware encryption is a MUST because security is so important as you do not want anyone to see your important files. Only thing that might concern me is the caddie as its a hard plastic somewhat reasonably stable but with any HDD you must be gentle with it because of the platters and spin header so make sure to be careful with it.

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

    nice and useful

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

    accesible, easy to set up, various software in use. and really small and plug and play

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

    The Perfect 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.

    Easy to use! The perfect portable hard drive to back up your pics or personal files.

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

    great for backup

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

    bought it to hold my finances. Great if you need to bring them somewhere. And also if your computer crashes it has all that important information.

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

    Honest review

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Amazing product I’ve had it for about a year and honestly is a good amount of storage for what you pay for <3

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

    Good product

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great product and good storage. The price is better on Amazon though.

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

    Works as intended

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

    Works good and is quiet as a mouse. I used it to create a backup and image of two computers after partitioning the drive into 4 segments.

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

    Great product

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

    Assume product and very easy to use. It’s just plug and play.

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

    great external drive

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

    perfect! First thing you should do is reformat your new external drive as soon as you plug it in to get it started.

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

    Fixed crashed laptop

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

    I was able to download all my files from my laptop when it crashed. Then reinstalled all my info.

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

    Great item and worth the money.

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My friend has two of these and highly recommends it so I gave it a try. It get the job done and did it at a fair price.

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

    Text turtle, portable

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

    Easy way to back up computer. External portable hard drive. Smart idea.

    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

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great easy to use

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

    Works great, lightweight and very easy to use. Happy with product

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

    never used external hard drive before, but i like

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

    never used external harddrive before, but i like this one. old pc hard drive is failing, I can now copy all my file to the WD-My Passport. Great!!

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

    Good size backup...

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

    Needed a backup that I didn't need to pay much attention to. Geek guys recommended this drive. Worked great

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

    Best external hard drive I have used

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

    Sure it isn't SSD but still very fast read and write and small format. Thinking of picking up another for the spare xbox to install more games.

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

    I can’t stop buying these

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

    This is a very reliable portable drive. I own several of these.

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

    Good ps4 expending memory

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

    Bought this strictly for expending my ps4 memory space. Pretty much just plugged it in, easy reformat and boom, been running good since.

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

    Great value, great product

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

    Best Buy Rep told me it would work, and it did! I was replacing a much older model that wouldn’t update. Best Buy Reps are the best!

    I would recommend this to a friend