Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WDBYFT0040BOR-WESN
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- SKU:
- 5605503
Customer reviews
Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 4305 reviews
(4,305 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.7
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.7
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.8
Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers frequently mention the ample storage, ease of use, and reliability of the My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive. Many appreciate its compact size and the fast transfer speeds offered by the USB 3.0 connection, while some find the included software less than ideal and have noted minor design preferences. The price-to-performance ratio also receives positive feedback.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Never got to use it.
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Right out the box, it started clicking. wouldn't mount. finally got it to mount after several tries and copy data to it. Wasn't successful. I have owned other WD devices and this one is fit for the garbage. worse buy ever...
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Har
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Either I'm not that tech savy but connected this hard drive to my MacBook and tried to load all my photos. Nothing happened! I'm still trying to get it to work. I usually try to give good reviews to everything but not this hard drive. I would not recommend it to anybody!!!
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Not happy with your WD
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I didn't last! the indicator light comes on to tell that it connected but I can't access the contents! I have wedding pictures in there so I don't know how to solve this problem with my customers! I regret buying that.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Lasted about 18 months.
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Worked great for a little over a year and a half. Then it was suddenly unable to read any of the games on my PS4. Lost a lot of time and effort.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
FAILED
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Sorry best buy, but I looked into this hard drive and was looking forward to using it but it failed. Straight outta the box it failed and wouldn't even format correctly, non functional.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
DO NOT BUY!!!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Don't waste your money. Hard drive failed after 30 days. It started making a clicking sound and now I can't get any data from it!
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Broke
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought my Passport in February, broke in March. Wanted me to reformat everything and then it would not let me. Don't store anything valuable on this drive long term.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Did not work.
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Plugged it in and computer did not recognize. Brought into store and Geek Squad could not get it to work on either PC or Mac.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
WD External harddrive
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.unfortunately it gets one star it wouldn't format and was completely unusable, could be I just got the lemon of the bunch but it wouldn't function at all
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Ext HD for Windows XP
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The salesman sold me an EXT HD that does not work with Windows XP. I had to return to store. I would recommend this HD, but not for Windows XP.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
I would recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Will never buy wd brand again
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Fell over one time never worked again an lost tons of info I mean tons solid state drives are the future no moving parts is the way to go
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Casing too large
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I didn't like this new version portable hard drive. Case is larger than previous style. Cable plug is not a good fit. The only thing I like was 4TB size.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - White
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Not user friendly
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Had great expectations but was very disappointed . Not user friendly with directions
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Poor reliability
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Used twice and crashed. Luckily it was backed up. Had hours of video and sound files. Poor reliability.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
I hope you have better luck than me
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Broke down after a few months. I should have gotten then extended warranty.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Defective Device
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Error message was given that the device was defective when it was connected to the computer. Returned item.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
died
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.literally fell over on its side from frame a stationary postion, all data lost
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Stopped working
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.After 2 months it stopped working connected to Xbox
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Had to return it
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Had to return it. Worked ok transferring the first TB then started erroring and locking up.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Unfortunate purchase
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It was my replacement to the original one. I only had it for a few months.
This review is from WD - My Passport 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
No, I would not recommend this to a friend