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93%would recommend to a friend
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  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Problems from the get-go

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

    I just bought it and when I try it use it takes forever to load and when i try to create a folder inside the unit crash definitely the worst external drive I have ever got i will return it and never deal with this brand again

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    A giant headache thus far

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

    I returned after the first one froze my laptop downloading software at 18% got new one. Same thing happened. Had to contact WD website help which was a giant headache. I might update if this ever works on my laptop. Its a HP windows 10.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    ! DEAD ! Bad Drive do not Buy ! DEAD !

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

    ! Bad Drive do not Buy less than One Year and it is dead & clicking ! Bought (2/1/2021) DOA \ DEAD (1/12/2022) ! DEAD ! Bad Drive do not Buy ! DEAD !

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Useless after 3 Months

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

    Haven't had this item for 3 months even and it started clicking and won't work. I looked online and this is a common occurrence so I am pretty disappointed.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Bad drive loses partition information

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

    Junk always looses partition information after running Windows defragmentation... Hard drive just shows up as blank have to reformat and start over if Windows defragmentation starts...

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Broke

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This portable hard drive broke. How does that even happen. I saved extremely important data on it and the data is GONE!

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Sad... failed after 7 months of use

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased 08/2021. Failed today. Was using it as my primary backup device. Now it cannot be accessed by my PC. Opened a ticket with WD as it is under warranty. We shall see....

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Dead out of box

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

    I didn't need the drive for a couple weeks and when I hooked it up, I received a Windows cannot open drive notice. it was junk out of the box and too late to return.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Terrible don't work

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

    Don't buy wd hard drive very slow than freeze you lose your data customer support terrible they keep you busy with try 100 ways final don't work

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not compatible with my 2020 MacBook Air.

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

    I discovered that this is not compatible with my 2020 MacBook Air. When I installed it, it was read only. I returned it to Best Buy and exchanged it for a portable hard drive that is, a LaCie.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Bad product

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

    It was not a good product it broke within 5 months bought more then 1 all broke

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Best Buy Hard Drive 5/22/20 Order Number: BBY01-80

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

    Best Buy Hard Drive 5/22/20 Order Number: BBY01-806072694837 UPS Tracking Number: 92748901191734014301041768 MISSING STILL NOT RECEIVED but I Was Billed already Where is my Hard Drive?

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Pulls a lot of usb power.

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

    Pulls too much power from usb port. Can't plug 2 of them into my laptop at same time to transfer files between them.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not great with iOS

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

    Horrible to install in iOS. Difficult to register. Nothing easy about getting this out of box to backup

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not working

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

    This is not working at all. Noting will download on here to my desktop. I have a Mac and my computer guy is telling me not to use this and use the Samsung hard drive for my Mac instead.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Another WD HD that crashed after a 3 months

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

    Updgraded to this model because it was supposed to be better. Crashed while on a trip. Handled carefully and still crashed with approx 100,000 photos on it. Stay away from these drives.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Waste of money

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

    It stopped working and know matter what I do I can't get it to be found.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not worth the money if your traveling

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

    Breaks very easy and gets fatal hardware error do not recommend for traveling

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Wd external 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.

    The app for this device was a headache . Definitely needs an update . Other than that.. the product is awesome!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Pass on this if you have a Mac

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I did not like this. I found it hard to use and connect with my MacBook Pro. Very disappointing purchase as the reviews said it was Mac compatible:-(

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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