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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 2835 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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93%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers frequently mention the My Passport 5TB External Hard Drive's ample storage, ease of use, and reliability as major advantages. The drive's compact size and reasonable price are also appreciated. Some customers have noted concerns regarding the included backup software, occasional noise, and the device getting warm during use.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Working well

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

    Works as expected. No issues. Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

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

    5 TB Portable Harddrive

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

    Product came as ordered; slick design and compact. It is limited for portability solely because it is not a solid state drive. I've not been able to get my "eject storage device" function to operate properly, not sure why. Happy with purchase thus far otherwise.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Working good so far

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

    Needed some additional storage space. Working good so far.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Noise

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Back up for my back up photos!

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

    Slow! Plastic built. Runs loudly. The noise makes me wonder how long it'll work. Although it ingests images soooo slowwwwww, it works! Therefore, I'm grateful! I only needed something inexpensive to back up images i already have backed up elsewhere. So, it serves it's purpose.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Durable

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

    Very durable and portable data storage. Easy to transport.

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

    Helpful Employees

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

    I went in to best buy specifically looking for a external hard drive and couldn't find where they were located but thanks to the helpful and friendly employees at the Huntsville location I was immediatly pointed in the right direction

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice portable drive.

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

    Nice portable drive, takes up very little space and is very quiet.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great product and reliable

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

    This is a great and reliable product. A little slow thou.

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

    Best Gaming 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 was looking to upgrade my PS4 hard drive but its expensive to upgrade the internal hard drive with any SSD drive over 1TB. So I was researching and found this drive. It accesses the games faster then the original drive which you need that for gaming!

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

    Good!!!!

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

    Very fast and black color is reaaly good i will buy bigger capacity soon

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

    Perfect

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

    Item was exactly what I anticipated. I am pleased with my purchase.

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

    Good drive

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

    WD makes good drives. This one is a nice size and form factor.

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

    Don't waste your money

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

    I have purchased 3-4 of these over the years and have had zero issues with them, which is why I bought another one. I can't even use it because it is making me download a program on my computer to run it, then it has made me download two other separate programs for whatever reason. Even after going through all of these ridiculous steps, it still isn't letting me put anything on the hard drive. I have never had this issue before, and I have never had to download anything before other than the WD discovery app, If I buy an external hard drive, I want to be able to easily save things to it without having to go through a million steps, and this is not that. I wish I was within the return timeframe because I'd like to get my money back, but I'm just going to throw away this piece of junk since it doesn't work.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Western Digital Team
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      Hi KelsAll, We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. This is not the service we want for our customers, this usually never happens. To assist you better, we kindly request you to open a support ticket at https://support-en.wd.com/app/askweb and provide more details about the issue with possible error screenshot, Our support team will reach out to you promptly. WDConnections

  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    It works

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

    WD My Passport 5TB - no much to say. It just works. Buy it

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

    I trust WD

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

    Fantastic for backing up my computer. I have a lot of trust in Western Digital HDDs and they haven't let me down yet!

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

    Can't go wrong with WD drives !

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

    Never had any problems EVER with WD USB drives. I have 3 in use at the moment to store my ever increasing video library. All super fast and no data loss.

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

    Nice and reliable product for techies.

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

    I am buying this product for 2nd time. I have it earlier and found out really useful. Need to restructure it a bit slimmer version.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    So far working great

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

    So far working great. 5TB works good, good space, sturdy.

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

    Beat experience

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

    It's worth for this price for purchasing and overall good experience from Best buy.

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

    Would not buy this brand again

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

    This was initially a great purchase. MORE than enough room. All of a sudden, the drive wont open. And best buy is saying they cannot help me at all. The tech said he cant see anything on the drive and says i need to buy a new one. This one has years of images and docs i absolutely need! Cannot be accessed.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Western Digital Team
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      Hi ErychaB, We are sorry for the inconvenience you experienced. We understand how frustrating this can be. To help us assist you better, we kindly request that you open a support ticket at https://support-en.wd.com/app/askweb and provide more details about the issue with possible error screenshots, our support team will reach out to you as soon as possible. WDConnections