WD - easystore 14TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black
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Description
Features
USB 3.0 interface
Offers easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward-compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
Rapid response
The easystore™ desktop storage offers data transfer rates up to 5GB/sec. in the USB 3.0 mode and 480MB/sec. in the USB 2.0 mode.
Easy-to-use auto backup
Comes with the WD Discovery™ backup software that lets you set hourly, daily, or monthly backup schedules and makes it easy to back up high-capacity files to your drive. Compatible with Apple Time Machine (requires reformatting).
Compatible with Mac and PC
For use with your existing computers.
14TB storage capacity
Provides ample space for storing documents, photos, music and more.
Limited warranty
This WD easystore™ desktop drive comes with a two-year warranty.
External design
The desktop storage features a USB cable and AC adapter to work with most systems.
WD Discovery™ software
Allows you to manage your easystore™ HDD and expands its capabilities.
What's Included
- WD easystore 14TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive
- AC adapter
- USB cable
- WD Discovery software
- Owner's manual
Key Specs
- Hard Drive Capacity14000 gigabytes
- Storage Drive TypeHDD
General
- Product Nameeasystore 14TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive
- BrandWD
- Model NumberWDBAMA0140HBK-NESN
- ColorBlack
- Color CategoryBlack
Capacity
- Hard Drive Capacity14000 gigabytes
Performance
- Storage Drive TypeHDD
Compatibility
- Internal Or ExternalExternal
- External Hard Drive TypeDesktop
- Interface(s)USB 2.0, USB 3.0
- Minimum System RequirementsmacOS, Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 operating systems; reformatting required for macOS
Feature
- Security FeaturesSoftware
- UsageBackup, Everyday computing
Memory
- Memory Card TypeNone
Power
- Power SourceAC adapter
Dimension
- Product Height6.7 inches
- Product Width2 inches
- Product Weight32.6 ounces
Included
- Number Of Drives Included1
- Additional Accessories IncludedUSB Type-A to Micro-B cable, AC Adapter
- Included SoftwareWD Discovery
Warranty
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts2 Years
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor2 Years
Other
- UPC718037882970
Customer rating
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 986 reviews
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14 TB External Drive
|Posted .Owned for 1 week when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5I found the external drive easy to set up however it didn’t come with a cable to attach to my computer, luckily I had one laying around but it’s a unusual cable to have. See picture of cable needed, the other end I’m using is USB, however I believe if you have one with the lightning end instead of USB it may be faster data transfer rates. You may want to look into which cable type is the fastest to use with it before hand and make sure you have it available as a port on your computer. The drive works fine as storage and backup and comes with some recovery software. Unfortunately I had just purchased some recovery software the day before.
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Great chunk of extra storage
|Posted .Owned for 2 months when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5These massive harddrives were a great buy on sale. They are very responsive even though they only have 5400rpm drive. However, that means they will last longer and generate less heat. I tested throughput and it was not much less than a 7200rpm seagate external, so that means it is limited by the USB3.1 speed.
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External hard drive
|Posted .Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5I got lucky because I was able to get this for less than $190 during the black Friday sales, I mainly use it for my playstation gameplay videos when I transfer them to my computer, my pc is a 15+ year ago computer with 1TB so this comes in handy, I'll be looking for a new pc setup next
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
WD Ext 14TB HDD
|Posted .Owned for 1 month when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5The unit was easy to set up. The capacity of it is a 14 TB external hard drive. I split the drive in half so that I could use the space for movies and pictures. It seems to have a low center of gravity so it stands up easy. The connections with simple and durable. The software made the connection to the computer convenient. I've had the unit on for two days straight and it doesn't seem to even get hot.
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Quality1 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 1 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Drive failed the WD Utils Complete Drive Test
|Posted .Owned for 1 week when reviewed.Features
Quality1 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Normally I'm a fan of WD, but we always test our hard drives before using them. This unit FAILED the Complete Drive Test (full media scan) in the official WD Utilities tool. We ran the test twice, and the drive failed both times. :( Hopefully Best Buy just got a bad batch around the holidays. We will be exchanging the bad drives soon and will test the replacements as well.
This review is from WD - easystore 14TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black
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Quality1 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5No, I would not recommend this to a friendFeatures
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COMPROMISED BOX
|Posted .Owned for 1 month when reviewed.Features
Quality1 out of 5Value1 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5this item box has been cut. fortunately there was no bad sector.
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Quality1 out of 5Value1 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5No, I would not recommend this to a friendFeatures
Quality1 out of 5Value1 out of 5Ease of Use1 out of 5Rating 1 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Not a true 14tb drive. Know what your buying.
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Quality1 out of 5Value1 out of 5Ease of Use1 out of 5This is a 12.7tb drive not a 14tb drive. WD doesn't use the MS Standard most other manufactures do, so its calculation issue. They can call it what they want, but you dont get 14tb of storage as you would with 90% of other manufactures. I just wish I had known that, I would have jumped on a true 12tb drive and higher quality brand/model. Will likely return this later this week.
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Quality1 out of 5Value1 out of 5Ease of Use1 out of 5No, I would not recommend this to a friendFeatures
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
A place for my files
|Posted .Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5With apologies to George Carlin... I filled up my easyStore 10TB a while ago, so offloaded to another drive. Thus was looking for additional capacity. 12TB's were on sale occasionally, but decided to wait for the 14TB. Who knows when or if a 16TB easyStore will arrive. And my wait was rewarded recently. Ordered it on 3/17. Initially said it would ship in a week, but shipped on 3/19 from the Chicago area, got it the next day in SE Minnesota via Fedex. Inside a larger shipping box with inflatable bags to fill the empty space to keep the external drive box from sliding around. I ordered it so I didn't have to run clear across town to the local BB. Plus avoided the city sales tax as I am outside the city limits in a township. If there are problems I can still return/exchange it to/at the local BB instead of paying to ship it back. CrystalDiskInfo reports WDC WD140EMFZ-11A0WA0 5400 RPM. Firmware revision 81.00A81 Windows properties has Capacity: 14,000,517,541,888 bytes 12.7 TB First is decimal (1000's) second is binary (1024's) Divide the first by 1024 enough times and you will end up with 12.7 Powerbrick is still 12V 1.5A, but is rotated 90 degrees compared to the 10TB brick. Will fit better on a typical power strip, leaves more room. But at 1.2 inches wide at the base the bricks can't be adjacent, at least on my power strip. And the brick also partially covers the next ground pin. But a two wire plug should fit between them. First thing I did was run ChkDsk: 20:33:38.65 Fri 03/20/2020 C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk f: /f /r The type of the file system is NTFS. Volume label is WD 14TB. Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ... 256 file records processed. File verification completed. 0 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ... 1 reparse records processed. 286 index entries processed. Index verification completed. 0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found. 1 reparse records processed. Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ... Security descriptor verification completed. 15 data files processed. Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ... 240 files processed. File data verification completed. Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ... 3417964753 free clusters processed. Free space verification is complete. Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further action is required. 13351933 MB total disk space. 37864 KB in 13 files. 84 KB in 17 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 483451 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 13351424 MB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 3418095103 total allocation units on disk. 3417964754 allocation units available on disk. 5:12:44.92 Wed 04/01/2020 C:\WINDOWS\system32> That took almost two weeks, Stage 5 took most of the time. Then I ran WD Drive Utilities Complete Drive Test. That took about 23 hours to run. Lastly I ran HGST DFT (Drive Fitness Test) SMART Extended Test. That also took about 23 hours to run. In conclusion ChkDsk /f /r is by far the more thorough test. (Used Auto Screen Capture and MouseJiggle to capture the screens and to keep Windows 10 updating the windows. Standalone exe's, no installation needed.) Robocopy'ing (multi-GB size files) from the aforementioned offloaded drive to the 14TB was running around 110 MB/s write speed. Both connected to the same Sunix USB4300NS USB 3 card. Took a combined time of 27 hours to copy 9.58 TB from the offloaded drive and the easyStore 10TB to the 14TB. Had some three wire Thermaltake TT-1225 case fans removed from a disposed case. Mounted them on bolts to blow up into the enclosure. Pretty quiet. During the robocopy, the 14TB was 27 degrees. The other drive, 7200 RPM, in an Orico 6619S3-US-BK open dock, was 42 degrees. So far, so good...
This review is from WD - easystore 14TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black
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Q: QuestionIs this drive a single unit HD or is several HD units combined to make up the 14tb?
Asked by Anonymous.
- A:Answer When I opened it up and looked inside, there is only one hard drive inside with 14tb.
Answered by Hungdt
Q: QuestionIs this a 14 TB? The photos above show only 12.7 TB available !!
Asked by SherryS87.
- A:Answer Operating systems usually report drive capacity in a scale based on powers of 1024. However, drives are usually advertised with the capacity quoted in a shorter scale based on powers of 1000, resulting in a larger number. This accounts for most of the difference.
Answered by Matt
Q: QuestionHas anyone shucked this 14tb hard drive from its housing and used it in a NAS? Curious to know how well these drives hold up, compared to the WD Red drives.
Asked by Movie.
- A:Answer Yes they work, currently have 2 in my Synology DS1817+. Drives inside are WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0.
Answered by Oblivion112
Q: QuestionWhat is the rotational speed?
Asked by Mrljota.
- A:Answer 5,400 rotations per minute
Answered by Texas
Q: QuestionCould I connect this drive to the usb port on my router and backup over the network?
Asked by 2Bzz.
- A:Answer Yes you can.
Answered by Casino34
Q: QuestionIs this compatible with iMac?
Asked by TONY.
- A:Answer Yes, I bought mine to use as a Time Machine backup for my iMac. As with most external drives you might buy, however, it comes formatted for use on a PC. It does include backup software that can be installed on a Mac, but I would recommend against that unless you aren't interested in using the iMac's built-in backup software. If you intend to use this as a Time Machine backup, it should be reformatted using Apple's Disk Utility, which can be found in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder, or simply click on the Spotlight eyeglass on the right side of the menu bar and type Disk Utility. After plugging the drive into your iMac, it should appear in the list of disks on the left side of the Disk Utility window. Click on the drive and then click on the "Erase" tab, select the format you wish to use and type in the name you wish to give your new disk drive, then click on the Erase button. Time Machine backups need to be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and if you wish, Encrypted. Encryption provides another layer of security if there's a chance someone might break in and steal your Mac - otherwise it's not necessary. Once it's reformatted, your iMac will probably ask you if you wish to use the disk with Time Machine, so just click Yes. If you plan to use this for mass storage for something like storing your photos or other media, you can use Mac OS Extended (Journaled), or you might want to use Apple's newer APFS format, which provides better file management and faster searching, but it's only compatible with newer iMacs running Mojave or Catalina.
Answered by SteveInNYC