WD - easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black
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Features
USB 3.0 interface
Offers an easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
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).
Get More Out of WD Discovery™
Included WD Discovery™ software makes it easy to back up your photos, videos, and documents to the easystore™ desktop storage.
8TB storage capacity
Provides ample space for storing documents, photos, music and more.
Compatible with PC and Mac*
For use with your existing computers.
What's Included
WD easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive
USB cable
AC adapter
WD Discovery™ software with WD Backup™ and WD Drive Utilities™
Quick install guide
Key Specs
- Storage Capacity8000 gigabytes
- Storage Drive TypeHDD
- Interface(s)Micro-USB Type B
General
- Product Nameeasystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive
- BrandWD
- Model NumberWDBCKA0080HBK-NESN
Capacity
- Storage Capacity8000 gigabytes
Performance
- Storage Drive TypeHDD
Compatibility
- Internal Or ExternalExternal
- External Hard Drive TypeDesktop
- Interface(s)Micro-USB Type B
- Minimum System RequirementsmacOS, Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 operating systems; reformatting required for macOS
Features
- Data EncryptionYes
- UsageEveryday computing, Backup
Power
- Power SourceAC adapter
Dimension
- Product Height6.7 inches
- Product Width1.9 inches
- Product Weight35.7 ounces
Included
- Included SoftwareWD Discovery™ software with WD Backup™ and WD Drive Utilities™
Warranty
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts2 years
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor2 years
Other
- UPC718037856124
Customer reviews
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 6947 reviews
(6,947 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 Use4.7
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars
to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast enough for my use - great price for storage
||Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Good deal for the price - it works just fine. Fast enough to at least read and write 1080p 60fps ProRes 422 HQ, H.265 or BMRAW - BM Speed Test shows I'm getting about 200MB/s Read and Write speeds while going through a limiting USB Hub using a USB A to C converter.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Undercover WiFi router lit
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Legit worth getting be honest why would you limit your access to what you can and can’t play and yes it work on ps4 and ps5 if it work on both these I’m sure it will for Xbox and it look like mini WiFi router
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
New drive just what i needed!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So far there have been no issues with this drive and my only issue is the price is a little on the high side.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Worth every penny
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love this HDD although if you’re getting it for any newer device make sure to grab a type c adapter Other than that it works like a charm easy to install, as a photographer me being able to just massively dump random landscape shots on this is amazing and just what I wanted in a external, maybe one day in a few years I’ll upgrade to a massive SSD when the price goes down.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Western Digital hard drive 8 TB
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Good quality hard drive, I was able to back up all my files for work and dropbox. This is the 3rd WD hard drive I have purchased over the last 10 years and thus far when I take them down from the shelf and use them they have done their job.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
hard drive
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.it is a good item. brought a 4 tb in the past but I got a 8tb this time.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Super convenient!
||Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Fantastic! I used it for my Xbox Series X and have had no problem at all! Super easy installation!
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
8TB Red Drives. Woot! Runs Hot :(
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I bought a few of these 8TB externals. It's common knowledge now that these externals have 8TB Western Digital Red drives inside of them. It's the reason why I went with Western Digital, and specifically not Seagate (with their shingle technology). They are very easy to "shuck," allowing you to run them internally using SATA. However, the reason for the 4-star rating is that most consumers will not shuck them, and they do run hot inside of their casing. Temperatures exceed 45c at idle, and do reach 50c with use. Given they are WD Red drives, I'm confident they will survive those temperatures within the warranty period (2 years), but it's been tested and proven that hard drives do not do so well in terms of longevity with temperatures in excess of 40c. If you do shuck them, they run very cool; and you don't even have to install them internally. Just popping off the outer casing, and running a small fan on top keeps temperatures within 32-36c. I personally have 140mm fans blowing on top of mine still running on USB. My internal 8TB actually runs hotter due to less ventilation in my computer. Just keep in mind that if you shuck them and break the case, it will void the warranty. So outweigh the pros and cons before, and do your research on "proper shucking" :) Overall very satisfied with these 8TB Red NAS 256MB Cache drives.
I would recommend this to a friend
Q: QuestionIs a WD Red drive inside this disk? I saw this in the comments of the other guest but I did not find it in the product description,
Asked by Scott.
- A:Answer There are WD Red drives inside with NASware 3.0. Be sure you get the drive manufactured in Thailand not China. The Thailand drives have a 256mb cache and the China ones are allegedly only 128mb. I found this out from a YouTube video by JDM_WAAT published on 7/26/2017 titled "Western Digital Easystore 8TB (WD Red inside) unboxing and shucking. I verified the 256mb cache on my Thailand drive (WD80EFAX-68LPHN0). The video shows how to open the enclosure without breaking it and shuck the drive in great detail. A+ would shuck again.
Answered by Permabanned
Q: QuestionI have a 931g passport that is full. I cannot access individual files ,pics and folders at my leisure. The only thing it does is backup and restore period, Does the new 8T allow you to browse thru files and folders you've backed up and pick & restore?
Asked by pablo.
- A:Answer Whether or not you can access individual files and folders is not a function of any particular drive. It is a function of the software you are using to back up your files with.
Answered by SoCalBuckWheat
Q: QuestionWill this work on a PlayStation 4?
Asked by Biggs.
- A:Answer Yes it does. That's what I bought it for.
Answered by jbrock0208
Q: QuestionWhat is the difference between the WD Easy-store 8TB and the WD My-book 8TB? Trying to figure out why the easy-store is more expensive. Thanks
Asked by marka1620.
- A:Answer The drives used. This one has a red NAS, while the other ones use, most likely, a WD blue. The easy-store is better for long-term storage.
Answered by mummylover
Q: QuestionCan hook this up to my Xbox one?
Asked by Balki.
- A:Answer Most likely. According to Microsoft, the max amount of usb storage on an Xbox one is 16tb, in any combination. So a single 8tb drive should work fine.
Answered by Diller
Q: QuestionIs it possible to use this (or similar external hard drives) to store and view movies, connected directly to a smart tv by the usb connection?
Asked by Fruitcake.
- A:Answer It's possible, but you'd likely need to make sure the drive is formatted with a file system your TV understands. Pretty much all of them support FAT-32. Windows arbitrarily doesn't give an option to use FAT-32 when formatting drives / partitions greater than 32GB capacity. Microsoft/Windows is really just trying to force their proprietary NTFS file system on you, even in situations where FAT-32 would work fine. The actual partition size limit of FAT-32 is 2TB (2,048 GB), which a third-party formatting utility can do just fine. So that means you'd still basically need to make multiple partitions to use all the capacity of your drive and have a file system that the TV can read. It's possible some TVs may be confused by that, but most would handle it fine. exFAT extends the established FAT file system to overcome some of its inherent limitations. For a drive with this capacity, exFAT is probably the best file system to use if you want to use the drive with your TV and other non-Windows devices. Among non-Windows devices, it has much better support than NTFS. You can make a single large 8TB partition formatted with the exFAT file system and it's very likely your TV will be able to use it. If your TV doesn't work with that, make a 2TB partition and format it with the FAT-32 file system.
Answered by Ichinisan
Q: QuestionIs the power adapter for this drive a power strip–friendly sideways brick like the recent My Book drives, or is it a long brick designed for vertical wall outlets that covers up 2 extra slots on a standard power strip if not installed on the end?
Asked by dgwdgw.
- A:Answer It is power-strip and outlet friendly (usable on top socket of the wall outlet without covering the bottom outlet).
Answered by Mehdi
Q: QuestionI bough 2 drives because I read that they were red drives inside, when I took them out one of the drives is red and the other one isn't. what's going on?
Asked by ENIGMA.
- A:Answer Western Digital has been transitioning these drives to 'White' labeled drives. They seem to be functionally identical to reds, but were likely labelled differently so people could not re-sell the drives as reds. The only catch is that you may have a 3.3v pin problem that will prevent the drive from booting, but that can easily be solved with some tape. Poke around on www.reddit.com/r/datahoarder and you'll see what I mean.
Answered by MrRatt