WD - My Book 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

I originally bought a 8 TB external that I believed would work with the PS4 Pro unfortunately that was not the case. So figured I would try this out, a employee recommended this unit that he has on his PS4 Pro and it worked like a charm. Went home hooked it up to the back USB port on PS4 Pro connected it to the External Hard Drive, let it sit for a sec then plugged in the power for the external hard drive (yes, this external hard drive needs power adapter to work) and boom. After about 1 minute or 2 the PS4 Pro recognized it, so I was already impressed, last one I tried didn’t even recognize it after about 10 minutes or so. After the message appeared in top left (external hard drive detected) (give or take message being a little off on wording I suppose). Then I went through proper setting via PlayStation website (super easy) and let the PS4 Pro format the drive to work. Now I can say I have a 8TB hard drive on it and room for all the games I need. Make sure your PlayStation is up to date, version 6.20 is what mine is on. Thanks WD, made my night. Game on friends!

I needed an external storage for my files since I stream on Mixer constantly and my internal hd was getting full. So, I had this 8TB My Book delivered to my house. I've been using it since 5/26, and the last backup I have recorded was 6/18. Less than a month! I used all of the original cables and power supply, I didn't knock it over, and I tried all of the USB's on my gaming rig, so it's nothing I did. One day, the WD software and PC says it's unavailable, and disk configuration says it's RAW data instead of NTFS. My heart sinks... I'm so disappointed with WD. I have multiple old WD external HD's from them that haven't failed me, and this is the 2nd one I bought this year to have failed me. I originally bought a 5TB EasyStore from them as well earlier this year, and that failed too. Luckily, I didn't have anything important in that HD. Right now, I'm frantically trying to save old vids and data from the My Book external drive, and then I'll return it to the store for a refund. If I had run 'Error Checking' on both drives before using them, I would've known that both were going to die on me. Don't be me. Find a different product to store your data offline.

This product is great for what it is, plenty of space but still a Hard Disk drive, which means it's loud, slower than an SSD and it seems the more media I add to it the slower it is to search through the folders. Great for backing up, it may have a faster connection than my 2 external SSD's but I wouldn't recommend using it as a cache or media disk for video editing. I use Adobe Editing Software so I now use the 2 SSDs for active projects and use the WD My Book for backing up old projects and footage. The biggest benefit is a bang for your buck. If you're looking for more storage space and don't need crazy fast transfer speeds, this is a great product, otherwise, I recommend using SSD, if you have the money for it.

This MY Book external hard drive is excellent. 8TB is a good amount of space for any household. I use this hard drive as a backup to all my computer files which includes family photos, videos, etc. The design of the hard drive is also great, and installation took less than 10 minutes.

So I was waiting For the PlayStation update for the longest, I had all this games and I had to keep deleting them because my PS4 fills up so fast, and every time I wanted to play I had to wait for it to download. This was perfect after the update, I went with the 8 TB, and now I don't have to worry about space anymore and play all the games whenever I want or movies and music.

This drive is employed on a TabloTV over the air PVR (DVR) system and was an upgrade as my 4TB unit was running out of space. It did not get commissioned until October of 2019, and has run flawlessly. The TABLO TV box uses a linux format, so any original software for backup included on this was of no use for us, and was erased in the formatting, but this drive does not seem to have a 'sleep" function which would delay the startup of recording audio and video from TV so it works fine in this capacity. Its quiet, doesn't seem to get too hout, but as with any external hard drive, if you've got the means to put a small fan in close proximity to the drive, COOL IS ALWAYS GOOD for hard drives and will help extend the life of this physically spinning style of drive. Once SSD's of this size come down to an affordable price, there'll be less heat issues, but for now, consider this a GREAT value, especially when on sale, and good solid storage.

Using this HD to store photos for my iMac. Reformatted the hard drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with no issues. It takes about five to ten seconds to wake up if not actively being used. Once active, no time lag. Noticeable sound when the drive is spinning. Drive sits on a wood desk and the sound would reverberate, put an old rubber mouse pad under it for cushion and the vibration is greatly reduced.

Easily partitioned for Time Machine b/u and for archive (getting stuff off my root HD. Works flawlessly so far (after about a month). Smaller footprint than my previous 4TB (2 HDs in RAID) for same function.