

This drive connected with a legacy Windows XP system, through USB 2.0, on a Thinkpad x61. That is a HUGE pro, lots of other fancy-dancy external HDD are simply not recognized.

- Great solution for legacy CD/DVD media, as most new PC's and Laptops no longer support it. - Well constructed - Easy to assemble - Looks great - Plug and play, no issues

This drive arrived promptly and well packaged. I ran a firmware test to check the 'Power On Count' and 'Power On Hours' which confirmed that this drive had indeed never been used before. This appears to be a great drive for the price and after checking reviews on a lot of external drives I ended up going with this internal drive in an external case.

It's a fast external drive for backup

I only use WD drives - dependable and reasonably priced. Easy to set up and use.

I bought this for backup storage for Pixel phone. It is a great product but not ideal for direct Android backup. -Lots of storage -Fast


Simple to install a Corsair 2TB SSD that I got (after I took the factory heat sink off of the SSD), plugged it in, snapped it closed, and off to the races. Plugged into a USB 3.0 slot and transferred about 8GB in less than a minute. Super easy, and it doesn't shut off after a set period of time as a lot of these do.

Love this drive. Fast, quiet, good value for the money. Used for backup, getting near the advertised speeds. I have Passport drives, but in my opinion these are much, much better.


Great buy on sale. Works fine on USB 3.0 and USB 2.0! I have found that Western Digital has the fastest and most reliable USB 3.0 interface of all of the external drive manufacturers, with the sometimes cheaper Seagate external drives having the slowest of data transfer rates. In fact, they are about half the write speeds of the Western Digital drives. The brand new square plastic cases of the Western Digital USB 3.0 drives are the fastest yet in write speeds! Great drives!

Just works. Comes with clear instructions (once you read the correct side) and feels fairly durable. The lights for the % done is bright enough and clear.

- Capacity - Speed - Buffer size - Reliability

Great drives. Ordered 8 and all 8 are working perfectly. They are fully compatible with the Synology Nas DS720+ Dual Bay Drives. I contacted Synology Techs and they recommended these drives even though they are no on the compatibly list. Synology says these are the max drive size for the DS720+ drives.

So easy to use


The drive is fast and pretty quiet.

- Metal body that feels durable - Type C USB 3.0 with option to use USB A - Small profile; it's thinner than the 1TB portable hard drive from another vendor I have - Can be interfaced with hdparm on Linux over USB

Lots of storage for a very good price.