WD 6TB My Book Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

WD 6TB My Book Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
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B and H Service Beyond Reproach

Jul 22, 2018

As usual B and H's service was outstanding. As to the 4TB WD hard drive, this was a replacement for a 3TB WD drive used to back up my Synology server. The 3TB drive failed after approx 4 years. Because the new drive was formatted exFat instead of ntfs, I chose to purchase and install the exFat service for my Synology server rather than reformat the drive. This went smoothly and quickly. So far the new drive works well, but slowly. It takes twice as long to perform its nightly backup compared to the old 3TB. No real issue since it starts at 1:00am, but seems a step back in technology.

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Good Storage Solution

Jul 15, 2018

I couldn't write to the drive the first few times I connected it to my laptop, but then it started working. Never found out what the problem was. Works fine now.

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Works on all my computers and TV's.

Jul 7, 2018

I can transfer video from PC then play it on all my Samsung TV's. It powers down when not in use so you can leave it plugged in to the TV. I've only had it a short while but it seems to be the same great quality of my other WD drives. I'm currently using 11 WD external drives on my PC's, laptop and TV's. I also have other brands but I now only buy WD.

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Works

Jun 28, 2018

Bought for an old unit to do backup but did not notice that it was exfat. Now it is on my Win10 machine.Works great.

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Not as fast as the older, smaller drives...

Jun 27, 2018

USB 3.0 is a plus. Nice sized storage for the price. Compared to my older 2TB WD drive, (circa 2010...which recently started dying!) I have noticed that it takes about 20 seconds for the drive to spin up and display the contents. Mind you, the drive is always plugged in and always on.

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WD 8TB My Book Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

Jun 19, 2018

To be perfectly honest, I buy most of my purchases on price. When I was searching for an 8TB drive, B and H photography came up as the cheapest price. They also offered a quick and reasonable delivery via DHL. I would recommend B and H for good price and good service. The hard drive is as expected from WD, working well.

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Caution...

Jun 18, 2018

When I first noticed this drive, it was too good to be true. 4 GB for this price, well after getting it home, connecting it to the computer, I always format new and old drives for compatibility purposes to my computer; well the message was the format did not take, and the drive did not show up on my desk top anymore, it just should down, and I did check for compatibility to a Mac. The other issue is this drive will slip out of your hand and off t... Show More

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Glitchy and I don't trust it

Jun 12, 2018

The drive has been very unstable since I bought it and I think its just a matter of time when it will fail me. The drive disconnects from my computer very often and is making a weird noise. I contacted BandH and they told me to contact Western Digital and they told me to contact BandH. In the end nobody wanted to be responsible for the hard drive so I just have to buy a new one, but not this one. Definitely wont recommend this product.

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Another WD external drive for my system

May 31, 2018

This is my third WD USB drive -- I keep getting them larger and larger. This 8TB drive will probably stay hooked to the my PC, while my older drives (2TB and 4TB) will shuttle back and forth to my bank safe deposit box with my redundant backups. (No, I do not believe in the Cloud)

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Died at the 1 year mark

May 30, 2018

I have used WD drives for years, but after the 1 year mark the drive just did not show up on my iMac. Very disappointed...

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Easier to work with than Seagate.

May 16, 2018

Previously had 2 or 3 Seagates to handle my automatic backup needs. The most recent one stopped working after about 2 years, but never informed me that the backups were failing. I stumbled onto the problem. Seagate said the error indicated the drive was a complete loss. I replaced it with a Western Digital drive. It was easy to set up and understanding how to restore a file is easier than Seagate. The only shortcoming is that the auto backup may ... Show More

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Drive is Great! Storage size is Great! Software, not so much

May 14, 2018

Every WD USB drive I've owned over the last 10 years or so have been awesome. Reliable, consistently reliable, fast and well designed. They have always been a reliable way to backup for me, and have collected about 8 drives and will continue using WD USB drives. They have been great for portable storage as well as just backup. This 8TB is a great size for my purposes, to backup video and raw photos from all my other WD USB drives and computer. My... Show More

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Fast...really fast!

May 9, 2018

So far, so good. I have only used them for a couple days now, but I'm sure I will have no problems.

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Helium drive loud, firmware less advanced than before

Apr 24, 2018

These helium-filled drives are loud! Fortunately, this drive is much less annoying than the Seagate Backup Plus Hub which had an intermittent deep resonating click. This one just has the occasional strange clicking sounds when idling, but from a normal desk distance they're hard to hear and easy to ignore. However, the firmware on the new My Book is much less advanced than the old WD external disk drives. Notably, the drive cannot figure out tha... Show More

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Photo backup

Apr 22, 2018

I use this external drive to backup photos at home. It works great, easy to use no complaints

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It does what it's supposed to do

Apr 6, 2018

I use this hard drive to backup my pictures and data. It easily mounts on my Windows 10 computer at home and is easy to use.

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Great for the office

Mar 26, 2018

Needed more space to put my pictures and business info at home/office use this on my MacBook pro and I have a lot of room for my pictures and videos.

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Failed after 6 months

Mar 23, 2018

I used it as one of my main backups for photographs and it just failed after few months. Extremely frustrating as I have lost 2 years of business and personal photos.

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It works

Mar 21, 2018

WD has always been reliable for me. This external has worked just fine for the time I've had it (about 1 month). Only con is it can be noisy only when in heavy use. No clicks or anything perceptible, its a deep low level hum, didn't notice it at first, it was vibrating the table it was on. I put it on a platform to separate it from the table and it's much quieter. Not a big deal and I wouldn't let it dissuade you from buying it.

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It technically works

Mar 15, 2018

It works technically fine but this drive hums and buzzes and is just generally very loud. I have several generations of these drives on my desk, including some 4TB and 2TB models but this one is the only one I have noise issues with.

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Excellent!

Mar 14, 2018

This generation of 8TB WD My Book drives performs a bit better than the previous one! The WD80EZAZ hard drive this WD My Book unit is based on can manage roughly 180 MB/s sequential reads and writes. The older models that included hard drives like the WD80EZZX could only achieve about 130MB/s. That means the new models have improved by 50 MB/s. Well done, Western Digital!

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WD is the only drives I buy.

Mar 2, 2018

I have drives from WD that still run perfectly after 5+ years so trying out the 8TB was a no brainer. I have only had it for about a month and it runs great. I use it as a second backup and for that price you can't go wrong.

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WD 4TB My Book

Feb 28, 2018

Bought several HD's from B&H over the years (all WD's). Why, because of the service, no hassle. As far as the 4Tb My Book goes, They have always done the job as expected.

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Great, reliable and would highly recommend

Feb 12, 2018

This was the perfect choice for backing up my entire computer's internal hard drive while I performed a complete reformat and reinstall. Very reliable and exceeded my expectations, plus B&H was terrific as always from purchase to speedy delivery. Top notch.

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