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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Looks better than the old model but......

Feb 16, 2017

This drive works pretty well for about a month plus now. The only thing that worries me that this new drive start to make some mechanical click sound. Not often but it's there. My old 4tb wd mybook still works well without any noticeable problem. Conclusion: This still a cool looking, working drive by far.

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Works great

Feb 15, 2017

I use this drive with a Lima Ultra for a personal cloud. Plenty of space and is a fairly fast drive.

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8TB My Book Native To My Mac Book Pro

Feb 12, 2017

Feb. 12, 2017 I was considering trying another brand for my external hard drive for my Mac Book Pro Retina, Early 2013 because I already had two previous external hard drive WD My Book products. But when I saw WD 8tb My Book Desktop Usb 3.0 External Hard Drive up in B&H for sale, I could not resist trying it again. And I have no regrets. When I installed, it was friendly and seamless as if it was native to my desktop! I will recommend this product to others looking for a heavier-duty external hard drive. Thank you. JGL

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Excellent backup - but no green light.

Feb 7, 2017

I have used WD USB drives for years. This 6TB drive works just like all the others. My only disappointment was that this drive has no green LED to show when data is being transferred. All my other 3TB and 4TB drives have this light ?

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So far no problems

Feb 4, 2017

It is fairly quiet. It sleeps/wakes up with my Windows 7 laptop, although it take some time to spin up and get re-recognized. However, not the really long lags I have had with older external drives.

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excellent product

Feb 3, 2017

I have long been a fan of WD drives. This one is no exception. Installation and use were without a hitch. I have 3 of these drives that I use for backup. This one will be for archiving of digitized video tapes.

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A terrific backup drive.

Feb 2, 2017

I bought this drive and reformatted it to Mac Journaled, using it as a backup for my beefier main drive. It's a great drive. Nice and quiet. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because there is no indicator light to tell me if it's on, off, thinking, sleeping, etc. You can, of course, see that it's connected via the computer, but it would be nice to have a little LED light to give me some confirmation of its activities. Otherwise, it's a great drive that does its job!

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A different experience

Jan 27, 2017

To allow for expanded capacity the platters in these drives now float on helium and not air. That means they make different noises on startup than you'll be accustomed to from air filled drives. They're also a bit noisier when idling and make a soft ticking noise. They run quiet while writing to disk and spin down when not in use. The sounds they make do take some getting used to, but overall I've been very satisfied with the drives. They might not be the best choice for a very quiet environment. The aesthetic design of the case is outstanding.

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Have had great luck with WD My Book

Jan 23, 2017

I recently purchased this HD for digitizing 25 years worth of HI-8 video tapes, works great, will use with PC and Mac Book Pro. I would recommend this WD Hard drive, they are great

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Works as advertised

Jan 18, 2017

I'm very pleased with my purchase. It works as advertised, as a backup device for my desktop.

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A product everyone needs but doesn't want to buy

Jan 12, 2017

Great price for the amount of storage. This is my fourth external WD drive. All have been great. Only replaced the others because my library keeps growing. Haven't had an issue with any of them. Word of caution for those using a mac and connecting this to a netgear nighthawk 7800 router to back up wirelessly. You will need to reformat with the MacOS disk utility to a macOS extended (journal) format before your mac can see it in finder. The format... Show More

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Performing great

Jan 11, 2017

This is my first HD larger than 4TB, and all I can say after about two weeks of use is that this drive has not only met but also exceeded my high expectations. Transfering data from my dedicated drobo iTunes library took actually way less time than expected. This 8TB drive is now serving as my main iTunes drive, hosting more than 6TB of data already. It actually goes to sleep a bit quicker than I'm used to from most other WD and HGST drives I own... Show More

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Great external drive

Jan 4, 2017

This is the 3rd one i've bought and had no issues with any of them. I always surface test my drives before I start using them - all have come back clean!

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Recommended with a caveat

Jan 3, 2017

I have had great luck with WD drives and have many internal as well as My Books. This latest generation comes formatted in exFat. When I plugged the drive into my late model Dell the computer would not boot up. I contacted support and they suggested reformatting to NTFS. That solved the problem. Ironically, my Toshiba laptop had no problems with the exFat. I am now confident and expect a long life from this drive.

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Drive Works Well Except for the Windows 10 Scan Drive Msg

Dec 11, 2016

The drive works well under Windows 10. It works via USB2 which is what I only initially had. After installing USB3, the speed improvement was very noticeable. There seems to be a problem with its usage under Windows 10. Every time I restart Windows or log back on, I get an error saying errors were found on the MyBook and for me to run a scan. When I run a scan, the scan window just stays on the same screen without any acknowledgement that the sca... Show More

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Awful. Didn't work.

Dec 11, 2016

Drive hummed and didn't delete data when tried to redo after data transfer didn't work. B&H return customer service very unhelpful. Do not buy product and don't buy from this store if you think might need to return.

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Amazing. It's great!

Dec 7, 2016

Where the transfer/backup speed with my 6TB WD My Book drives is about 65 mb, the 8TB drive transferred data at about 130 mb. Faster is always better, and when you can do the job in half the time, you have to be happy. I immediately ordered another five drives when the test unit performed so well. My ONLY unhappy point is that they reduced the internal drive identification/information area. I use it to record the topics and dates of the backup da... Show More

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