Western Digital My Book 8TB Desktop Hard Drive
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About this Item
Specifications
Type
External - Desktop
Capacity
8 TB
Connectivity
USB 2.0/USB 3.0
RPM Speed
5,400 rpm
Transfer Rate
Up to 5 Gbps
Software Included
WD SmartWare Pro, WD Drive Utilities. Acronis True Image WD Edition, PC only.
System Requirements
USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port. Formatted NTFS for Win8, Win7, Vista, WinXP, Win10. OS X requires reformatting.
Dimensions
1.9(w) X 6.7(h) X 5.5(d)
Shipping Weight
4 lbs
Reviews
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Jose Nicot from
My Book
Great equipment really happy whit its worst every penny
Date published: 2024-08-03
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Brad Angus from
The best drive
The drive is outstanding and the price is the best out there!
Date published: 2024-06-30
Rated 5 out of
5
by
JerBear from
Small footprint, Large capacity
This is a great device to store and backup all of your work. Highly recommend
Date published: 2024-06-25
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Glen from
Good product for using with the Mac TimeMachine
Very pleased with the ease of setup and the lock and unlock feature of the unit. So far all is working as designed. I’m not using the backup tool in that I already have that strategy and tool in place.
Date published: 2024-04-11
Rated 5 out of
5
by
pstallone from
Great value
Works fine, connected and using. I would buy this again.
Date published: 2024-03-27
Rated 5 out of
5
by
The Kevin from
A price that's astounding
This is a refurbished model and is the backup of a backup. So I put it away 90% of the time.Works fine.
Date published: 2024-03-17
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Nicelp from
Working Great So Far
It took some effort to set up, but everything seems to be working well.
Date published: 2024-01-18
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Avtov from
Works flawless for me
If you need a simple home server for streaming media files and sharing documents between users in a home network, this is just perfect. I know that there are more features such as accessing de server from the Internet but I do not need these. I use the Twonkey DLNA server which works very well with our smart TV. We are on Linux and 2 PC's are mounting this home server as an external drive for maintenance and archiving. I also like the energy saving feature which spins down the drive after some idle time. This saves energy and is preventing wearing out equipment. As I never had any problem at all I can recommend this for simple home server use.
Date published: 2023-01-17
Rated 5 out of
5
by
NathanC from
Time capsule device 100%
Solid unit, little lound on first startup, but works on a rubber pad.
Date published: 2022-12-26
Rated 5 out of
5
by
LGS3 from
Perfect Storage Choice
Great size and performance, especially for the price!
Date published: 2022-11-14
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Moises from
Im happy!
Great drive suitable for any storage needs and at a great price.
Date published: 2022-11-07
Rated 5 out of
5
by
SylviaB from
Love it!
I'm a professional Photographer and Graphic Designer. Reliable digital storage is important to me. I have had WD hard drives since my first computer.
Date published: 2022-10-29
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Devon from
Economical volume storage.
Recertified product was indistinguishable from new. Serves purpose as backup medium well. Be aware large datasets will take significant time to transfer. Not my first or last WD purchase.
Date published: 2022-10-24
Rated 5 out of
5
by
TreeZone from
Storage solution
Works like a charm. I use it to store my many sizable games. Takes a little longer to initiate in playing than SSD but after that initial load time there's no diff.
Date published: 2022-10-23
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Jclout from
Wow Killer price
Great Product at a great price. Delivery was super fast. I keep looking but have not been able to find such a good deal. Prices are about twice as much as I paid.
Date published: 2022-10-19
Rated 5 out of
5
by
BPearson from
8TB Refurb External HDD Works great!
I use this HDD for my Plex Media Server and it works great! I share it over my network so i can put media on it from another computer. I have had no issues with any of my WD HDDs.
Date published: 2022-09-26
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Jerry I. from
Fast for an external drive.
Faster than my last WD external drive. It is a 5 Tb and still works fine for storage. This recertified 8 Tb drive is impressive.
Date published: 2022-09-14
Rated 5 out of
5
by
rdmrule1 from
Why buy new?
Works as it should. Looked and performed like a brand new unit. Very happy to save some $$$.
Date published: 2022-09-12
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Anonymous from
1 month in, and very happy 👍
Bought the 8TB version about a month ago. It made a very slight knocking sound when I first fired it up, but that completely vanished after 15-20 minutes, and it's been quiet since. I ran a full diagnostic, with the included software, just to be sure. I understand that this isn't an SSD, so the speed would not be as fast as my m.2, but I'm still impressed at how quick this little HDD moves. I also love the included software, so you can run the occasional diagnostic scan, and keep your files password protected. I highly recommend this product. 👍
Date published: 2022-09-11
Rated 4 out of
5
by
C.Y. from
good value
The backup software needs more time to learn how to use
Date published: 2023-11-13
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Tommy Tinker from
Too Many Pictures!
My desktop says that I have too many pictures cramping my "storage", so I went looking for external storage. Purchased MY BOOK after reading another reviewer with the same storage problem with is pictures. Seems easy enough to use and has plenty of room. 1 Tb should be plenty of room for my pictures and music files!
Date published: 2022-12-20
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Quinn from
Great, aside from some clicking
It works as it should, thankfully. It's still clicking some right out of the box, but I did get it refurbished and sent through the mail. It's still reading as good every time I have tested it.
Date published: 2022-11-04
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Richard_7 from
Not for editing
OK for straight archiving, not for editing because it has to be 'woken up' constantly.
Date published: 2022-10-31
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Bill 136 from
So far, so good
Had this for a few week now, seem to be working fine. Also have two other My Books, I have had them for years and always been reliable.
Date published: 2022-10-25
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Manwe from
My Book 8TB (owned 3 wks)
Quick shipping. Worked immediately after plugging in. I was concerned that I couldn't use it to backup a system image (windows 10), but discovered that this was because it wasn't formatted with NTFS. After reformatting, it worked fine. I decided to use bitlocker for encryption instead of the WD software, for ease/transparency of use with windows 10.
My only small annoyance so far is that the drive seems to spin down after only a few minutes of non-use. This means that accessing it periodically (on the order of minutes) takes more time because it needs to spin up again each time.
I bought it to replace a seagate drive which died only shortly out of warranty. I hope this drive shows itself to be more reliable.
Date published: 2021-10-31
Rated 3 out of
5
by
S. A. A. from
Works, but missing the activity light
It works, but I really miss the activity light on my other external drives that Western Digital used to put on the My Book drives. My other complaint is that the utilities that came with it are not backward compatable with my old My Book drives and made them inoperable.
Date published: 2022-12-30
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Fred Heidepriem from
Something sounds bad.
Makes a strange clicking sound all the time. If you lay it on either side it stops. ???
Date published: 2022-06-22
Rated 2 out of
5
by
A2245 from
Concerning ticking/clicking noises
Purchased for a system backup. The form factor is nice, and the options to get pretty large drives is great. But, when I powered mine up, I heard these irregular clicking/ticking noises about 1 to 5 seconds apart. It could be that these are just part of the motor moving the drive arm, but the noises persisted even when I wasn't trying to read or write any files. And they sure sounded like the sort of noises that indicate there's a mechanical problem with the drive itself. I found the noises to be pretty annoying, so I returned the drive and will look elsewhere.
Date published: 2021-07-08
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Kenaroo from
Important movies / files now the drive won’t Boot
Purchased this hard drive October 21, 2023 after a couple of months couldn’t get it to boot up, even after removing the drive from the case, And put some very important files and movies on this drive,
Date published: 2024-03-08
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Trekingpan from
Not worth Risk
Product failed after 2 weeks. I could not get it to power on. After a couple of days, I tried again and it powered on. Not worth taking the risk, I sent device back for refund.
Date published: 2023-03-16