WD 20TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 external hard drive for plug-and-play storage - WDBWLG0200HBK-NESN

I purchased two of the 8TB versions and plan to use one as a desktop expansion drive, and the other as a backup drive for all my files that just sits in a lockbox. So far I have only used one of the two drives, but my experiences so far have been pretty good overall. The ease of use is exactly like it should be. You just plug it in and its ready to go. Theres no special software to install or bloatware like Ive had on some other drives in the past. I didnt purchase the drive for speed and knew it wouldnt be blazing fast, but I am a little disappointed. I should also preface it with the fact that some of the poor transfer rates I am getting are likely because of my computer. I do have it plugged into a USB 3.0 slot on my Z97 motherboard, but the USB slot uses the ASMedia ASM1074 hub instead of the native Intel controller. Still, I wouldnt expect a huge hit because of that. When I tried to move several TB of movies over, I was getting about 37-40mbps for the whole transfer. It was similar when I moved about 800GB of photos onto the drive. It is not a deal killer for me given how often I do that kind of thing, and I will try to move the USB over to a different port which may help. One other little quirk that I dont love is that the drive makes odd little sounds during when it is idling. Its hard to describe them, but they are very short, intermittent bursts that almost sound like the motor is trying to spin up for a fraction of a second. Its a little blip of sound, then silence for several seconds, then another blip. It doesnt sound like the head, bad bearings, or anything leading to failure. From some brief research it sounds like this may actually be a common occurance on drives >6TB and is nothing to be concerned about. I just find it a bit disruptive. I generally turn the drive off when not in use to get around the issue, which is also kind of a pain because the drive automatically boots with my computer every time. If I dont use the hard drive every time I boot the computer then I have to manually shut it off after the computer boots. The alternative is that I can just unplug it from the computer completely and only plug it in when I want to use it, but thats not a perfect solution either. Really, they are both just band aids to the root issue, which is that the drive makes distracting sounds when not in use. Worse things could happen and its a first world problem--certainly not bad enough to make me return the drives. Overall I am happy with these hard drives. Given the price, I dont think they can be beat for casual use.

These are good devices, just a litte short on setup, or tech support. But these days everything is short on tech support.

I use this drive for storing my dvd movie collection that I have saved as MP4 files so that I can play them easily on my smart television. I have two of these now, each acting as the backup to the other.

Loads of storage, decent speed, not very loud, and fairly unobtrusive at a pretty good price point.

It works like it should. Just want to point out that its not ready to go out of the box for many use cases. If you want to use it as a windows installer or something the FAT32 format makes sense, but as a single partition storage device youll need to format as NTFS and delete the smaller 2 tb partition to Allocate as a single, 16tb partition.

If you look really hard, youll see an answered question that says Nope, it doesnt need batteries! It has an adaptor! which isnt the same as including it in the spec. The SPEC doesnt mention Hey, you need AC power, which is a huge drag. As portable as a toaster. You can do it, sure, but what a PITA. The adapter, fortunately, is a strip-hog and takes up two plugs or more. Making a pig-tail plug would add eleven cents to the cost and... no way. They cant be bothered with that. Nope, you have to find room on your strip, etc. for this strip-hog. For a hard drive. Good news: it works. Cheap and deep. Bad news: welcome back to 2008, or thereabouts.

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This drive is an excellent portable drive it works perfectly is very fast and is made high quality

If youre in the market for a new hard drive, look no further! This one is a real speed demon, recording like lightning and leaving all your data storage needs in the dust. Plus, its as quiet as a mouse, so you wont even know its there (unless youre trying to find it in a pile of cords, in which case good luck). Installation is a breeze, even for tech novices. The only downside is that were not sure how durable it is yet, but so far its been running like a champ. So, just like a racehorse, this hard drive is fast, reliable and easy to handle. All you have to do is give it a good name and hope for the best.

I prefer Western Digital hard drives over any other brands because of their reliability. Ive had many WD hard drives over the past decades and needed a new one to replace a drive that was getting full. I decided on this drive as it was 2TB larger than the one it replaced. The copy process from one drive to the next was easy. To copy 3.81TB to the new drive took about six hours (not sure if that is good or bad). After using this drive for a week I have noticed the drive can be heard making noises. These noises dont appear to be problem noises (time will tell), but even when the drive is not in use.....it can be heard spinning away. Recommended? Unsure!