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

Me gusta lo cómo del disco y la conexión es rápida con el ordenador

so far no issues, purchased to replace a newly purchased Seagate which failed in 20 days or less,

I had ordered a fancier hard drive that came with different connections (Thunderbolt, etc...), but it was so noisy I couldnt stand it. Im using this a Mac Time Machine backup as my Mac is writing to it frequently. Gotta have a quit one. Although I can hear this ... it sounds like a distant coffer percolator. I have it partitioned into 3 partitions; 5 used for Time Machine, the other two for other purposes. No conflicts or problems there. The only thing I could complain about is that after Ive rebooted my computer system, for some reason, when I try to open or save something on this drive, it takes it a while to do the action. Instead of immediate, it may take 30 seconds to begin, or even a minute or so. May not sound like a lot, but when youre used to immediate it can be annoying. However: - I bought this about the time Mac was switching its file management system, which some have indicated this is optimized for flash drive rather than hard disc. That could be the reason for the slowdown, but I have no way to test it. That being said - once it has saved / opened / used/read that disc or folders on it ... it seems like it then remembers the table of contents ... and words more immediately until restart / unmount / etc. All in all, for the price and the quietness, if I needed another, a replacement, a larger version ... Id buy this again, no question.

AND it works perfectly.

It great it wasnt 18tb

It worked as expected and it is plug and play. I will recommend it.

I purchased the 8TB elements drive in an attempt to consolidate a bunch of data I had on a series of smaller, older drives. Once I had all the data copied over, I intended to buy another and raid it so I had a copy of everything; always have a backup and all that. I guess I did take a small risk not immediately buying two of these drives so I never had any period without a backup, but I just didnt have the money at that point to double down. Heres the full timeline breakdown. Bought drive, it sat for a month before I got around to using it, transferred about 3TB of data to it, let it more-or-less sit for a couple of months (unplugged on my desk) with the occasional removal of a piece of software or movie/music (not used hard, Id estimate less than 3 hours of use after the initial transfer), plugged it in about 3 days ago and moved some pictures to it, plugged it in today and it returns uninitialized without recognizing any of the drive space. Its been less than 5 months since I bought this drive. Attempts to interact with it return with the request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. Ive tried several different cables to see if that was the issue; it was not. Well s***. Ive done some data recovery before, its part of what prompted me to get this drive and start the process of consolidating and backing everything up. But before I go hog-wild stripping the case of, running diagnostics, and trying to recover everything myself I figured Id at least give WD customer support a call to see if they can do it. Im not really looking for an extra project right now and, for me at least, this will be a project (maybe someone more knowledgeable would have no issues). Anyway, called customer support. They were friendly. When I asked about data recovery, they kindly informed me that it would cost $400-700, had to be through one of their contracted data recovery companies, and came with no guarentees. When I asked what I could do to the drive, they kindly told me that almost anything I did would void the warranty and they wouldnt be able to replace the drive. They also, very nicely, told me that any drive I got in return for this one would actually be a refurbished drive and may or may not have cosmetic wear, may or may not have factory packaging, and had no guarantees of having less than any certain amount of drive hours on it. Thats right the warranty replaces your drove with another, already once defective drive! Sorry the drive we sent you broke, well happily send you a different drove that also broke! To summarize: my drive broke after five months of light use and proper treatment and then their customer service told me theyd be happy to send me a second hand drive in exchange for the POS one they sent me in the first place, with no assistance at all with recovering any data. Ill ultimately end up keeping the drive, stripping it out of its case, and seeing if plugging in directly to the drive gets around the hardware error (though I doubt it will). Amy replacement is as good as worthless as I have no faith in it lasting more than a few months; Ill just have to take the loss. You can do what you like with your money, but Ill no longer be giving any of mine to Western Digital. Crooks. UPDATE: I took the drive apart and it interfaced directly with the HDD with a $16 SATA adapter I have; had no problem accessing the drive. The failure was entirely the fault of the Western Digital enclosure.

Every time you click to view data on this storage device, expect a 10 second or more delay. Big deal? Well, after you click for your D: drive about 50 times, youll realize that it is very annoying that this thing has to spin up every time you need to access your files. It becomes painful.

Great product. I have no complaints.

16TB with14tb usable how do they keep getting away with false claims????