Western Digital
50% Failure Rate! – Over a period of about 5 years, I have purchased 4 x 1TB WD Elements external hard drives for backups. I was motivated by the competitive price and… Read more
the availability at OfficeWorks, and the fact that Western Digital was once a respected brand. Two of my WD Elements have failed. My misfortune with WD Elements external HDDs is a 50% failure rate, which equates to about $150 flushed down the S-bend so far, not to mention the lost data. And I am not confident for the remaining two. I have also purchased Seagate and Toshiba USB external HDDs and they haven't failed (yet).
My experience with WD portable USB powered HDDs has been an unhappy one and I will never purchase another one again if a different brand is available.
Every single one of these I've owned has stopped functioning after 2 years. Will never buy another. Avoid these.
WD Elements Desktop 12TB External Hard Drive, good storage! – Not a bad storage device, cheap and quick enough to do the job. Best thing is it does not suck power from your computer, has it's own power supply! … Read more
Have included specs below.
Overview
WD Elements™ desktop storage with USB 3.0 offers reliable, high-capacity, add-on storage, fast data transfer rates and universal connectivity.
Key Features
USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility With this single drive you get compatibility with the latest USB 3.0 devices and backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices as well.
Fast transfer rates When connected to a USB 3.0 port, WD Elements desktop storage delivers fast data transfer rates.
Improve PC performance When your internal hard drive is almost full your PC slows down. Don’t delete files. Free up space on your internal hard drive by transferring files to your WD Elements desktop storage and get your computer moving again.
High capacity in a sleek design WD Elements desktop storage is the ideal solution for easy, add-on storage of all your important photos, music, videos and files.
WD quality inside and out We know your data is important to you. So we build the drive inside to our demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and long-term reliability. Then we protect the drive with a durable enclosure designed for style and protection.
Formatted for Windows® Formatted NTFS and compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7. Can be reformatted for Mac®.
I have had 2 WD external hard drives but never again. After a certain amount of time the company just stops supporting each drive so you have to buy a new one. I'm afraid I wouldn't use WD if it was free.
Failed after 2 years – Difficult to set up using supplied software. Had to have a computer technician set up for me. Unit TOTALLY Failed without warning, after 2 years of use. Files were not retrievable....NOT HAPPY
You'll lose all your data – Hardware broke, got into the drive to find the files are encrypted with no way to easily read the data. Western Digital don't seem to care, they list Recovery Partners on their website that are all based overseas
Rubbish – Had three of these drives. Only used every other week to back up. Each one died after 2 years. Total rubbish.
Avoid at all costs – When the software was supported it constantly disconnected from network. Now WD have removed support for a desktop app so you cant even access your… Read more
data. I've wasted hours trying to get access via smb. Never again, WD is an absolute joke with these products and software.
Junk. Don’t buy – Junk. Software is terrible. Drive is about 6 months old and totally unreliable. Doesn’t back up in any useful manner. Now it has an annoying beep… Read more
which is a very common problem. Yet they are still selling them. I should have known better. I’ve had trouble with WD and Sandisk products before (same company)
AVOID AT ALL COSTS. FAULTY HARD DRIVES AND TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! – Worst hard drives even worse customer service! They refused me a refund on multiple items and then said they’d send a replacement first if I found… Read more
the receipt. I spent hours looking for the receipt and then after I found it they went back on their word. I’ve been a WD and Sandisk user for my whole life and now all of their hard drives are failing. I’ve had 4 fail now. They’re so scummy when it comes to caring. Their customer service has been the worst I’ve ever received.