Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black
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About this product
The WD Elements desktop hard drive gives you a generous 8TB of storage capacity - ideal for keeping your entire digital library organised in one reliable place. This desktop drive connects via USB 3.0 for fast data transfers, and it's also backwards compatible with USB 2.0 devices, so you can use it with practically any computer. Built with WD's trusted quality, it's a straightforward solution whether you're archiving years of family photos, backing up important work files, or storing your growing music and video collection.
The sleek black design keeps things simple and professional-looking, fitting neatly on your desk or shelf without dominating the space. It comes with a 2-year manufacturer's guarantee, giving you extra reassurance that your precious files are in safe hands. Setup is straightforward - just plug it in and you're ready to start moving files across, with no complicated software installations or lengthy configuration processes to worry about.
- Storage space 8TB.
- USB 2.0.
- USB 3.0.
- Weight 0.86kg.
- Size H16.58, W4.8, L13.5cm.
- Manufacturer's 2 year guarantee.
- EAN: 718037863665.
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Customers Say
Reliable, capacious 8TB WD external HDD with easy setup, good value, and decent speed for backups and storage. Requires external power, not as fast as SSD, but highly trusted for data archiving.
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capacitous storage at a good price
Not stretched to full potential but the few videos I have copied have done so quickly and without errors. NTFS formatted and works with both Windows and Linux. Capacitous storage for a good price. Be aware this requires its own power supply (adapter included). As with any HDD, it is important to keep a separate backup in case of failure, but reviews state this is one of the most reliable on the market. I would recommend.
DarthMinesh, 35 - 44
8 tb
You can't argue with Weston digital for reliability!
Biggy styles, 45 - 54
Great storage solution
I bought this as I needed more storage. It was ready to be delivered next day, very convenient. It works well, it isnt as fast as s an SSD but it still works to store data. Awesome for backing up important files. Easy to use, set up and connect to PC via USB.
Jack744, 35 - 44
Excellent external hard drive
Excellent purchase, easy to set up , nice size. trusted company , great quality.
Jay, 65 or over, cambs uk
Expensive but worth it
Bought for storing photographs
NicT, 65 or over, Edinburgh
Great size and ease of use
Really impressed with the amount of data that this drive can hold - and although I didn't use USB3 to load it it was fast enough. My only quibble is that I now need more space - I should have purchased a bigger drive!
bob27, 65 or over, Twickenham
8tb hdd
Exactly what I expected. Does the job. I need it for saving data as a bank data. Not for regular use. I have already one in use everyday working for 6 years now. Worth the money
Dan, 55 - 64, Dungannon
Good size and fairly quiet. Not lazing speeds
I bought this as an external drive on which to store my backups. Being used as one of the 1-2-1 backup regime. Good looking but a little bigger than my previous drive. For the storage size it's a good price. I was concerned at first before it arrived, that I hadn't noticed of it had a power switch - it does. Although it's connected to the pc all the time, I only want it on when doing a backup. Security first. Although you can hear the drive running, it's not intrusive, so I'm happy with that. Being a spinning rust drive, it's not the quickest. Clearly a 5k spin speed. Although the backups can take a while, it's not disastrous. Good drive. Is a 7200 spin speed drive, it would have received 5 stars
Mrc, 65 or over, Farnborough
It's exactly what I wanted
It's exactly what I wanted. Perfect
Madmackem1969, 55 - 64, Sunderland
great digital store
Great for storing my music files.
dave, 65 or over, barry
Hello Brian,
The Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black will need to be formatted and have its own power source to be used with an Xbox One.
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Hello thickie,
I can advise the following for the Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black:
This is 8 (Eight) TB of storage, may be less once formatted but the drive inside is a 8TB drive.
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Hello LucyJ,
The supplier has advised the following for the Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black:
"The customer would need an adapter from USB-A to USB-C and would need to reformat the drive to exFAT in order to see the photos on the drive."
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Hello Patrick,
The Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black is compatible with Windows 10+
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Hello MRC,
The supplier has advised the following for the Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black:
"The unit is not designed to be opened to replace the drive. The warranty will be void if the HDD is replaced."
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Hello wayne,
The supplier has advised the following for the Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black:
“ The capacity is 8TB, but you need to allow for cache so the total usable is approx. 7.2TB and on some computers you will see 8TB on some they will show the usable space which is 7.2TB. ”
This is also depending on format of the drive as well.
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Hi Michelle
Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black:
The Hard Drive is compatible with the macOS, however reformatting my be required.
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Hi Andy,
You can store games on this but won't be able to play current generation games from the drive itself. You would need to move them back on to the PS5 internal drive.
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Hello ChrisM,
I can advise the following on the Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black:
This external hard drive is not supplied with any software.
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Hello Error,
I can advise the following for the Western Digital Elements 8TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black:
Yes, this does work in this way. It is a 7200RPM disk.
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