WD 16TB Elements External Hard Drive, Desktop HDD storage, USB 3.0 compatible, Fast Transfer rates, Easy add on storage for all your pictures, videos, music and documents, Black

I bought 2x 14TB HDD for £190 on Amazon Prime Day sale as a upgrade to my home server (and backup server) storage. Each machine was running a 8TB Toshiba, 4TB WD and 4TB Seagate. Intention is to eventually replace one of the 4TBs from each machine. But for now, they are running plugged into the USB ports. The drives arrived safely boxed and plugging in and switching on was very easy, with no drivers required. I reformatted them and copied the data from one the 4TB drives over. This was particularly painful and took about 2 days over the USB interface, achieving around 36MByte/s when I was checking which wasn't really USB 3.0 speed but more USB 2 speed. Though this could be down to my ageing servers rather than the drives. The drives themselves ran with relatively little noise, I'd say there were quieter in the enclosure than my Toshiba 8TB drives were inside my PC cases! The drives themselves did get quite warm, but not hot, certainly less warm than the Toshibas (though those did run hot) Once these bed in for a few more days and I've copied my data across, I will test my next plan and update the review accordingly... Update 20 Oct 2020: Having opened up the case, the drives are 14TB WD140EMFZ drives. I've "shucked" the drives out and attached them directly to the SATA connectors on my PCs. This has then yielded the full potential of the performance of these drives. I've sequential read of around 190MByte/s transfer speeds now which is pretty damn good considering it's in a 5 year old PC. Perfectly adequate for a PC storage drive or NAS drive. Random Read/Write is pretty bad, but in this age, spinning disks really are not the solution for such operations and I suggest you get yourself a cheap SSD for that sort of usage. Update 17 Nov 2020: These drives have been running flawlessly for a month now. My backup server had a PSU failure and upon replacing PSU, the drive (and others) carried on working falwlessly. To answer a comment. These drives when shucked out are exactly the same as form factor and data and power connectivity as any standard SATA internal 3.5" drive. screw holes etc are all in standard places. Update 23 Apr 2021: These drives have now been running for 6 months. I've upgrade my backup server and now both machines are running 24/7. Both 14TB drives still seem fine with currently no indications of any issues. Hopefully, touch wood this will keep going this way for a long time...

I have a particular ned for this external drive, it connects nicely to my Small NUC computer in the left. Attached to that is also a DAS. I ordered the 18TB version of the drive, seems decent value for that amount of storage. As this one is not being shucked it will enjoy the two years warranty, that has always been a pleasure to deal with Western Digital. As part of the Preventative Wear Levelling feature this drive makes noises when idle. When I was testing it, sat on my desk, the noise increased due to it being on the wooden desk. Placing a foam mat underneath the drive actually helped, a lot. The clicking and whirring is either annoying or, as I now have it in the loft, a non-issue. It is not overly loud, when cushioned, but it is there. Windows 11 saw the drive right away, I formatted it to NTFS and had just over 16TB free to use. The drive case is well made and connects by USB A type port at ver 3.0 std. I would consider it portable, albeit it needs an external PSU. I typically get speeds of around 180MB/s when pushed over my 2.5GB LAN, that nis for a large file. As the drive is holding media the files sizes are typically large. The NUC N100 acts as a media sharing PC for TV's and others to access around the house. Overall, I am impressed with the drives speed, streaming media from it is not an issue. I accept that these drives are always going to be sold on their raw unformatted capacity, meaning I will never get to use the 18TB noted at sale. Hence having just over 16TB when formatted with NTFS and that has always seemed to apply, no matter how much it annoys me. A good brand and well made. If it is next to you, just consider that it will make some noise every five seconds or so, small, but noticeable. That is normal. As mentioned, I have not shucked this one, happy enough to leave it as it is and enjoy the warranty. Recommended.

Slick looking case. I’m using it to store movies and TV for my Jellyfin server running Linux. I formatted the drive with Btrfs. It works perfectly. Automatically mounts when I boot the server up. No issues with read/write speeds for media storage. It is a bit loud, so I wouldn’t recommend keeping it in your bedroom, but if you have a dedicated room for your tech stuff, the noise won’t be a problem - it’s not loud enough you’ll hear it from the next room. It is expensive (I paid around £270) but that’s just the market for HDDs at the moment unfortunately. Blame the data centres.

The 18TB drive is absolutely fantastically priced for its size! The drive is a little noisey as it awakens from its slumber, it’s also a relatively slow drive and doesn’t try to hide that. However it’s space and value far exceed the perceived downsides of the speed and noise of the drive as you won’t be using this daily of you are using it in its USB form factor. However when you crack it open, that’s when this drive really comes alive. Inside the slow plastic USB shell lies a 7200rpm WDC WD180EDGZ which when connected directly to an array or PC is silent and really rather impressive performance. If used as a USB drive Its sheer size alone will allow you and the entire family to back up all of your important data such as photos, videos documents safely in one east to access place. If you are cracking this open and putting inside a sinology, raid array or simply a PC the 7200rpm WDC WD180EDGZ really does hold its own against smaller drives, theoretically faster drives. Overall this is a reliable, great value drive that is designed for backup and storage (not for high speed gaming or searching) and If you understand that going in you won’t be disappointed! These are also the same drives that the extremely handsome “Richard” form Digital Foundry purchased and recommended during the Black Friday sales (2021) and we all know that recommendations don’t come much higher or more prestigious than that. A fantastic purchase!

It was less than 2 years ago that I purchased an 8Tb Seagate Backup hub Plus external drive - what I thought then was a "big" drive, but found I had filled that up all too soon. I use this drive to backup my NAS, which stores all my media, so as this slowly grew in size, I needed to get myself a higher capacity drive. Enter the Western Digital 14Tb Elements drive, which at £249 at the time of writing, represents pretty decent value considering I paid £179 for the aforementioned 8Tb Seagate model a couple of years back. Strangely, if I want to buy the equivalent drive as a bare unit i.e not housed in an external enclosure with all the additional electronics that entails, it would actually cost me over £300! Why a less expensive to produce version should cost more than one in an enclosure is beyond me. The WD unit is rather like a heavy book, in that one edge is curved, rather reminding me of the spine of a hard back. On this surface you will find the single power/activity LED, which is quite small. The drive has small rubber feet such that it stands in a vertical orientation - like a book in a book case. This is perhaps the best orientation for air flow given the vented top and rear edges. I personally don't really like drives standing up like this, it's too vulnerable to being knocked if its stood on a busy desk. Lying flat is OK, but I think my unit ran a little hotter like that. I don't know why WD do not provide an optional to fit stand with wider feet to provide better stability. Such a simple plastic stand would cost next to nothing to produce and would give customers the option to have a more secure base. That minor gripe aside, the drive itself is impressive in its performance. Unlike the Seagate which was an SMR type drive and thus termed an "archive" drive that suffered from slow write performance at just 38.7 Mb/sec sequential writes according to my Crystal Disk Mark test, the WD Elements 14Tb drive tested at an impressive 214Mb/sec read and write sequential transfer rate. For reference, the Seagate tested at around 118Mb/sec sequential read as I recall. As with these large capacity drives, the head seek action is quite heavy, far heavier than my internal 2Tb drives and will feel like the drive is suffering from a fit of the shakes when initializing after a power on. Not an issue, but worthy of note to those who may think they have received a faulty unit. The previously mentioned 8Tb Seagate had a heavy seek action too, but not as heavy as this monster from WD, I can only imagine it may have to do with the high platter count such high capacity hard drives have. These external drives actually appear to run warmer than internal drives, so it's advisable to situate the drive somewhere where it is not penned in by other items. The drive performed flawlessly when I backed up my entire NAS to it over my horribly slow USB 2 connection on the NAS (only one I have) and took some 81.5 hours to complete the transfer of some 7.3Tb of data. So, it is certainly able to operate continuously for that length of time without issue. Of course, had I backed up via a USB 3 connection, then the transfer would've been far faster. I suggest that purchasers of this drive, as with all Western Digital drives, register them on the WD website in order to ensure the full warranty cover. The drive comes complete with the required power and USB cables of generous lengths. The drive has no power switch as such, so once connected to power and an active USB port, will power up. This drive seems to be smart enough to power down/enter standby if the connected computer is shut down or goes to sleep. Connected to a Windows 10 PC, the drive reports 12.7Tb available. Of course, 12.7Tb is what I call "proper" Terra bytes despite hard drive manufacturers deeming a Tb to be an even 1,000Gb where as I, being old school, see a Tb as 1,024Gb hence the 12.7Tb shown in Windows. That's fine, not a WD thing as all manufacturers go with this system of measurement. The drive's default volume label is "Elements", but of course you can change this if you so wish. Nothing required to do if using with a Windows based computer, so you can immediately start copying files to it once connected as the drive is pre formatted using NTFS. Mac users will either need to reformat or use a utility to permit use of NTFS file systems. No backup software is supplied with this drive, unlike the My Book series from WD. however, this is a bonus as I generally prefer not to use the software provided by the manufacturer for this purpose anyway. A quick note to those less computer savvy; There are numerous free backup programs for Windows you can use if you need backup software. This Western Digital 14Tb Elements is an impressive drive at an impressive price.

I'm one of those people who keeps close track of family foto's and homevideo's, quite meticulously for the past few decades. It's very valuable to all of the family and enjoyable to watch it back the photo's in particular. It costs me at least 30 minutes per week to sort, maintain and store. As such I've collected 10.000's of photo's and over 2 TB in homevideo's. Ah, and then there is a converted children's iPad movie library as well. And of course our digital admin.. We have a reliable Apple network drive and several LaCie hard discs to feed our systems and home network. Yet aside from local network back-ups. I want at least one disconnected drive stored at an other location that the primary home with a reasonable back up. I've given thought to a cloud solution but not sure given, cyber risk, the monthly cost of the close to 8 TB I need to back up. I'm not sure I want to stick to 1 single cloud provider over time.. so a physical back up remains the default option in my mind. My previous network back up drive set started to fail me. Also it had some drawback; it was a heavy set of back up drives - a bit unwieldy to lock away in a cupboard. It was slow - it took we over a couple of evenings to perform my quarterly / half-yearly back ups. And stupidly I lost the password. Over the past few years the cost of hard drives with large capacity has continued to decline. So I figured rather than going through to the pain of sorting the issues with the existing drive, I better get an even bigger capacity drive currently at a good price. The pro's of this WD 10TB desk top drive are that is is light, easy to pack for travel. Its very fast with its USB 3.0 cable, that comes provided ( it just took me a couple of hours to fill it, updating is will be a matter of minutes I guess). The capacity stands out, certainly given the price I paid for it. The drawbacks are the plasticy-appearance. My former drive set had a luxurious, sturdy aluminium cover. This WD drive doesn't look nice next to our distinguished mat-chrome and wheel Apple equipment - not that I care since it will locked away in a safe box most of the time. It comes with a power adapter and cable set - I have a huge preference for drives that operate just through a USB power feed. But alas, most large capacity drives seem to a require separate power feed. Either way, quite pleased so far. After some swift Apple disc conversion it was ready to work straight out of the box.

See bottom of review for updates.. (5 years and counting) So i have bought the 10TB model 9.3TB ish is what you actually get as windows calculates this differently than you would expect.. I bought this unit to be powered on and connected 24/7 so i have also purchased the 3 years insurance which was about £7 extra Worth it in my opinion. (Never had to use) So this item is being used as storage for my Plex media Centre.. The item seems to be really good for my needs plenty of space and doesn't seem to heat up too much atall. Currently the unit has been running for the last week continuously. The unit its self is warm To touch as you expect but nothing that seems Too hot or that there is any problem. Its a low heat that is to be expected. The transformer (Power adaptor) is also warm to the touch but only slightly and again not hot and nothing out of the ordinary for an item that has been on 24/7 for the last week (at the time of this review) I managed to get a transfer rate of around 75mb plus transfer rate over usb 3.0 with this item Overall I'm happy and i will update this in time with reliability of the item ++UPDATE (24th jan 2021) this hdd has now been running 24/7 since day of purchase and as of this update that is just over 3 months solid this unit has been powered on and in use with no problems++ Further update it is now 13/04/23 at the point of this update and this hdd has been powered on 24/7 since the day i bought the unit which was oct 2020 so almost 2.5 years with absolutely no problems atall and not being switched off.. Still stable still working as intended and i.ln daily use.. Another update November 2023 the unit is still performing as good as the day i bought it just over 3 years powered on continuously 24/7 serving my media centre which is never switched off.. Update… its now June 2025 and guess what the drive is still going strong still in daily use 24/7 connected to my plex server serving me well with no problems.. Its now Feb 2026 and the hdd has been serving me non stop since October 2000 I want to add that i have the usb power saving feature turned off in windows for this drive so this drive is continually spinning and always powered on my plex server. Currently clocked 42758 continuous hrs at the point of this update (may 2026) according to hdd software “crystal disk” with 0 recorded errors I will add more updates as time goes by lets see just how long this bad boy lasts

WD 8TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 Excellently priced for 8TB of storage. Curry’s had it at £10 more and wanted to charge delivery. Delivered next day free of charge from Amazon which was good. As this is a Western Digital drive the manufacturer has a 3-year warranty. I own lots of WD drives (I even have a 2TB home cloud for years now) and I have NEVER had a single failure. I am using the drive as external storage and I am already up to over 7TB. As it’s USB 3.0, it is very fast at both read and write. The supplied USB 3.0 cable is about 1m which is quite good. Allows me to sit the drive on my desk with the computer under the desk. A few negatives but only tiny things: It stands upright and doesn’t take much to tip it over, twice I have knocked my knee on the desk and the drive has fallen over whilst it was in use. It could do with some sort of stand for the base to prevent this. I would not call it a portable drive, it requires a power adapter (supplied with it), and its not one of those 2.5inch drives, it is quite chunky. Regarding the button on the rear, its not clear what it is ‘supposed’ to do. While the drive is running, holding the button for 5 seconds will shut the drive down. If the drive is in standby (not shut down) it will wake it up. If a short press when it is running, it will go to standby and then sometimes immediately wake again! When in standby, it can take a while to run up to speed, specially annoying when booting my computer in the morning as the computers BIOS detects the drive but then has to wait for it to spin up and ‘come online’ before my computer continues to boot. Although this may only be a matter of 10 or 15 seconds, it doubles my computer boot time which is normally only 10 seconds! If I remember to shut the drive down at night, then this is not a problem, but who does that! It churns away on its own, it has a constant ‘duh-du’ sound about every 5 seconds with the odd ‘duh-du-du’. As it’s sat on my desk it just sounds like someone drumming their fingers on the desk. It’s very quiet but noticeable, I’m constantly wondering what it’s doing! Overall, excellent value for money, well respected manufacturer, excellent speed and capacity.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfekte Speicherlösung für Backups und Datensammlungen! Ich habe mir die WD Elements mit 10 TB Speicherplatz als zentrale Backup-Festplatte und für meine Mediensammlung zugelegt und bin absolut begeistert! Vorteile im Überblick: Riesiger Speicherplatz: 10 TB bieten extrem viel Platz für Backups, hochauflösende Fotos, 4K-Videos und große Datensätze. Einfaches Plug & Play: Auspacken, Netzteil und USB-Kabel anschließen – wird sofort problemlos vom System erkannt. Leistung & Geschwindigkeit: Für eine klassische HDD liefert sie sehr zügige Übertragungsraten über USB 3.0. Auch große Datenmengen lassen sich zügig verschieben. Design & Verarbeitung: Das schlichte, schwarze Gehäuse sieht unauffällig und edel aus. Dank des schlanken Formfaktors nimmt sie auf dem Schreibtisch kaum Platz weg. Betriebsgeräusch: Im normalen Betrieb arbeitet sie erfreulich ruhig und wird nicht zu warm. !!! Hier möchte ich noch mal auf die negativen Bewertungen bezüglich der Lautstärke eingehen, die mich vor dem Kauf etwas verunsichert haben. Die Festplatte arbeitet hervorragend und ist definitiv nicht laut. Das möchte ich hier schon mal ganz klar sagen. Eventuell hatten die Leute, die sich darüber beschwert haben ein defektes Produkt oder falsche Vorstellungen eins von beiden wird’s gewesen sein. Es handelt sich hier nun mal um eine externe 3,5 Zoll Festplatte und nicht um einen USB Stick. Die Festplatte macht definitiv sehr leise Geräusche aber das ist völlig normal, sie steht bei mir auf dem Schreibtisch, circa 1 m neben meinem Kopf und ich höre nicht wirklich was und im Gegensatz zu meiner zehn Jahre alten 3,5 Zoll. Festplatte ist das gar nichts!!! Fazit: Wer viel zuverlässigen Speicherplatz zum fairen Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis sucht, macht mit der WD Elements 10 TB absolut nichts falsch. Von mir gibt es eine klare Kaufempfehlung und wohlverdiente 5 Sterne!

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Ich bin absolut begeistert vom WD Elements Desktop-Speicher mit 4 TB! Dieses Gerät hat sich als unverzichtbares Werkzeug für meine täglichen Anforderungen erwiesen und übertrifft alle Erwartungen in Bezug auf Leistung und Zuverlässigkeit. Großzügiger Speicherplatz Mit satten 4 TB Kapazität bietet dieser Desktop-Speicher mehr als genug Platz für all meine Dateien, von wichtigen Dokumenten bis hin zu umfangreichen Medienbibliotheken. Die großzügige Speicherkapazität stellt sicher, dass ich mir keine Gedanken über schnellen Speicherplatzmangel machen muss. Schnelle Datenübertragung Die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeiten sind bemerkenswert schnell, was das Sichern und Abrufen von Daten zum Kinderspiel macht. Das Plug-and-Play-Design sorgt dafür, dass die Installation und Nutzung extrem unkompliziert sind – einfach anschließen und loslegen! Robustes Design Das WD Elements Modell besticht nicht nur durch seine Funktionalität, sondern auch durch sein robustes und elegantes Design. Das Gerät ist kompakt und passt problemlos auf jeden Schreibtisch, ohne dabei viel Platz einzunehmen. Zuverlässigkeit und Haltbarkeit Das WD Elements Laufwerk bietet eine beeindruckende Zuverlässigkeit, die für den dauerhaften Einsatz ausgelegt ist. Es läuft leise und stabil, ohne dass ich mir Sorgen um Datenverlust machen muss. Insgesamt kann ich den WD Elements Desktop-Speicher 4 TB nur wärmstens empfehlen. Er ist die ideale Wahl für alle, die auf der Suche nach einem leistungsstarken und zuverlässigen Speichergerät sind.

Simple to hook up. Reliable as heck. I have many of this brand and this line (Elements), and have only ever had 2 fail (500Gb size) in the last 20 years or so. 1 failed due to a power outage while transferring files to it. The other was DOA. It's an amazing record for that long of a period. These are my go to hard drives of choice. I use them with my PC, laptops, and my Dish Hopper.