What does this mean?Highlights
Quality
The product was easy to use and well made
It feels sturdy and wellbuilt and it has a reliable track record
All hard drives are fragile and any gshock eventdrops knocks or slaps can cause immediate drive failure
Hdd failed with reallocated sector count warning after 15 months from purchase
Price
Black friday sale item at a great price
Great price for the size and easy to ue
5tb for less than what some 1 or 2 tb external drives go for
But couldnt pass it up for the price
Shipping
Came back several days later and you still had the deal so got as many as i could
Transferred all my photos documents etc and was amazingly fast
Very poorfrom the delays in info from best buy on shipping to the way it was actually shipped bouncing around inside a shipper ... Read More
I ordered it june 24nd and yesterday on july 21st it stopped being able to be read
Packaging/appearance
Although ill mostly be using it at home the small size makes it easy to pack in a laptop bag
It does not come with a clothlike carrying case as some have in the past
Competitiveness
I would recommend this hard drive over a big name brand like samsung
Ive always been a big fan of western digital both as a investor and purchase of its portable drives
I tried using other usb cables that i have for other external enclosure and still the same thing
This is nor one of the better ones
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
easy, fast, good, best and size. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- A high percentage of reviewers are Best Buy Elite Members meaning they spend over $1500 on electronics per year
- A high percentage of reviewers are from Verified Purchasers meaning they are verified to have purchased the product on bestbuy.com
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 11,482 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 30 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Bestbuy
Be aware that as with most all advertised drives the claimed capacity is in trillions of bytes not true terabytes 1 tb 1073741824 bytes
Posted by a reviewer on Bestbuy
So its advertised as 5 tb but technically its about 4
Posted by a reviewer on Bestbuy
Ive lost all of my info before so maybe im a little overboard
Posted by a reviewer on Bestbuy
I plug it in and i am immediately prompted to do the time machine backup which is great
Posted by a reviewer on Bestbuy
In addition i downloaded my phone seperate from clound
Posted by a reviewer on Bestbuy
I purchased this about a year ago
Posted by a reviewer on Bestbuy
I have never dropped it so be careful not use it as a practice soccer ball
