WD Elements SE 4TB Portable External HDD - Black

This is great storage device, well protected and easy to import data from cloud account too. And, I purchased on big discout. This is great storage device, well protected and easy to import data from cloud account too. And, I purchased on big discout.

Best Buy along with the Unitek USB hub! Best Buy along with the Unitek USB hub!

more reliable with wdq more reliable with wdq

Very fast and so far reliable little drive for a good price. Very fast and so far reliable little drive for a good price.

A few years back I bought three of this model's predecessor, the HGST Touro Mobile 1TB, which is a Western Digital brand (although made by Hitachi it seems), and they are still going very well. I needed a fourth external USB 1TB drive, so I bought one of these WD Elements SE's. It soon died and had to be sent back. It was quickly replaced by PB Tech (thank you, guys), and although its replacement does work, its transfer-rate is only about half that of the older HGST drives so backups take twice as long. The HGST's run at about 21MB/sec; the WD Elements starts at about 15MB/sec and steadily slows to about 9MB/sec. The backup software is the...view more A few years back I bought three of this model's predecessor, the HGST Touro Mobile 1TB, which is a Western Digital brand (although made by Hitachi it seems), and they are still going very well. I needed a fourth external USB 1TB drive, so I bought one of these WD Elements SE's. It soon died and had to be sent back. It was quickly replaced by PB Tech (thank you, guys), and although its replacement does work, its transfer-rate is only about half that of the older HGST drives so backups take twice as long. The HGST's run at about 21MB/sec; the WD Elements starts at about 15MB/sec and steadily slows to about 9MB/sec. The backup software is the same, the USB port being used is the same, but the transfer rate is slower and gets even slower as the backup proceeds. That is weird--and no amount of defragging of the source or reformatting of the destination has any effect. Therefore this drive cannot be recommended. I chose WD in its HGST guise because the staffer at PB Tech said WD is more reliable than Seagate, but I am inclined to choose Seagate next time. I would be keen to test a Seagate if it did not mean shelling out $$$s...

Easy to format and boost my PlayStation capacity Easy to format and boost my PlayStation capacity

This was an extremely easy HD to set up and use This was an extremely easy HD to set up and use

Great hard drive. However serial number too small to read. Great hard drive. However serial number too small to read.

All good in the hood. Cheers All good in the hood. Cheers

I've bought another of these as an additional backup as they are compact, have great capacity and are very reasonably priced. Thank you to the Palmerston North team for friendly and efficient service. I've bought another of these as an additional backup as they are compact, have great capacity and are very reasonably priced. Thank you to the Palmerston North team for friendly and efficient service.

Works great, reasonably quick and very quiet. Works great, reasonably quick and very quiet.

Does what it says on the package. Great amount of storage on a nice small usb-powere device. Good value for sure. Does what it says on the package. Great amount of storage on a nice small usb-powere device. Good value for sure.