Hard Drive | 4 TB Portable |
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Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 1 |
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Purchase options and add-ons
Digital Storage Capacity | 4 TB |
Hard Disk Interface | USB 1.1 |
Connectivity Technology | USB |
Brand | WD |
Special Feature | Portable |
Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 Inches |
Hard Disk Description | Portable |
Compatible Devices | Desktop |
Installation Type | External Hard Drive |
Color | Black |
About this item
- High-capacity add-on storage.Specific uses: Personal
- Fast data transfers
- Plug-and-play ready for Windows PCs
- WD quality inside and out
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From the manufacturer
High capacity in a sleek design
The sleek design offers up to 22TB(1A) capacity, making WD Elements HDD desktop storage the ideal solution for easy, add-on storage of your important photos, music, videos, and files.
Improve PC performance
When your internal drive is almost full, your PC slows down. Don’t delete files – free up space on your internal drive by transferring files to your WD Elements HDD desktop storage and get your computer moving again.
Fast transfer rates
When connected to a USB 3.0 port, the WD Elements desktop hard disk drive delivers fast data transfer rates.
Plug-and-play simplicity
The WD Elements Desktop Hard Drive works right out-of-the-box with Windows PCs – just plug into the USB port to instantly add storage.
USB 3.0 and 2.0 compatibility
With this single drive, you get compatibility with the latest USB 3.0 devices and backwards-compatibility with USB 2.0 devices as well.
Formatted for Windows 10+
The WD Elements desktop hard disk drive is formatted NTFS and compatible with Windows 10+ and can be reformatted for Mac.
WD Elements Desktop | WD My Book Desktop | WD My Book Duo Desktop | WD Elements Portable | |
Customer Reviews
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Capacity
| Up to 22TB | Up to 22TB | Up to 44TB | Up to 5TB |
Backup Software
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Great for
| Plug-and-play storage | Backup and restore | RAID backup | Portable storage |
Interface
| SuperSpeed USB 3.0/2.0 | SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen1/3.0 | SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen1/3.0 | SuperSpeed USB 3.0/2.0 |
Compatibility
| Windows; Mac w/Reformat | Windows; Mac w/Reformat | Windows; Mac w/Reformat | Windows; Mac w/Reformat |
Hardware Encryption
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Password Portection
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Will this drive WD Elements Desktop work with my Xbox or PS4? What about my Mac or PC?
Yes, however, it’s best suited for PC or Mac. For the best gaming experience, we recommend the WD_BLACK D50, which is designed for optimal compatibility with Xbox/PS5/PS4.
I'm not computer savvy, is the set-up easy?
Setup is simple! Plug the drive into a USB Type-A 3.0 or 2.0 port using the included USB Type-A cable and open your device’s file manager, such as File Explorer or Finder.
Do you need a battery for the drive to work?
The Elements Desktop drive is powered with the included AC adapter. There is no battery or battery replacement to worry about.
What needs to be done to format this device for mac?
To easily reformat to Mac, plug in the drive, open your Mac’s Disk Utility application, and follow the steps from there. Please note, this will erase any data on the drive.
Legal Disclaimer
(1A) 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.
Product specifications subject to change without notice. Pictures shown may vary from actual products.
Western Digital, the Western Digital logo, WD, the WD logo, WD Elements, and My Book are registered marks or marks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. Windows and Xbox are marks of Microsoft Corporation. Mac is a mark of Apple, Inc. PS4 is a mark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
2022 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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Customer Ratings | ||||||
Storage Capacity | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Portability | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Tech Support | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
Easy to use | 4.7 | 4.7 | — | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Durability | 4.3 | 4.4 | — | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Sold By | Amazon.com | 1discountstore | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Adorama | Amazon.com |
storage capacity | 4 TB | 4 TB | 4000 GB | 6 TB | 4 TB | 2 TB |
hardware interface | usb3.0 | usb | usb3.0 | usb2.0, usb3.0 | usb3.0, usb2.0 | usb3.0 |
compatible devices | PC, Mac | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop | Desktop, Laptop | Laptop,Desktop | Desktop, Laptop |
form factor | Desktop | Portable | Portable | Desktop | 3.5-inch | Portable |
read speed | — | — | 120 megabytes per second | 113.5 megabytes per second | — | 120 megabytes per second |
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Product Description
WD Elements desktop storage with USB 3.0 offers reliable, high-capacity, add-on storage, fast data transfer rates and universal connectivity with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices. The sleek design features up to 10TB capacity plus WD quality and reliability.
Formatted NTFS and compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.
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Technical Details
Brand | WD |
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Series | Elements Desktop |
Item model number | WDBWLG0040HBK-NESN |
Hardware Platform | PC;Mac |
Operating System | PC; Mac |
Item Weight | 4.8 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 5.3 x 1.9 x 6.5 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 5.3 x 1.9 x 6.5 inches |
Color | Black |
Flash Memory Size | 4 |
Hard Drive Interface | USB 1.1 |
Manufacturer | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
ASIN | B00ODEGWN8 |
Country of Origin | Thailand |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | August 30, 2017 |
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4.6 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | #265 in External Hard Drives |
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I bought two of these Elements 4TB desktop drives to make into a RAID 1 array. I didn't want the MyBook drives because I didn't want the automatic encryption as a matter of simplicity and reliability. I needed a couple of more USB ports than I had and didn't want to bottleneck my USB 3 hub, so I bought an Anker USB-C to 4 port USB-A 3.0 adapter, since USB-C's bandwidth can absorb in one port anything these 2 drives can produce. Unboxed everything, plugged it in; fired up Disk Utility, formatted each drive for Mac, went to RAID Assistant, chose the drives I wanted, chose RAID 1 and sat back. Time from start to finish: about 15 minutes total, including plug-in time.
So far this setup has worked flawlessly. These drives are cool and almost silent. Transfer rates are good, better than with the dual-drive enclosures. The price was excellent, far less than buying a dual-drive enclosure. We'll see how everything behaves over time.
I didn't feel the need to use the encrypted WD backup software that's included on some of their other offerings, which is why I bought this one, which was a little less costly. I'm using it with Macrium Reflect to write system images to guard against catastrophic failure & loss of important data/apps.
The drive connects easily and quickly to my computers, and can be used on both USB-2 and USB-3 ports. When connected to the USB-3 port of a PC with over 600GB stored on the system drive, I was pleased that a complete system image backup could be written and verified in under 3 hours. This isn't strictly a function of the drive's raw read/write speed, as there is some overhead in Macrium's backup process. I haven't tested the Elements drive for raw read/write speed -- I just know that it seemed pretty speedy for this application, and I was pleased with its performance!
I'm hoping to get many years of occasional use from this drive, creating periodic system images to guard against the loss of my O/S & data.
Windows and Linux have utilities for measuring file transfer speed, and Mac probably does also. When I checked, I found to my horror that another major brand of 4 TB desktop backup drive that I just bought would start up fast, then slow down to a small fraction of its initial speed. All of my 3 1/2" portable drives and my USB Flash drives did the same! After checking the Internet, I bought this Western Digital 4TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive, WDBWLG0040HBK-NESN.
The Western Digital works well, and I'm happy. It's quiet and reliable. Tested with Linux on 10 MiB file size ("small" files) it does slow down, but not excessively, as it proceeds. The average read and write rates are 146 MB/s and 148 MB/s, with a 16.5 msec access time. It's also fine with large files. Other drives I found tested several times slower with small files. I got similar results testing with Windows. For an economical drive like this, the performance is great, and it gets the job done.
Doesn't have a power switch on it. The device once connected is always connected. Could be a good or bad thing.
Ease of connectivity. Total plus that it works across a broad spectrum of devices.
Too soon to tell how it will stand uo to usage/time, but for the price point it could be worse and it isn't.
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Reviewed in Spain on July 31, 2023
Über die Funktionen kann ich derzeit noch nicht viel sagen, hatte jedoch schon öfter Festplatten von WD Elements und war bislang immer zufrieden.