WD Elements 20TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

WD Elements Desktop

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Easy, add-on storageReliable, high-capacity storage for ultrafast data transfers.High capacity in a sleek designThe sleek design offers up to 20TB capacity, making WD Elements HDD desktop storage the ideal solution for easy, add-on storage of all your important photos, music, videos, and files.Improve PC performanceWhen your internal hard drive is almost full, your PC slows down. Don't delete files - free up space on your internal hard drive by transferring files to your WD Elements HDD desktop storage and get your computer moving again.Fast transfer ratesWhen connected to a USB 3.0 port, the WD Elements desktop hard disk drive delivers fast data transfer rates.Plug-and-Play simplicityThe 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 USB 2.0 compatibilityWith this single drive, you get compatibility with the latest USB 3.0 devices and backwards-compatibility with USB 2.0 devices as well.WD quality inside and outWe know your data is important to you, so we build the drive inside to our demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and long-term reliability. Then, we help protect with a durable enclosure designed for style and protection.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.

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Good capacity, but slow transfer.  Don't know why there aren't more high cap drives with faster connections.  Also, kinda noisy.  Lastly, I didn't realize the Elements series can't be configured with one of the WD apps to sleep sooner, so mine is fidgeting all the time, adding to the noise issue.

Hi capacity, slow USB, noisy

Great product for a great price. Would buy again!!

Unit died just after one year. Drive fails to recognize any devices.

Waste of money

It just works and I'm not a computer expert. No problems so far.

Storage

Roomy, easy to use. Cautionary note, Microsoft counts storage differently, there is a little over 18TB of usable space after their overhead. If you really need 20TB, buy a larger model.

Great dealing buying direct from WD

I've had older cheaper brand harddrives outlive this thing. The amount of money you spend, that warranties should be longer. You figure to pay a little more to the Western Digital Brand backing, but NOPE, not doing Western Digital again.

Little Use Hard Drive Died.  Quality Issue

I am a long time user of WD's products. I still have a WD10000H1CS-00 s/n: WCASJ0976023 that after many years still works just fine. I have NAS in which I am running WD NASware drives. I also have a WD 2TB My Passport Slim s/n: WX81A74AFV18 portable drive that works just fine still.

So I bought this Elements 6TB. Shipping was super fast. But this is where good things are ending.
 
I did plug the Elements into one of my laptop's USB3 ports and worked fine for five minutes or so. Didn't copy anything to it. At first I thought it must have gone into sleep mode. The little light was off. Tried to access it in Explorer (Windows 10 Pro) but wasn't showing anymore. Disconnected it, waiting a minute or so, reconnected it and... nothing. Plugged it into another USB3 port then into another laptop, but still nothing. I can hear the drive inside spinning, but that is all. I guess, for some reason the little controller inside went bad. 
I am really unhappy with this. 
Since I am on some Caribbean island (using a shipping forwarder that work one way only), I can't return it and I think warranty won't help me either.

I am really unhappy with this.

Everything seems to be working with such a large data storage. Its a little noisy when transferring, which is a bit disconcerting, but I suppose the disc has to move to read and write. Hoping for a good long life

20tb WD Drive

Bought two 14TB drives as part of a buy two deal. First one refused/failed to load drivers onto a Windows 7 Pro system, it was successfully mounted on a Win 10 laptop. Reformatted. Don't know whether it'll work now on the intended Win 7 Pro PC. Will check shortly. The second drive had no problem in mounting on the Win 7 Pro as a NTFS volume and is in use.

I have no time to spend with tech support, so if it (first drive) doesn't work after reformatting (NTFS), I'll look to return it as defective.

Mixed bag

HDD storage was able to accommodate all of my needs with no issues.

WD Elements Desktop HDD Storage

Works as expected. Great deal and shipped well by Adorama!

Great drive and shipped safely.

largest drive I have purchased so far, working fine. Though it could have been cheaper, within a week after purchase 22Tb drives became available.

the ladies were right: bigger really is better

These are great Harddrives we always try and get WD

Always go with Western Digital

Absolutely zero guidance on how to format to use on a Mac. No help in the box. No help on the Hard Drive. No help online. Should't be this difficult to use a "plug and Play" hard drive!

Don't believe plug and play

Works well as a backup drive. Runs at 57 degrees, about 10 degrees warmer than my other backup drives.

Good backup drive.

I got two that I mirrored, and they work great.  Slightly loud when they spin up but a steal for the price.

Work well, nice price

It has met all of my requirements exceedingly well.

14TB Elements.

Awesome device working great and got it for a good price.

20TB WD Hard drive

Shipped fast and set it up in no time. It works great and got it for so much less than I was expecting.

Great product

I use it for video editing back up. It works perfect I didn' have any problem si far.

8TB ELEMENT

Easy to connect, Always reliable. My computer runs 24/7/365. Haven't had a single failure. Been using Western Digital products for least 15 years.

2nd Hard Drive purchased this month.

Great quality and capacity.  Excellent price point.  What more can I say?

Totally satisfied!

Horrible customer service. Couldn't cancel an order before it shipped (shipped 2 days after the request to cancel). Forcing me to return the item to UPS. Then took 2 weeks between shipping it back and getting the refund. 

Don't order direct.

Review of WD, Not the Product

The smallest tap to the USB causes the drive to disconnect without ejecting. This is bad for the health of the drive and will eventually render the drive inaccessible. I do not believe the problem is with the cheap cord that comes with it. From researching online, it's poor soldering to the usb port on the back of the drive.

Disconnection Issues

Never received product - I called almost every week after waiting for 2 weeks... they kept telling be the product was in preparation for shipment, finally over a month of waiting and they finally say they have a case opened with UPS and the package was lost... no product and now I have to wait for a refund.

Not happy

Bought 2, one is much slower than the other. Not thrilled!

Bought 2, one is much slower than the other. Not t

Great easy, to set up drive with good reliability.

Hi speed usb drive

It runs so much slower than the WD Book. Transferring photos is truly painful.

Lackluster

When the disks are rotating sometimes they make a strange noise.

Noisy little bugger

I have a 4T that i been using for 8 years from WD that been very good and easy to use, so decided to upgrade and buy the 18T for archiving purpose. Now i'm in my second device of hat are failing with no reason! I could put a Zero star if i could! Unreliable product that i strongly advise to avoid! As may cause loss of data and loss of money

Used WD Elements 20TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

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WD Elements 20TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive