Customer Reviews for Western Digital WD Red Plus 3TB 3.5" SATA/600 Internal Hard Drive (WD30EFPX)
8 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Apr 18, 2025
Works great!
Great value and super quiet. Works great! Has been running well and I’ve had no problems with it!
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Most helpful critical review
Posted Apr 12, 2024
Dead on Arrival
Device was dead on arrival. Unfortunately I don't have the means to send it back in a timely way, but I bought it for a personal project that is now on hold.
Jbowen
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Posted Apr 18, 2025
Works great!
Great value and super quiet. Works great! Has been running well and I’ve had no problems with it!
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TexasDPS
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Posted Mar 1, 2025
It's great!
Perfect for my raid failure. I recieved a replacement set of drives from a friend and one was throwing errors.
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Cincinnati WD User
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Posted Oct 15, 2024
Great product
Great product. I used it to replace a 9 year old WD drive in a TIVO DVR unit, not because it failed, but because it was 9 years old. The NAS feature was not important in this application. I have used WD with much success in our NAS at work.
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Just Jan my the
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Posted Apr 23, 2024
Works well eventually
Bought 2 drives for my NAS. One was not recognized. Took many weeks of emailing WD to send a replacement.
Finally got replacement and all works great.
If I had to do it again, I would order the same drive but through a reputable retailer. WD's support was just too slow.
Finally got replacement and all works great.
If I had to do it again, I would order the same drive but through a reputable retailer. WD's support was just too slow.
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Response from Staples :
Hello,
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. This is not the service we ever want for our customers, this usually never happens. We take customer feedback seriously and strive to provide reliable solutions. Your satisfaction is important to us, and we appreciate your continued support.
If you have any specific concerns or require technical support, Please feel free to contact us directly at www.westerndigital.com/support , the customer support team will contact you as soon as possible.
April 23, 2024
Joshua-48
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Posted Apr 12, 2024
Dead on Arrival
Device was dead on arrival. Unfortunately I don't have the means to send it back in a timely way, but I bought it for a personal project that is now on hold.
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Response from Staples :
Hello Joshua-48,
We're sorry to hear your user experience with the WD Red Plus Hard Drives and appreciate your time for providing this review.
Based on your concern, if the drive is not showing up on the computer then it could be due to insufficient power supply to the drive for operation. To isolate the cause of the drive failure, it is recommended to connect the drive as secondary storage via SATA port to the computer and check the drive for any damage or defect.
We recommend connecting the drive as secondary storage via SATA port to the computer, to test the health of the drive using Western Digital Dashboard for Windows.
"Western Digital Dashboard: How to Install and Use"
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/31759#subject2
If the test is unfortunately inconclusive and you just purchased the drive then you should be able to return it to the place of purchase. However, if you are past their return policy, you can create an RMA through WD and replace the drive under warranty if necessary.
"How to Get an RMA to Replace a Defective Product, Obtain a Power Supply, or USB Cable for a WD Product":
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10336
You may also get in touch with our technical support team directly to elaborate on the issue along with error screenshots. You can open a support ticket at (https://support-en.wd.com/app/askweb).
April 15, 2024
V.K.
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Western Digital
Posted Jan 16, 2024
CMR, 256MB cache, 5 years warranty.
Good performance, Thanks to 256MB cache. Write speed ~160MB/s on a new empty drive. Not bad for HDD. Will be used as backup storage.
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abay
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Posted Nov 2, 2023
Plug and play
Replaced drive in NAS. Just dropped it in and it works
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Paul C
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Posted Feb 8, 2023
Quality and Reliability
Expecting these drives to perform as flawlessly and as long as the 2 previous I purchased years ago.
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