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Customer Reviews for WD WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive 8TB External Portable Hard Drive, Black (WDBA3P0080HBK-NESN)

WD WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive 8TB External Portable Hard Drive, Black (WDBA3P0080HBK-NESN)
WD WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive 8TB External Portable Hard Drive, Black (WDBA3P0080HBK-NESN) is Out of stock
Item # : IM16WX898
Model # : WDBA3P0080HBK-NESN
  • Portable external hard drive features 8TB storage capacity and is great solution for gaming and more
  • Connects through USB 3.2 Gen 1 port
Price is $326.94
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Most helpful positive review
Posted Mar 21, 2024
I have no title review.Because I don't need to rev
I don't write reviews. I've taken 50 characters, so I'll keep talking there we go.
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Most helpful critical review
Posted May 10, 2024
Sucks!!!!!!
Windows don’t recognize the drive,but it shows up disk management but still can’t format n sign drive letter
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WDSucks
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Western Digital
Posted May 10, 2024
Sucks!!!!!!
Windows don’t recognize the drive,but it shows up disk management but still can’t format n sign drive letter
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Response from Staples :
Hello, We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. We recommend that you please contact our technical support team directly to elaborate on your query with possible error screenshots. You can open a support ticket at (https://support-en.wd.com/app/askweb) , the customer support team get back to you in a earliest possible time. We will be happy to assist you.
, May 10, 2024
VinniVanHood
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Western Digital
Posted Apr 18, 2024
Cool looking storage!
Looks super cool, is fast, havent had long but my internal WD black drives have been reliable so hope this is too but IDK why but this thing is really really noisy! Sounds like sleet storm hitting metal outside! I would give 5 stars if it werent for all the noise.
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Hello, We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. Hard drives produce some noise when they work. The amount and kind of noise depend on what the hard drive is doing like reading or writing data. It's good to know which sounds are normal and which might mean there's a problem with the hard drive. For more information please refer to the following link: "Reasons for Hard Drive Noise" :https://support-in.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/32906#subject2 To Check Drives for Errors or Failures, Please refer to the link mentioned below: https://support-in.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/12452/~/steps-to-check-drives-for-errors-or-failures-on-windows-and-macos 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 18, 2024
Clay13
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Western Digital
Posted Mar 25, 2024
@ non working units in a row
I bought a new 8TB and it wouldn't power up. Took it back and got a second one. It would also not power up. Basically, it's garbage. like all spinning drives I guess. I expected more from this brand.
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Hello, We are sorry to hear about your user experience with WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive External Drive and appreciate your time providing this review and bringing this matter to our attention. We do apologize if you are having any issues with your drive. We would recommend reaching out to our Technical Support team, as we would be glad to assist you with any troubleshooting options that the drive may have. We would request you to open a support ticket with brief query and possible errors screenshots. Please refer to the link mentioned: https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask/session/ the customer support team get back to you in a earliest possible time. All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. You can contact us directly via phone to address any questions or concerns to ensure good overall user experience. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
, March 29, 2024
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Western Digital
Posted Mar 21, 2024
I have no title review.Because I don't need to rev
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BAT56
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Western Digital
Posted Dec 1, 2023
WD_BLACK D10, Quiet and reliable (2 Years) 102 F
I have read reviews, reports of the WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive 8TB as running hot and being noisy.
My WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive 8TB was purchased 11-22021 (It is 11-2023) and is not totally silent but is quiet by my standards. I've been involved in iT for several decades and know what a noisy drive is, this 'ain't it!
Temps on my 2-year-old WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive 8TB are 9...
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Western Digital
Posted Jul 25, 2023
Quality & Long Term Use
I only had it a few weeks, just have to wait and see how the long-term use goes. I have had a number of different external hard drives (SeaGate and Western Digital) all of them seem to be unreadable after a few years of use. Found if I remove the hard drives from their case and install it inside my desktop computer, I often could save the files, but not always.
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NeilM
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Western Digital
Posted Jul 17, 2023
Check the details of the product you received.
Check to see if what you ordered is correct and has you shipment has been properly filled. The shipment went out promptly and arrived in good shape.
Western Digital lost focus on the fulfillment of order and shipped refurbished and not new product.
I have edited my review to more closely meet WD guide lines.
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Hello, We are sorry to hear about your online shopping experience with WD_Black D10 Game Drive and appreciate your time providing this review and bringing this matter to our attention. We do apologize if you are having any issues with your drive. We would recommend reaching out to our Technical Support team, as we would be glad to assist you with any troubleshooting options or possible warranty that the drive may have. Please refer to the link mentioned:https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask/session/ All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. You can contact us directly via phone to address any questions or concerns to ensure good overall user experience. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
, July 20, 2023
shopping
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Western Digital
Posted Feb 5, 2023
great hd
one thing wd does I don't like is they format this a a raid drive with multiple partitions to create a large drive this works for speed not data integrity use you windows disk management and delete all partitions on this drive and reformat as one large drive now if you're interface fails they all do remove drive place in computer everything is there and accessable
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Shahan
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Western Digital
Posted Jan 23, 2023
Great harddrive
WD_Black works great and I would choose the WD_Black over My Book and G-Drive.
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Jasonwendell
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Western Digital
Posted Jan 16, 2023
Not for series s or x
It said it was supposed to work for the series s but it's not fast enough and I can't return it
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Hello, We're sorry to hear about your user experience with WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive and appreciate your time for providing the review. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience .This is not the service we ever want for our customers, this usually never happens. Please allow us to make it correct for you, If you are looking for any assistance please let us know. You could raise a concern ticket on the given link, the customer support team get back to you in a earliest possible time . Please refer to the link mentioned: https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask/session/ All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. We would appreciate the opportunity to assist you further. You can contact us by phone below and provide your details. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
, January 18, 2023
Andrew R.
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Western Digital
Posted Dec 16, 2022
Great addition
The external hdd works great for PS4 and older games to free up space on the ps5
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Oooo
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Western Digital
Posted Sep 1, 2022
Kingston better.
Never again. Never again. Never again. Never again.
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Hello, We're sorry to hear about your user experience with WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive and appreciate your time for providing the review. We would like to directly work with you to gather more details about the issue so that we can provide appropriate resolution or we would request you to open a support ticket. Please refer to the link mentioned:https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask/session/ All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. Please contact us via the phone to ensure an overall good experience with Western Digital. We'd be happy to help. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
, September 1, 2022
Barenger
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Western Digital
Posted Jul 8, 2022
Very attractive + Cheap terabytes
These are some cheap terabytes. Plus it's transfer speeds are really quick. It does have it's on power cord. It also looks dope. I put little graffiti on it so it looks like an abandoned train car.
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Jesse~James ®️
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Western Digital
Posted Jul 7, 2022
$ ROCK HARD . Running Fast $
Works really good I had to actually wipe it and redownload it and use it again because. It's best to start a hard drive fresh off The top !
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Syko Sevin
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Western Digital
Posted Jul 3, 2022
A must have!
If you collect games.. you need this. I filled my ps4 pro within a few weeks of firing it up. This was a godsend
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anh4
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Western Digital
Posted Jun 28, 2022
Great Hard Drive
Contains a 7200 RPM, 256 MB Cache, Drive HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4 Inside. I was able to reach ~250 MB/s transfer speeds on my mac when transferring a large file from an SSD. Comes formatted as exFAT and works out of box for Mac, Windows, and some Linux distributions as well.
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B Ry
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Posted Jun 27, 2022
Nice drive, but nice and LOUD
I think the physical aspects of this drive are pretty cool. Feels really sturdy, transfer rates and read write access is speedy . . . but it is LOUD. While it cranks away doing what it's doing, I find it distracting. The sound is not there all the time like when the drive is idle, but when it fires up it is LOUD. Loudest drive I've ever heard, really.
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Hello, We regret to learn that your WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive is not performing as expected. The best practice is to run diagnostics with WD Drive Utilities when a drive does not perform as expected or is behaving abnormally. We recommend avoiding USB hubs for external hard drives and therefore connect the drive directly to a USB 3.0 port on the computer. We have placed a few helpful links below providing more information for your convenience. "Setting up and using WD Security and WD Drive Utilities": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13880 Western Digital Hard Drive Noise" https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/32906/h/p2 All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. Please contact us via the phone with reference to the review to ensure an overall good experience with Western Digital. ​ Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
, June 28, 2022
Bishop1337
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Western Digital
Posted Jun 21, 2022
Slow and Loud
I was saving up for this "gamer" hardware for a month and I am so disappointed. I have never had a HDD internal or external run this slow. How slow? Any game being ran from the HDD stalls every 2 minutes with about a 6 second duration. If this was a no-name HDD for cheap, I would be completely satisfied, but this HDD is marketed as a gaming HDD from Western Digital ...
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Hello, We regret to learn that your WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive is not performing as expected. Slow performance can be caused due to several factors like computer configuration, multiple applications running on the computer while trying to access or backup the data, fragmented disk which may also result in slow computer disk read capability, the total amount of data on a disk and the relative size of each file, encrypted backup or scanning of each file by anti-virus installed in the computer or USB port of the computer with which the drive is connected etc. Stopping applications and software that use CPU and memory, keeping all the files in a single directory instead spreading them in multiple directories, connecting the drive directly to the USB 3.0 port of the computer and avoiding the USB hub while using the drive, etc. are the recommended steps to enhance the performance of the drive. As a troubleshooting step, please ensure that the Hard Drive is connected directly on the USB 3.0 port of the computer and the files which you are attempting to copy are not in use by any other program of the computer. Furthermore, you can also refer to the link suggested below and check for the Theoretical USB Interface Speeds to find out the theoretical speed given by different USB port types. "Theoretical USB Interface Speeds": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5043 "Western Digital Hard Drive Noise" https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/32906/h/p2 The best practice is to run diagnostics with WD Drive Utilities when a drive does not perform as expected or is behaving abnormally. We recommend avoiding USB hubs for external hard drives and therefore connect the drive directly to a USB 3.0 port on the computer. We have placed a few helpful links below providing more information for your convenience. "Setting up and using WD Security and WD Drive Utilities": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13880 All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. Please contact us via the phone with reference to the review to ensure an overall good experience with Western Digital. ​ Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
, June 22, 2022
eusseve
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Western Digital
Posted Jun 10, 2022
Not What I Expected
I was hoping the drive to be faster than a regular drive but even it markets itself to have speeds "up to 250MB/s" but I have not been able to get any speed above 180MB/s, which is that of a 7200 RPM regular HDD. This one also runs very hot and noisy as others have reported.
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Hi, We regret to learn that your WD_BLACK D10 Game Drive is not performing as expected. Slow performance can be caused due to several factors like computer configuration, multiple applications running on the computer while trying to access or backup the data, fragmented disk which may also result in slow computer disk read capability, the total amount of data on a disk and the relative size of each file, encrypted backup or scanning of each file by anti-virus installed in the computer or USB port of the computer with which the drive is connected etc. Stopping applications and software that use CPU and memory, keeping all the files in a single directory instead spreading them in multiple directories, connecting the drive directly to the USB 3.0 port of the computer and avoiding the USB hub while using the drive, etc. are the recommended steps to enhance the performance of the drive. As a troubleshooting step, please ensure that the Hard Drive is connected directly on the USB 3.0 port of the computer and the files which you are attempting to copy are not in use by any other program of the computer. Furthermore, you can also refer to the link suggested below and check for the Theoretical USB Interface Speeds to find out the theoretical speed given by different USB port types. "Theoretical USB Interface Speeds": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5043 The best practice is to perform diagnostics with WD Drive Utilities when a drive does not perform as expected or is behaving abnormally. We recommend avoiding USB hubs for external hard drives and therefore connect the drive directly to a USB 3.0 port on the computer. We have placed a few helpful links below providing more information for your convenience. "Setting up and using WD Security and WD Drive Utilities": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13880 All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. We would appreciate the opportunity to assist you further. You can contact us by phone below and provide your details. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
, June 10, 2022
Frankiefigz
Reviewed at:
Western Digital
Posted Jan 22, 2022
So far... Awesome.
Reviews I've read on this product stated it was really loud and I thought, well it's a hog, it's gotta make some kinda noise. I've been using it know for a couple of weeks and I am very happy with this purchase. I wouldn't say it's loud at all.. Im using it for mainly gaming PC and PS and I can hear it when it kicks on but it is far less noisy from what others have sa...
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