- #WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 INSTALL#
- #WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 UPGRADE#
- #WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 PORTABLE#
- #WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 SOFTWARE#
- #WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 PASSWORD#
It is a USB 3.0 interface and comes pre-formatted in NTFS for Windows. It can be configured in RAID 0, 1 or as a JBOD drive. It’s all well and good if you want to keep it on your desk at home, but you can’t take it with you like other self-sufficient hard drives due to its need for an external power source.The WD 8TB My Book Duo external hard drive is one of the bigger dual drives in the My Book line (but there’s also a 12TB version).
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The WD 8TB My Book is easy to recommend if you need a large amount of uncompromising storage for your files, but it isn’t very portable, which undermines its use case. It also comes with a three-year limited warranty.
#WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 SOFTWARE#
Most smaller hard drives don’t venture into this range and top out at around 4TB, so it can be quite a deal if you get it on sale.įeature-wise, the M Book is definitely more fleshed out than the competition with its intuitive software package, auto backup, and encryption tools. It does often dip to around the $160 range, which is a much more competitive price. It’s a fairly granular difference, but if you’re looking to lower the amount of time waiting for your files to transfer this could well be the device for you.Īt $299.99 (MSRP) the My Book is more expensive than most of the competition, but this is understandable due to the fact that you get a whopping 8TB of storage. My Passport and Seagate’s Backup Plus both completed the same task in 18 and 19 seconds respectively. Western Digital’s My Book managed it in 13 seconds, which is much better than the competition. In another test, we timed the transfer of a 2GB folder between the drive and the desktop. My Book managed a read speed of 190.6 Mb/s and a write speed of 189.5 Mb/s, which is more than above average.
#WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 PORTABLE#
It still can’t reach the blazing fast read/write of a portable SSD like Samsung’s T5 which has speeds close to the 500 Mb/s mark, but it’s still very impressive for a hard-drive that doesn’t compromise on storage space. At almost 200 MB/s, the My Book distances itself from the My Passport and Seagate’s Backup Plus, which operate around the 130 Mb/s range. Using CrystalDiskMark, the My Book managed a read speed of 190.6 MB/s and a write speed of 189.5 MB/s, which is above average. Luckily, the results of our testing were very impressive.
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Performance: Huge storage capacity, solid read/writeĮasily one of the major benefits of the My Book is it’s massive 8TB storage capacity, but that’s worthless unless it runs at a decent speed. The friendly user interface is more intuitive than other bare-bones devices which rely on the File Explorer alone.Ī final note, the My Book is compatible with Apple’s Time Machine system and has 256-bit AES hardware encryption built in if you feel the need to secure your files with a password. After that, you’re free to use it like any other hard disk drive. These include Creative Cloud, WD Backup, Plex, and Norton Antivirus.
#WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 PASSWORD#
This lets you import files from cloud storage and social media, and will sync all of your content.įrom here, you can set a password for the device and download a suite of apps as part of the Western Digital software package.
#WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 INSTALL#
Launch the Install Discovery app held on the storage device itself. Once it's warmed up, you’ll find it in your File Explorer. Once you’ve finished unboxing the My Book, plug it in via the USB-A port on your PC, and a nearby plug point. Lifewire / Jordan Oloman Setup Process: Included software and encryption
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#WD MY BOOK REVIEW 2015 UPGRADE#
Fortunately, a USB-C cable is under $10 at most online outlets, so it’s a relatively inexpensive fix if you do need to upgrade the connectivity capability of the My Book. It’s not totally out of the question for other devices either, as Samsung’s T5 portable SSD provides both a USB-A and C cables. Plenty of modern equipment is starting to switch towards USB-C, like Apple’s iPad and MacBook products. It’s a standard cable that will let you connect to a whole host of devices, but with the advent of USB-C, it would have been nice to see one of these in the box too. You get a USB-A 3.0 cable included in the box, but that’s about it. When in use, emits a hum and some vibrations, but the sound shouldn’t be loud enough to bother you as long as you keep it upright.Īside from the 12V plug socket port on the back of the device needed to power it, there is but one lone connector, a micro-B output port. Tethering the use of your storage to a plug socket makes it difficult to use when you’re out on the go in public, so this is certainly a better fit for consumers who want a storage device that is home-bound. This is due to the fact that it needs an external power source to function and is fairly heavy. Weighing in at three pounds, the 8TB My Book is heavier than most external hard drives, and will weigh down your backpack.Īs you can imagine, this means it's not really suited for the traveling creator, unless you’re just commuting between work and home.