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product_id: 48546698
title: "WD 8TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black"
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# USB 3.0 SuperSpeed transfer 8TB massive storage 256-bit AES hardware encryption WD 8TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black

**Brand:** wd
**Price:** VT131796
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💼 Secure your legacy with WD My Book — where capacity meets confidence.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** WD 8TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black by wd
- **How much does it cost?** VT131796 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/48546698-wd-8tb-my-book-external-hard-drive-desktop-hdd-password)

## Best For

- wd enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted wd brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Massive 8TB Storage Capacity:** Store your entire digital life with room to spare—perfect for creatives and pros alike.
- • **Blazing Fast USB 3.0 Interface:** Experience rapid file transfers and backups with SuperSpeed USB connectivity.
- • **Seamless PC & Mac Compatibility:** Plug and play with both Windows and macOS, no formatting headaches.
- • **Military-Grade 256-bit AES Encryption:** Keep your sensitive data locked down with built-in hardware encryption and password protection.
- • **WD-Backed Reliability & Smart Backup Software:** Trust the proven WD quality with automatic backup scheduling and device management tools.

## Overview

The WD 8TB My Book external hard drive combines massive desktop storage with advanced 256-bit AES hardware encryption and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity. Designed for both PC and Mac users, it includes WD’s intuitive backup software for effortless data protection. Its sleek black design houses reliable WD quality, making it an essential tool for professionals who demand secure, high-capacity storage with seamless performance.

## Description

Secure your data with the 8TB WD My Book external HDD. USB 3.0, hardware encryption, backup software, 8TB capacity, trusted WD quality, and modern design.

Review: I love these, it's the BEST way to buy WD Red NAS drives - So far I have bought 12 of these WD My Book Duo drives (The 24TB capacity model). I have 3 NAS servers at home, one of which is a media server, another is used to backup the media server and the third is my main network server for all my data. I had previously purchased WD Red 6TB drives to populate the servers and as time has gone on, the drives have started to get quite full (Each server takes 6 disks in a RAID 5 config, meaning that each server had around 27TB of storage space available). I had been looking to upgrade the servers to a higher storage capacity, but reader, as you know, buying hard drives is very expensive and for some bizarre reason, prices can fluctuate by around +/- £100 in a day on desertcart, which makes no sense whatsoever. I found out about "shucking" drives which is an ok way of getting drives of a higher capacity at a cheaper cost to go inside servers, but they can have issues with one of the pins needing to be covered so that the drive will power up. I don't know if my servers would have that issue - and as the drives in the servers are in a RAID config, I didn't want to run the risk of losing all my data. I then saw these WD My Book Duo drives that come with WD Red drives inside them. I downloaded the manual to see if the drives can be easily removed - and it said in the manual that Western Digital provide a plastic tool for popping the drive box open so that the individual drives can be removed. So, I took the plunge and bought 3 of these so that I would have a total of 6 x 12tb WD Red drives. On the day that I placed the order, they were down in price - and if you put these in your "wish list" you can monitor on a daily basis how frequently the prices change. I bought them on a day when they had dropped in price by approximately £100. So, thanks to Prime, the My Book Duo's arrived the next day and I set about removing the disks from their cases. This was a bit fiddly at first, but once I got the first drive out of it's plastic holder, the rest were easy. I downloaded WD's own drive diagnostics program from the WD website as I wanted to make sure the drives were all ok and had no bad sectors. I have a external hard drive enclosure that I connected each drive up to in turn and ran the extended diagnostic test that checks every single sector of the drives. This takes around 18-20 hours per drive, but my data is important, so I was happy to take the tests slowly. All 6 drives passed the tests and I was then able to put them in the NAS. While the diagnostics were running, I used that time to backup the main media server NAS to it's backup server, just to be on the safe side and then when all 6 drives had been thoroughly tested, I set about putting them in the media server. I won't bore you with that process as it's irrelevant to the review, however, it worked ok and at the end of it, I had around 55TB of usable space on the media server. Once that server was completed, next time that desertcart reduced the price of the My Book Duo's again, I purchasd more for the rest of the servers. And, best of all, as I had previously used 6TB WD Red drives on my servers, once each disk had been removed and partitions deleted, I was able to put 2 6TB drives inside each My Book Duo so that I have additional backup storage available for all my other data. So - if you plan on shucking the drives to increase capacity in a server, these are the best way of buying WD Red drives. If you plan on just using the drives as they are, inside the My Book Duo enclosure, then again, these are the best way of buying WD Red drives. WD Red's are the best drives for use on servers and I also find them to be the best to use for backups.
Review: An excellent, great value, and reliable external hard drive. - I've been using Western Digital drives for years, as anecdotally I've found them to be more reliable than Seagate. Thus far, this 14TB external drive is no exception. I regularly write and read data from this drive and find it to be more than capable of large data transfers whilst staying cool and quiet. Inside the enclosure is a white label 14TB drive, which I believe to be a varient of the WD Red NAS drives, which bodes well for reliability. Via USB 3.0, I am getting around 200mb/s read speeds and 180mb/s write speeds, which is excellent for a HDD, especially via USB. The drive isn't silent when operating, but it's certainly much quieter than my Toshiba N300 drive which easily drowns out the WD when both are being used. The drive also runs cool, topping out at around 45C when writing in an open air environment with plenty of ventilation. The only complaint I would have is that WD are still not using USB-C connectors, having to keep a specialised USB Micro-B cable around is a real pain when everything else I use has USB-C. It's a minor complaint, but the difference for a manufacturer to use USB-C over Micro-B is around 25p per connector, so it's definitely doable from WD's side. Pros: - Runs cool and quiet with proper ventilation. - Large capacity for the money. - Shuckable should you want to remove the drive from the enclosure (this does void warranty). - White label WD drive inside, similar to a WD Red NAS drive (but much cheaper). Cons: - USB Micro B. - Can slow down after an hour or so of solid writing, but you won't find a hard drive that doesn't do this. Overall, thus far I'm very happy with the drive, sustained writes maintain a decent speed and it stays cool and quiet when in use. I've had several external WD drives and all are still working to this day, so I have confidence that this one will continue to do so too. Though if you have crucial data, you should always back it up, no drive will last forever!

## Features

- The My Book is a proven USB 3.0 memory to back up your creations. The reliable desktop memory in an attractive design and proven WD -Quality secures your data easily and securely
- The external storage includes backup software to back up your important data. Simply set up an automatic backup by choosing when and how often
- My Book's built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection keeps your content confidential and secure
- The My Book external hard drive 8TB provides you with a large amount of storage. Whether you're expanding your current PC memory or backing up your data, My Book Destop storage is ideal
- deliverable WD My Book desktop storage 8TB, USB 3.0 cable, power adapter, software for managing, securing and password protecting devices, quick installation guide
- CAPACITIES AND MODELS- 8 TB WDBBGB0080HBK, 6 TB WDBBGB0060HBK, 4 TB WDBBGB0040HBK, 3 TB WDBBGB0030HBK.
- SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY- ExFAT formatting from factory Windows and Mac compatible. Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, macOS, High Sierra, Sierra (10.12), El Capitan (10.11)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01LWVT81X |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Batteries | 1 AAAA batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank | 8,255 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 43 in External Hard Drives |
| Brand | WD |
| Colour | Black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (7,946) |
| Date First Available | 11 Oct. 2016 |
| Form Factor | 3.5-inch |
| Graphics Card Description | Dedicated |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk |
| Hard Drive Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Hard Drive Size | 8000 GB |
| Hardware Platform | Standard |
| Item Weight | 960 g |
| Item model number | WDlBBGB0080HBK-EESN |
| Lithium Battery Energy Content | 2 Kilowatt Hours |
| Lithium Battery Packaging | Batteries packed with equipment |
| Lithium Battery Weight | 960 Grams |
| Manufacturer | WESBX |
| Number Of Lithium Ion Cells | 5 |
| Number of Lithium Metal Cells | 5 |
| Operating System | Standard |
| Power Source | Hand-operated |
| Product Dimensions | 13.93 x 4.9 x 17.06 cm; 960 g |
| RAM Size | 8 TB |
| Series | My Book |
| Supported Software | Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks |
| Voltage | 12 Volts |
| Wattage | 3600 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** WD
- **Colour:** Black
- **Compatible devices:** Desktop
- **Connectivity technology:** USB 3.0
- **Digital storage capacity:** 8 TB
- **Hard disk description:** Mechanical Hard Disk
- **Hard disk form factor:** 3.5 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** USB 3.0
- **Installation type:** External Hard Drive
- **Special feature:** External power adapter^Operating temperature range:5 - 35 °C^Security algorithms:256-bit AES^Y

## Images

![WD 8TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61cOyn09OeL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What is the real size capacity of 6th hard drive  e.g 5.60tb.?**
A: This is to with the way drives sizes are calculated. We see drive sizes at TB but drives see it as TiB. 

Converting 8TB to 8TiB is 7.27596TB
Converting 6TB to 6TiB is 5.45697TB
Converting 4TB to 4TiB is 3.63798TB 

Hope this helps.

**Q: Is this compatible with XP**
A: XP? surely not.

**Q: By 'full system backup' does this include a system image & programmes etc as well as docs, pics, music ?**
A: Well, as its just an external drive,  there's no restriction on what you can store subject to capacity constraints.  HOW and WHAT to store is entirely up to you.   
Are you actually asking about software to accomplish these tasks???    If so,  WD let you download a freebie copy of Acronis True image from the WD support site.  Whether this can also be used for file backup/restore  is not something I can comment on but is it doesn't,  you could use the Microsoft supplied tools (with win 7, 8 and 10) to do this.   
Personally, I prefer Macrium Reflect. Although it can do file and folder backup as well as imaging disks,  I don't bother with file backup.   I do a full system image once per week, then differential images for the rest of the week. Given this, there's no point in performing file/folder backups since Macrium images can be mounted as temporary drives and the files/folders that are needed to recover from eg accidental deletions can be extracted from the mounted image.  I believe, but cant swear to Acronis True Image having analogous capabilities but I am referring to the full product  - whether the WD freebie version includes this capability is another matter!

**Q: hi will this work with ps4 pro thanks**
A: Confirming, works pretty nicely with my PS4 Pro. One caveat though: The hard drive may not properly switch off if the console is left on standby mode. Power the console off completely and you are fine.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love these, it's the BEST way to buy WD Red NAS drives
*by C***W on 15 March 2021*

So far I have bought 12 of these WD My Book Duo drives (The 24TB capacity model). I have 3 NAS servers at home, one of which is a media server, another is used to backup the media server and the third is my main network server for all my data. I had previously purchased WD Red 6TB drives to populate the servers and as time has gone on, the drives have started to get quite full (Each server takes 6 disks in a RAID 5 config, meaning that each server had around 27TB of storage space available). I had been looking to upgrade the servers to a higher storage capacity, but reader, as you know, buying hard drives is very expensive and for some bizarre reason, prices can fluctuate by around +/- £100 in a day on Amazon, which makes no sense whatsoever. I found out about "shucking" drives which is an ok way of getting drives of a higher capacity at a cheaper cost to go inside servers, but they can have issues with one of the pins needing to be covered so that the drive will power up. I don't know if my servers would have that issue - and as the drives in the servers are in a RAID config, I didn't want to run the risk of losing all my data. I then saw these WD My Book Duo drives that come with WD Red drives inside them. I downloaded the manual to see if the drives can be easily removed - and it said in the manual that Western Digital provide a plastic tool for popping the drive box open so that the individual drives can be removed. So, I took the plunge and bought 3 of these so that I would have a total of 6 x 12tb WD Red drives. On the day that I placed the order, they were down in price - and if you put these in your "wish list" you can monitor on a daily basis how frequently the prices change. I bought them on a day when they had dropped in price by approximately £100. So, thanks to Prime, the My Book Duo's arrived the next day and I set about removing the disks from their cases. This was a bit fiddly at first, but once I got the first drive out of it's plastic holder, the rest were easy. I downloaded WD's own drive diagnostics program from the WD website as I wanted to make sure the drives were all ok and had no bad sectors. I have a external hard drive enclosure that I connected each drive up to in turn and ran the extended diagnostic test that checks every single sector of the drives. This takes around 18-20 hours per drive, but my data is important, so I was happy to take the tests slowly. All 6 drives passed the tests and I was then able to put them in the NAS. While the diagnostics were running, I used that time to backup the main media server NAS to it's backup server, just to be on the safe side and then when all 6 drives had been thoroughly tested, I set about putting them in the media server. I won't bore you with that process as it's irrelevant to the review, however, it worked ok and at the end of it, I had around 55TB of usable space on the media server. Once that server was completed, next time that Amazon reduced the price of the My Book Duo's again, I purchasd more for the rest of the servers. And, best of all, as I had previously used 6TB WD Red drives on my servers, once each disk had been removed and partitions deleted, I was able to put 2 6TB drives inside each My Book Duo so that I have additional backup storage available for all my other data. So - if you plan on shucking the drives to increase capacity in a server, these are the best way of buying WD Red drives. If you plan on just using the drives as they are, inside the My Book Duo enclosure, then again, these are the best way of buying WD Red drives. WD Red's are the best drives for use on servers and I also find them to be the best to use for backups.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent, great value, and reliable external hard drive.
*by R***S on 11 January 2022*

I've been using Western Digital drives for years, as anecdotally I've found them to be more reliable than Seagate. Thus far, this 14TB external drive is no exception. I regularly write and read data from this drive and find it to be more than capable of large data transfers whilst staying cool and quiet. Inside the enclosure is a white label 14TB drive, which I believe to be a varient of the WD Red NAS drives, which bodes well for reliability. Via USB 3.0, I am getting around 200mb/s read speeds and 180mb/s write speeds, which is excellent for a HDD, especially via USB. The drive isn't silent when operating, but it's certainly much quieter than my Toshiba N300 drive which easily drowns out the WD when both are being used. The drive also runs cool, topping out at around 45C when writing in an open air environment with plenty of ventilation. The only complaint I would have is that WD are still not using USB-C connectors, having to keep a specialised USB Micro-B cable around is a real pain when everything else I use has USB-C. It's a minor complaint, but the difference for a manufacturer to use USB-C over Micro-B is around 25p per connector, so it's definitely doable from WD's side. Pros: - Runs cool and quiet with proper ventilation. - Large capacity for the money. - Shuckable should you want to remove the drive from the enclosure (this does void warranty). - White label WD drive inside, similar to a WD Red NAS drive (but much cheaper). Cons: - USB Micro B. - Can slow down after an hour or so of solid writing, but you won't find a hard drive that doesn't do this. Overall, thus far I'm very happy with the drive, sustained writes maintain a decent speed and it stays cool and quiet when in use. I've had several external WD drives and all are still working to this day, so I have confidence that this one will continue to do so too. Though if you have crucial data, you should always back it up, no drive will last forever!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent external drive but a bit noisy
*by B***A on 5 October 2025*

Sturdy, well made, fast data transfer, good backup software. The only negative point is the drive mechanism is quite loud. I put some sound absorbing rubber feet on the bottom of mine but it's still quite noticeable.

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