External Hard Drives

Serious storage that draws on AC power to deliver capacity, flexibility, and performance for personal needs and professional workflows.

Why Use an External HDD?

Massive capacities up to 160TB1,*

Pro-grade speeds up to 1690MB/s2,*

Consumer speeds up to 260MB/s3,*

Options for RAID and NAS

*Applies to select models only.

External HDDs for Home Storage

Find reliable, high-capacity WD external hard drives for everyday use, from home media and family photos to creative projects and regular backup.

Easy backup

Simplify saving important files at home with password-protected storage and intuitive backup software4 on select WD external HDDs.

Ready for PC and Mac

WD external drives come ready to use with Windows® out of the box, along with options to work with your Mac device.

Highly compatible

Connect across USB generations to power workflows with flexible, high-capacity WD drives.