WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive for Windows, USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 for PC & Mac, Plug and Play Ready – WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN

9 reviews for WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive for Windows, USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 for PC & Mac, Plug and Play Ready – WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Ricardo – 03/01/2025

   Funciona bem, seguro e confiável. Durável.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Mariana Ceci – 19/01/2025

   HD externo de excelente qualidade muito rápido em passar os arquivos do Computador/Notebook para eles vale apena!!

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Sunny – 29/01/2025

   Worked Great on a brand new 2022 MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro Chip. It’s amazing how cheap HDDs are now. I will continue buying them until the price of external SDDs goes down. You can literally get twice as much storage capacity with HDDs for half the price of a SSD.

   As always, with external drives used to do backups on Mac computers, you must reformat the disk before doing the backup and this WD is no different. Reformatting is a very easy task as always, and it takes no more than a few minutes to get the external drive ready for your Mac.

   However, I ran into some issues with Time Machine on the newest version of Monterey (the one that came installed in the laptop). It seems like it no matter what format you choose when reformatting the external drive, Time Machine automatically reformats the drive on its own to the new Apple File System (APFS) when you do your first backup. Not only that, but once Time Machine reformats the drive to APFS and completes the backup, then it blocks the HDD and you cannot use it to save anything else in it, drop files, etc. It basically locks the drive for backups only. Oh, and with the APFS format you cannot use the drive to backup older Apple computers. I NEVER had this happened in any of my Apple computers before.

   I tried a few other HDDs from other brands to ensure this was not an issue of the WD brand. They all did the same, so I knew it was an Apple software glitch issue. It took several calls to Apple to figure out that yes, Time Machine does this. The only way around this issue is to create a “new volume” in the external HDD. Then you can use the separate volume to save other things, drop files, etc. You could create as many volumes as you can, and the APFS makes it very easy. When you plug the HDD, the volume for the backup pops on your desktop (Time Machine color), along with any other volumes you created (yellow color).

   Hope this saves somebody out there a lot of frustration and aggravation trying to figure out what the issue with Time Machine and external drives using the newest Monterey version. I also hope Apple fixes this problem. It makes no sense that you select a specific reformat option but then Time Machine ignores it and reformats to APFS against your wish and block the drive in the process.

   The WD external drive works great. It is a really great value for 2TBs of storage, and it is a very small and lightweight drive. All the issues mentioned are specific to the Apple operating system that would happen with any HDD of any brand.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Review – 02/02/2025

   UPDATE: This drive was about 40% full and 7 months old when it just suddenly died. There was no warning, it just stopped being recognized by my PS4. I connected it to my PC to trouble shoot but it would only display error codes. I reformatted it and it worked for about 30 minutes before it failed completely. I had a second WD drive of the exact same model and size that I used with my PC. It was used once a week for downloads of a few basic, small files. That one worked for about 9 months before it failed and could not even be reformatted. I have noticed significantly reduced quality in WD and Sandisk products and I am not wasting any more of my money on them. My advice: if you buy this, make sure you have a back-up of your back-up because it will likely fail. Disappointed in what used to be solid products. Now I buy Seagate.

   ORIGINAL REVIEW: I purchased the 2TB as extended memory for my PS4. It was extremely easy to set up and works flawlessly – I have not noticed any delays or issues playing games installed on the drive. I download most digital games directly to the drive and its just as fast as downloading to the PS4’s internal memory. Its nice to not have to delete games when you want to play something else. So far, I’m quite happy with this and would recommend.

   If you are considering purchasing this for use with your PS4 gaming console, here are the installation instructions:
   1) Plug in the external drive to PS4 USB port
   2) Go to Settings > Devices > USB Storage
   3) Select the external memory from menu and click X on the controller
   4) Format as Extended Storage.
   That’s it. The PS4 will format the drive and ask if you want to use the external drive for downloads.

   To move games or other applications from the internal memory to the external memory, follow these steps:
   1) Settings > Storage > System Storage > Applications
   2) Select the game/application you want to move, press the Options button on the controller then select Move to Extended Storage. At this point you will have the option to select multiple applications if desired. Then click Move.
   It may take several minutes depending on the size of the application to transfer it to the external drive.
   The application/game will still show up in any folders, etc. so nothing really changes in terms of appearance or access to the game. You can access the external storage by going into Setting and selecting Storage – you’ll see both the internal and external drives listed.

   Remember – if you want to remove the drive don’t just unplug it (this is true for use on a computer as well).
   Go to Settings > Devices > USB Storage > select external drive then choose Stop Using this External Storage.

   I hope this helps anyone considering using this drive for the PS4. So far its worked flawlessly and I would recommend.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   21days – 03/02/2025

   Great item no noise when plugging in. Great value for the money. When storing everything off your hard drive of your tower, your desktop etc. Holds quite a bit of capacity.

6. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   MurphysLaw – 05/02/2025

   The price is okay, and the product works perfectly! I do wish it was a little cheaper and that it came with a case but It arrived on time in excellent condition. I highly recommend both the product and the seller!

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Sunny – 24/02/2025

   My laptop was running out of space between work/games/school/etc, and I needed a big hard drive to keep all of my movies/shows/videos, and to be able to move/transfer/play them from somewhere else easily. This has worked perfectly for that so far. It’s no flash drive, but it’s portable enough to be able to put in a backpack and take wherever I need. Plug+play, and haven’t really noticed any lag in the folders like I have with other WD Elements HDD’s I’ve bought before, and it’s been a year since I bought this. 3.5/4.5 TB used so far without issues, doesn’t even make much noise/heat up a ton like others.
   If you need to hoard a bunch of data or have a lot of shows/movies you want all on one big drive, then this is a great option. Simple and effective, relatively cheap too. Would definitely recommend!

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   da honu – 27/02/2025

   Llevo años usando el producto y aún funciona sin problema, puedo almacenar películas de tos del disco y lo mejor la velocidad en la que viaja la información..

9. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Ricardo – 08/03/2025

   Chegou certinho, dentro do prazo e sem avarias. Só estranhei a caixa do produto ter vindo do lado de fora do saco-plastico-bolha. No mais, vem com manual, cabo e funcionando. Uma luzinha discreta acende quando está conectado. Ele não tem exatamente 1 Tera é 931, mas está mais que bom. Satisfeita.