On this page, you can choose a file system among six options based on your own demand. Open it, find out the WD external hard drive that you want to format, and right-click the partition on it.
The drive comes with its own two-year warranty, but the Geek Squad cover is a pretty cost effective way of ensuring you get a speedy replacement in the event of hardware failure. Clean WD hard drive and create new partition 1. You can also use it to manage your drive settings, like reformatting and LED control.įor the record, you can also add two years of Best Buy's Geek Squad replacement cover for $19.99. WD claims the included WD Discovery software makes it easy to back up your photos, videos and documents. That limits its portability appeal, even if that's expected for a this type of device. In other words, you need to plug it into the wall, not just a USB port. It's worth noting that like most, if not all, external storage based on 3.5-inch mechanical drives, a dedicated power adapter (supplied) is required.
The WD Easystore 14TB hooks up via a standard USB 3.0 Type-A interface. But a 14TB external SSD would be megabucks, especially if you're looking for one of the best portable SSDs. Random access performance will be in the single-digit MBps at best, as it is for pretty much all mechanical hard drives, and there's a great difference in the performance of a hard drive versus an SSD.
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