I bought this hard drive in July 2013 and am writing this review in October 2014. Right away, I created a properly aligned partition on it and formatted it to the ext4 file system, for use with linux. I remember that I had noticed that the transfer speeds were much faster than my old USB 2.0 drive, and the USB 3.0 is definitely worth it.

Fast forward fifteen months, and the drive is almost full now, with 19 GB of free space remaining right now. In this almost full state, I ran a few benchma...

Pros:
-Plug and play storage, that is easy to use.
-Includes Security and Backup software with optional hardware encryption.
-Contains a 3.5" high performance desktop drive, faster than 2.5" portable drives.
-Promises greater speed on USB 3.0 (Tested 60MB/s~100MB/s).
-MBR/GPT Basic disk system tested.

Cons:
-Requires 12V external power.
-Dynamic Disk system is not supported.

Best Use:
-High performance stand-alone backup.
-Personal Files (Optional password and hardware-encryption ensures be...

I have been taking backups on standard 1 TB portable drives for a long time now. With the growth in data, there is a need to have a backup copy of each of the 1 TB portables that I have. I came across this WD 3 TB drive during Christmas. It was freshly launched and looked very neat. The product arrived before time. Thanks to Flipkart for always delivering on or before time. The product was imported in December 2013 and I got it on December 30, 2013. Feels great to get stuff that is most recen...

This product is great for all the storage that you wants and with USB 3.0 the transfer speeds are incredible. Also very reliable since and stable with all the in-built software I got with the HDD.

If its storage problems you have, Look no further, the WD My Book Essential 3.5inch 4TB External Hard Disk is the Choice.
With remarkable transfer speeds over USB 3 as well as USB 2, the WD My Book Essential 3.5inch 4TB External Hard Disk is the perfect external hard drive for all sorts of usage.

Light in weight and its compact size make the WD My Book Essential 3.5inch 4TB External Hard Disk a very convenient and portable device.

i realy very happy to purchase this harddisc . very nice & good hdd. i preffered to all my friends for this

Received the WD My book last week, The power cord is not very easy to be used with a spike buster, so will recommend wall power plug point. The software auto installs itself, and there are no hassles. The 'Register' option in the software does not work (Not a problem with product but the software online support may be down), so you can login to WD India website and manually register your Product (After creating a Login). We get a 3 year warranty after registering which is cool!

Till now I ge...

I'm quickly running out of space though I'm continuously purchasing HDs. But after receiving this 4TB, I felt so relieved as if I'm having an infinite drive.

In the description, it shows that it has only 2 years limited warranty. But actually, they are giving 3 years of warranty. Hope Flipkart will update it and won't confuse customers who might give this product a second preference just because of that limited warranty(as I myself checked it in other websites, where it was metioned correct...

Okk....so where should I start?...continuous 77 mbps speed or no heating at all or very handy & petite or complete hasslefree plug & play or 3.63 TB of space or 3 years international seller warranty?....This is the product that should have come way before 2 tb & 3 tb....Just Awesome!!!....SImply no COmplains!!!!

This hdd is the best for storing large amount of data........sits on the desk quietly and does not heats up.If not accessed for a long period it automatically sleeps and turns itself on when accessed again.Till now didn't have any problems with the hdd.
Also according to my experience WD hdds have very less failure rates than Seagate hdds.