| Brand | WD |
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| Product Dimensions | 6.45 x 6.45 x 0.86 cm; 27 g |
| Item model number | WDBAYN0020BBK-WESN |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Colour | Black |
| Form Factor | Portable |
| Hard Drive Size | 100 GB |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | USB 1.1 |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 1000 RPM |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Lithium Battery Weight | 0.5 g |
| Item Weight | 27 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
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| Digital storage capacity | 2 TB |
| Hard disk interface | USB 1.1 |
| Connectivity technology | USB |
| Brand | WD |
| Special feature | Durable |
| Hard disk form factor | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard disk description | Solid State Drive |
| Compatible devices | wd elements se ssd |
| Installation type | External Hard Drive |
| Colour | Black |
About this item
- USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility Get compatibility with USB 3.0 computers and backward compatibility with USB 2.0 computers in this single drive.
- Improve PC performance When your internal hard drive is almost full, your PC may slow down. Don’t delete files. Instead, free up space on your internal hard drive by transferring files to the WD Elements SE portable storage to get your laptop moving again.
- High capacity in a compact design The small, lightweight design of WD Elements SE portable storage offers up to 5TB capacity, making it an ideal, on-the-go companion to take files with you.
- WD quality inside and out WD Elements SE portable storage with enclosure is built to meet WD's demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance and long-term reliability to help protect the data that's important to you.
- Formatted for Windows Formatted NTFS and compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, the WD Elements SE portable storage can be reformatted for other operating systems.
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| storage capacity | 2 TB | 2 TB | 2 TB | 2 TB | 2 TB | 2 TB |
| hardware interface | usb | usb3.2 gen 2, usb c | usb c | usb c | usb3.0 | usb3.0 |
| compatible devices | wd elements se ssd | Desktop | Laptop,Gaming Console,Tablet,Camera | Laptop, Desktop, Gaming Console, Tablet, Smartphone | Gaming Console, Laptop, Desktop | Desktop, Laptop |
| form factor | Portable | 2.5-inch | Portable | Portable | 2.5-inch | Portable |
| write speed | 400 | 1000 megabits per second | 1050 MB/s | 1050 | 130 megabytes per second | — |
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Read speeds up to 400MB/s** let you move large files fast so you can get more done in your day.
Keep Your Most Important Files with You
A compact design and drop resistance up to 2 metres make this the perfect drive no matter where you are.
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| £71.95£71.95 | £74.97£74.97 | £66.99£66.99 | £84.99£84.99 |
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Performance
| Up to 400MB/s** | N/A | N/A | Up to 1050MB/s** |
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Interface
| USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 |
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Drop Resistance
| 2 Metres | N/A | N/A | 2 Metres |
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Capacity
| Up to 2TB* | Up to 5TB* | Up to 5TB* | Up to 4TB* |
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Drive Type
| Solid State Drive | Hard Disk Drive | Hard Disk Drive | Solid State Drive |
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Password Protection
| N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes |
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Auto Backup
| N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes |
* 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less, depending on operating environment.
** 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
Product specifications subject to change without notice. Pictures shown may vary from actual products.
Western Digital, the Western Digital logo and WD Elements are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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| ASIN | B097TSN41S |
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| Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | 12,723 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories) 106 in External Hard Drives |
| Date First Available | 30 Jun. 2021 |
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Customers like the reliability, storage capacity, and portable size of the computer drive. They mention it's a quality product, great for storing backup files, and useful for backing up large media libraries. Some also appreciate the value for money and transfer speed. However, some customers have mixed opinions on whether it works well and the hard drive.
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Customers like the reliability of the computer drive. They say it's a quality product with a huge amount of storage. Some also mention that WD is a trusted brand and connectivity via USB is good.
"...In conclusion, Western Digital's 2TB external hard drive is a reliable and portable storage solution that's essential for any photographer needing..." Read more
"...The price/GB ratio is maybe not the best, but WD is a trusted brand and connectivity via USB is valuable when using a small NUC without much room..." Read more
"...my travels and storing them safely until I get home and use my safe, secure and fast broadband link to my cloud storage...." Read more
"...It's a traditional disk (not sold state). It's fast. And so far reliable. I bought the 4TB model...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the storage capacity of the computer drive. They mention it's great for storing backup files, photos, and large media libraries. Some say it holds games like it says and is perfect for their archive needs.
"...This sleek and lightweight device is perfect for on-the-go photographers like myself, ensuring I can carry my extensive photo library without adding..." Read more
"...ideal for collecting photos from a camera during my travels and storing them safely until I get home and use my safe, secure and fast broadband link..." Read more
"...Truly pocket size so ease of storing. Replaced a chunky 20 year old hdd. Pleased so far." Read more
"Great for storing any backup files , Photos ect , can be set to automaticaly backup your most used files for example ." Read more
Customers like the portable size of the computer drive. They mention it's very compact, doesn't heat up, and fits into the palm of their hand. It's a tiny little box and meant to be easily used with laptops, tablets, and is one of the most portable storage solutions out there. The main thing for them is the sheer size of this external drive. It's black and fits in with the PS4.
"...This sleek and lightweight device is perfect for on-the-go photographers like myself, ensuring I can carry my extensive photo library without adding..." Read more
"...Truly pocket size so ease of storing. Replaced a chunky 20 year old hdd. Pleased so far." Read more
"Very compact and easy to use at a very competitive price for 2TB...." Read more
"...Compact size and a decent capacity. Ideal for a 3rd backup or for lighter workloads." Read more
Customers find the installation and formatting of the product easy. They say it does the job without any fuss, is surprisingly smooth, and is easily used with laptops and tablets. Customers also mention the drive is compact and unobtrusive.
"...They work really well and are easy to install...." Read more
"Worked first time and ease of use good. Description of contents is misleading as a cable is included. Truly pocket size so ease of storing...." Read more
"It was easy to use, just plugged in and transferred all necessary files to it as a back up...." Read more
"Purchased as a backup volume for my iMac's Time Machine facility. Set-up was easy and it's doing its job well." Read more
Customers appreciate the value for money of the computer drive. They mention it's compact and portable, fits the bill for everything they need, and is fast storage for the price.
"...And so far reliable. I bought the 4TB model. It's still a reasonable price but the price has shot up significantly since the first one I bought..." Read more
"Very compact and easy to use at a very competitive price for 2TB...." Read more
"compact fast storage for the price." Read more
"...Not a bad price for so much storage. Recommended." Read more
Customers like the transfer speed of the computer drive. They say it's portable and has a decent turn-around speed. In-game performance is perfect, and the storage is much faster than all their USB stick drives. Customers also mention it's easy to use and transfer files between computers. They haven't had any write or retrieval issues to date and can transfer most of their older games and some new ones over.
"...With USB 3.0 connectivity, transferring large files is lightning-fast, and its compatibility with Windows, Linux, and Chromebook makes it versatile..." Read more
"...them safely until I get home and use my safe, secure and fast broadband link to my cloud storage...." Read more
"...It's a traditional disk (not sold state). It's fast. And so far reliable. I bought the 4TB model...." Read more
"...than RE7 despite being a huge open world game, the in-game performance was perfect too even with the 60FPS patch. -..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the hard drive. Some mention it works well, has no issues, and performs perfectly in-game. Others say it's not supported and not functioning as intended.
"I bought 2 of these to store my media on for a Plex server. They work really well and are easy to install...." Read more
"Worked first time and ease of use good. Description of contents is misleading as a cable is included. Truly pocket size so ease of storing...." Read more
"...I connected the new drive and the WD to my laptop and the WD did T boot, not even to Disk Warrior...." Read more
"...In-game the performance was perfect, no frame drop, no noticeable delay on textures rendering in. -..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the hard drive. Some mention it's a good external hard drive, while others say it may be broken.
"...transferring large files is lightning-fast, and its compatibility with Windows, Linux, and Chromebook makes it versatile for my workflow...." Read more
"...Not so with the latest version of Windows 10. Disk Management did not recognise the drive, so a quick call to their support line within five..." Read more
"External hard drive. Very good 👍..." Read more
"...short USB A (3) USB B (3) lead, it's simply plug and play and Windows recognises it and allows you to use it...." Read more
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This sleek and lightweight device is perfect for on-the-go photographers like myself, ensuring I can carry my extensive photo library without adding bulk to my gear.
With USB 3.0 connectivity, transferring large files is lightning-fast, and its compatibility with Windows, Linux, and Chromebook makes it versatile for my workflow.
Despite being a mechanical HDD, it operates quietly, though I do miss having a small LED indicator for added reassurance.
In conclusion, Western Digital's 2TB external hard drive is a reliable and portable storage solution that's essential for any photographer needing to safeguard their work on the move. Highly recommended.
One more thing, I couldn't leave stars for "Tech Support" because I didn't need them. This is another proof of reliability!
See ya!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2024
This sleek and lightweight device is perfect for on-the-go photographers like myself, ensuring I can carry my extensive photo library without adding bulk to my gear.
With USB 3.0 connectivity, transferring large files is lightning-fast, and its compatibility with Windows, Linux, and Chromebook makes it versatile for my workflow.
Despite being a mechanical HDD, it operates quietly, though I do miss having a small LED indicator for added reassurance.
In conclusion, Western Digital's 2TB external hard drive is a reliable and portable storage solution that's essential for any photographer needing to safeguard their work on the move. Highly recommended.
One more thing, I couldn't leave stars for "Tech Support" because I didn't need them. This is another proof of reliability!
See ya!
Would recommend.
Only time will tell how well it performs over the coming years.
Truly pocket size so ease of storing. Replaced a chunky 20 year old hdd.
Pleased so far.
I bought this specifically to take my PS4 games off the internal PS5 SSD but I didn't want to get a 'game drive' specific one as I would have more freedom if I wanted to partition it and backup some PC files as well.
The setup couldn't have been easier, I took it out of the box, plugged it in and the PS5 recognised it instantly. I had to format the drive before I could use it which I thought might take a few minutes at most but only took 5 seconds, then I selected around 360GB of PS4 games/apps and started the transfer.
After the format I had 1.8TB free which is more than enough and with all drives they need space for their base operating software which is usually a small fraction off the stated capacity, a lot of people clearly don't understand this from some of the reviews complaining they got less capacity than they purchased -_-
The transfer was speed really good for a physical drive, better than I was expecting, it took just over an hour for it to finish moving the whole 350+GB to the external drive.
My PS5 told me once that the drive wasn't removed properly after powering on after being in rest mode, I didn't remove the drive at all so I'm not sure why it said that. This error message has only come up once and happened the first time the console had been in rest mode with the new drive connected. The console has been in rest mode and turned off multiple times after this message and hasn't given me the error since so it may just be a one time thing.
I'll update this review if I come across any issues.
Loading PS4 games from the External as opposed to launching them from the internal SSD was a little bit slower. All times below were timed from the point of clicking resume on my game file to actually getting into the game.
- Resident Evil 7 took 77sec to load which I'd played the day before on the PS5 SSD which probably took under 30 seconds. In-game the performance was perfect, no frame drop, no noticeable delay on textures rendering in.
- Horizon Zero Dawn took 30-40sec which was actually quicker than RE7 despite being a huge open world game, the in-game performance was perfect too even with the 60FPS patch.
- God of War took 29 seconds to load into the game.
- Batman Arkham Knight took just 32 seconds to load my save and get into the game.
- Mortal Shell took just 20 seconds to load into the game.
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare took 56 seconds to load into the game from chapter selection.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2022
I bought this specifically to take my PS4 games off the internal PS5 SSD but I didn't want to get a 'game drive' specific one as I would have more freedom if I wanted to partition it and backup some PC files as well.
The setup couldn't have been easier, I took it out of the box, plugged it in and the PS5 recognised it instantly. I had to format the drive before I could use it which I thought might take a few minutes at most but only took 5 seconds, then I selected around 360GB of PS4 games/apps and started the transfer.
After the format I had 1.8TB free which is more than enough and with all drives they need space for their base operating software which is usually a small fraction off the stated capacity, a lot of people clearly don't understand this from some of the reviews complaining they got less capacity than they purchased -_-
The transfer was speed really good for a physical drive, better than I was expecting, it took just over an hour for it to finish moving the whole 350+GB to the external drive.
My PS5 told me once that the drive wasn't removed properly after powering on after being in rest mode, I didn't remove the drive at all so I'm not sure why it said that. This error message has only come up once and happened the first time the console had been in rest mode with the new drive connected. The console has been in rest mode and turned off multiple times after this message and hasn't given me the error since so it may just be a one time thing.
I'll update this review if I come across any issues.
Loading PS4 games from the External as opposed to launching them from the internal SSD was a little bit slower. All times below were timed from the point of clicking resume on my game file to actually getting into the game.
- Resident Evil 7 took 77sec to load which I'd played the day before on the PS5 SSD which probably took under 30 seconds. In-game the performance was perfect, no frame drop, no noticeable delay on textures rendering in.
- Horizon Zero Dawn took 30-40sec which was actually quicker than RE7 despite being a huge open world game, the in-game performance was perfect too even with the 60FPS patch.
- God of War took 29 seconds to load into the game.
- Batman Arkham Knight took just 32 seconds to load my save and get into the game.
- Mortal Shell took just 20 seconds to load into the game.
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare took 56 seconds to load into the game from chapter selection.
The Backup completed but some files were skipped. Error code 0x8100002F
windows 11 backup encountered a problem when backing up file C:\Users\bucha\Pictures. Error:(The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002))
I used this HD on another PC running Windows 10. The Backup worked fine.
Seems like the problem is with Windows 11.
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The setup was incredibly easy—just plug and play. It’s compatible with both Windows and Mac, and transferring files is fast and smooth. The size is perfect too. It’s compact and lightweight, making it easy to carry in my bag without taking up much space or adding extra weight.
What I really appreciate is how durable it feels. The casing is sturdy, and it seems like it could handle some bumps while traveling. Which is important because you don't want to lose your files. Overall, this is an excellent external hard drive for anyone needing large storage in a portable format. Highly recommend for photographers, videographers, or anyone needing lots of reliable backup space!















