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expiredJeffSRAWR posted Jul 08, 2025 06:15 AM

14TB WD easystore 3.5" USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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Best Buy via eBay has 14TB WD easystore 3.5" USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy has 14TB WD easystore 3.5" USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

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  • USB 3.0 interface: Offers easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward-compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
  • Comes with the WD Discovery backup software that lets you set hourly, daily, or monthly backup schedules and makes it easy to back up high-capacity files to your drive. Compatible with Apple Time Machine (requires reformatting)

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  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars based on over 3,000 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Best Buy via eBay has 14TB WD easystore 3.5" USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy has 14TB WD easystore 3.5" USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member JeffSRAWR for finding this deal.

Note, product will be sold/shipped by Best Buy

Product Details:
  • USB 3.0 interface: Offers easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward-compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
  • Comes with the WD Discovery backup software that lets you set hourly, daily, or monthly backup schedules and makes it easy to back up high-capacity files to your drive. Compatible with Apple Time Machine (requires reformatting)

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars based on over 3,000 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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MWink
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If you plan to use it externally, I see no reason to swap it into a different enclosure. The SATA-USB bridge WD historically used in these is one of the best I've seen. You can shuck the drive (or put it in a different enclosure) without data loss. However, subsequently putting it back into the WD enclosure can damage the backup GPT (partition table) header. Windows doesn't seem to care about this (and may even silently fix it) but Linux tends to throw a fit (but it can be manually repaired there too).
WildflowerGuru
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Easystore is the name Best Buy uses exclusively for their WD hard drives

Elements is the WD common name sold everywhere else

BB does this so it doesn't have to price match, different branding, different part numbers
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Quote from wolverine88 :
Shockable?
wouldn't be good for the electronics controlling the drive but you could. Looks like it also can be shucked.
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Quote from warcraft82 :
The Elements version is the same price direct from Western Digital also. They offer an extra year of warranty.
10% cashback also thru your fave sites
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WaggJul 08, 2025 01:18 PM
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Quote from warcraft82 :
The Elements version is the same price direct from Western Digital also. They offer an extra year of warranty.
Not if you shuck which I assume a lot of us will.
One more drive for the NAS!
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Jul 08, 2025 01:28 PM
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tecnocrisJul 08, 2025 01:28 PM
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Can these still be removed and used as regular storage drives? Are they still WD reds in there?
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JollyName737Jul 08, 2025 01:30 PM
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I've had a WD MyBook fail many years ago and that sucked. I primarily want to use for just backup and archive of files (photos, data, etc.). It won't see a lot of use and will be connected intermittently to a laptop and not a desktop. Is it better to have this or a portable external in that case?
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xxdwesmanxJul 08, 2025 02:19 PM
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Quote from gaijin4life :
Amazon Price matched - $169:

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Di...B07YD3G568

How did you get amazon to price match?
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How did you get amazon to price match?
Got it! - Thanks

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MWinkJul 08, 2025 02:57 PM
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Quote from publicpersona :
There is absolutely no functional difference between the two. There are cosmetic differences, and the product lines are marketed, distributed, and sold differently. The hardware is absolutely the same. You may be thinking of the difference between EasyStore/Elements and MyBook.
Actually, the hardware is not the same. They may contain the same HD but the SATA-USB bridge is different. Some people seem to prefer the version used in the EasyStore. And yes, the MyBook is even more different.
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eclipse8129Jul 08, 2025 02:57 PM
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OOS on BB and eBay. Amazon still in stock.
Jul 08, 2025 03:00 PM
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MrSwagMoreJul 08, 2025 03:00 PM
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What do you guys use this for?
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hy_tekJul 08, 2025 03:04 PM
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I have only one warning about these Easystore platter based drives. They are very top heavy and have a high center of gravity and a small narrow footprint. Thus they tip over very easily. I had one simply tip over and the drive totally crapped out as a result losing all my data. Not very reassuring when you're using these for a backup drive. Just make sure you take precautions to stabilize it from tipping over. The drives are great until they fall over.
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Raines8416Jul 08, 2025 03:52 PM
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Quote from gaijin4life :
Amazon Price matched - $169:

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Di...B07YD3G568

That's a different model though..
Last edited by Raines8416 July 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM.
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Ya_wumpusJul 08, 2025 03:57 PM
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Quote from smileurinla :
Still shuckable?
Expect to have to use the "tape trick", but otherwise I haven't heard it wasn't.
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unknownuser5Jul 08, 2025 04:36 PM
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Quote from publicpersona :
There is absolutely no functional difference between the two. There are cosmetic differences, and the product lines are marketed, distributed, and sold differently. The hardware is absolutely the same. You may be thinking of the difference between EasyStore/Elements and MyBook.
Not true.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoar...nt/jq608yr

Elements have a physical power button which you need to press to turn on everytime the unit starts. Easystore does not.


Although lot of recent review for elements says that the power button is non-functional.

But 14TB is too less of space these days for many.
Last edited by unknownuser5 July 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM.
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