The classic traditional hard drives are the most reliable for storage - archiving of files, data, programs. After the damage I suffered from an NVME drive, never again will I use such drives for backup. Only HDD.

it does its job, really good. as of now... it hasn't shown any errors, and also it fell from 1meter twice and its still working fine. Really good.

it did not work properly from the first day of purchase.
The computer did not recognize it, you had to connect and disconnect it several times for the computer to read it while it kept freezing constantly,,,the most useless thing.
ONLY TOSHIBA

The disk is relatively good, as is the value for money. Unfortunately, with power fluctuations it 'suffers', resulting in it breaking easily.

2 discs burned out over 3 years. One fell from 10 centimeters. The other just got warm. Damage incalculable. I don't even want to hear about this company again.

Once, with the money that this 4TB hard drive costs now, you could get one with half the capacity. Also, in my personal opinion, Western Digital is a reliable brand

Unfortunately, these drives are designed to be replaced in case of any failure. Even if the USB fails, it is now a failure on the board which is integrated. You cannot simply remove it from the case and connect it to another SATA or USB device, nor to any computer

I bought it about 3 years ago for simple data storage (photos and videos from my phone) to back up memories. I used it very rarely as I was waiting for enough files to accumulate before copying them. After just 3-4 uses, I noticed that it was corrupting my videos, making them slow to open, causing the image to lag, and ultimately destroying them completely. I set it aside and used a much older ADATA drive I had. At some point, I decided to see if it would work again, and if not, to save the already copied files on it. The results were disastrous, and as I was copying my files to save them elsewhere, it shut down and never worked again. It should be noted that it was always stored according to its specifications, it had never fallen, nor had it suffered any other mishandling. It truly was NOT worth the 80 euros I paid for this drive, and I regret being swayed by the good reviews I had read and purchasing it. It was truly WASTED MONEY!!!!

I can't understand how with so many negative reviews it has a top seller status. After a year, it stopped being recognized by the PC, and as mentioned in the comments below, you can't connect it elsewhere to transfer files

I lost all my work..... all my files. The drive was fine one day and the next day it never opened again. And when I told someone I have a problem, they couldn't even recover my files where I took it, they replied, "Is it WD? Cry about it!!!". That's it...... unfortunately, I lost very important files out of nowhere

With minimal use, and almost empty at 6 months, it started to freeze, and after a while, it finished, and the few files are gone

It is functional and fast, but when it stays idle for a long time and goes into power saving mode, it makes a loud click as if it doesn't have enough power from the USB. I have tested it from USB 2.0 to 3.2 and even in type C, this phenomenon is still observed.

The first image is very good, its speed is even better than described, as I calculated that it takes about 11 seconds per gigabyte. Its small size is also very good.

Far and beloved! Slow fragile poor quality. Look for something in an SSD to be safer your data

It is the second same hard drive I buy and I am very satisfied, as it works perfectly.

As others have mentioned in comments (which unfortunately I did not read before purchasing), the hard drive does not have a SATA output. It has the USB controller integrated and you cannot change the case with another USB controller in case there is a problem and it is not recognized correctly or at all. The only option is to send it for replacement with your data inside, which if it is important and you have taken a backup, you simply do not do it and keep it as a reminder... From now on, I will make a separate purchase for the SATA hard drive and the case, so we know where we are going.
Update after approximately one year of use:
CrystalDiskInfo gives it a 40% health status.

I have purchased this product 4 times, twice it arrived damaged and it was always in a display condition!!! I lost all the files I had inside!!!

The computer takes too long to recognize it, and the television doesn't even recognize it at all. When it manages to connect, file transfer is definitely not USB3 (50-60mb/s). Unfortunately, I also just realized that it's not SATA, so I can't simply put it in another enclosure. I only use it once a month for backup, and I wonder when it will fail me... Very bad purchase. It's just an SSD with a cheap casing, that's it.

I will not write about speeds, connectivity, etc. Many others have already written about them below.

I am writing a comment to point out the following: In case you want to open it, for example due to some damage, IT DOES NOT HAVE A SATA interface. So, this specific type of hard drive can only be read through USB, which is connected to SATA through a circuit. A big negative for me, maybe this is also why the price point is explained.

Personally, I have 5 WD elements (2*4TB and 3*5TB), for four years now, and none of them have crashed on me yet.

I have bought it twice, once in 2020 and once in 2023. Not because the first one broke, but because after 3 years and so many advancements in the field of technology, it continued to be the best choice/cost-quality-capacity combination.

Quiet and reliable, I highly recommend it. The only negative thing about it is that I will have to somehow mark it externally to distinguish it from the first one! (Just a joke)

Very good and reliable, personally I only use it for backup so I can't express an opinion on daily use.. but it does its job!

The television doesn't read him at all. Only the computer. Other similar hard drives from other companies are read by the television.

Very decent for what you want
The requirements are not high (SATA 300)

A very fast and reliable external hard drive, I would have liked it to be a bit better constructed but it's still good. Sometimes it crashes when transferring large RAW photo files, but I can't say for sure if it's the hard drive's fault.

I have had it for about 1 month, very good so far. I have connected it to my NAS to extend its capacity and it is very fast in transferring data from the NAS to the USB disk, about 50-70mb/s. Its durability will show over time, but so far I am very satisfied

All good. Connected very easily, very good construction and fast data transfer. Completely silent. Does not heat up. Highly recommended

It looks great with good speeds (connected externally with a USB 3 cable for transferring multiple files with a total size of 5GB+, and the speed was between 88 and 94MB/s). So, all good.

I bought 3 identical 2TB drives in the last 4 months. 2 of them failed on me. So much work and time wasted. Such a shame!!!

Once I used it for backup and now that I plugged it in again, it's broken and it freezes my computer. It doesn't even repair, nothing, it's just trash. I had it for good company, but it's gone too...

Small but very spacious with 5TB of storage, always securely deleted and stored in a safe place. You don't mess around with that much data haha. Overall, I'm satisfied with the price I found it for.

Update:
The cable connecting to the hard drive probably wasn't making good contact because the computer was showing a disconnecting/connecting phenomenon on its own as if it wasn't making good contact. I tried another cable and it worked