--- product_id: 2695261 title: "My Book 2TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage" brand: "wd" price: "€ 344.03" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Wd" url: https://www.desertcart.fr/products/2695261-my-book-2tb-external-hard-drive-storage-usb-3-0 store_origin: FR region: France --- # 2TB storage USB 3.0/2.0 Encryption My Book 2TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage **Brand:** wd **Price:** € 344.03 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 💡 Your data's best friend! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** My Book 2TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage by wd - **How much does it cost?** € 344.03 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fr](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/2695261-my-book-2tb-external-hard-drive-storage-usb-3-0) ## Best For - wd enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted wd brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Smart Backup:** Automatic, continuous backup ensures your data is always safe. - • **Peace of Mind:** Enjoy a 2-year limited warranty for worry-free usage. - • **Massive Storage:** Store up to 4TB of your essential files and memories. - • **Top-Notch Security:** Password protection and hardware encryption keep your files secure. - • **Seamless Compatibility:** Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 support for versatile connectivity. ## Overview The WD My Book 2TB External Hard Drive offers a robust solution for file backup and storage, featuring up to 4TB capacity, dual USB compatibility, automatic backup options, and advanced security measures, all backed by a 2-year warranty. ## Description Put your digital life on the sleek, high capacity My Book® Essential™ external hard drive. With WD quality and USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity, this drive is designed for today with tomorrow in mind. WD quality inside and out - My Book External drives are the world's best selling drives. There's a reason. We've been making hard drives for 20 years and we know how to protect your data. USB 3.0 plus USB 2.0 - A single drive with universal compatibility today and next-generation speed for tomorrow. Use it with USB 2.0 now and step up to USB 3.0 speed when you’re ready. Review: Large capacity, USB 3.0 speed and relatively low cost ... - This drive is all i needed and expected from it. With it's 2GB storage space it accomodates most of mine precious data, it's much fater than old USB 2.0 MyBook when used with USB 3.0 controller ... and all of that is packed in a very minimalistic but elegant package. The activity LED is not overwhelming but bright enought to see it even in direct sun light. The drive is slim but heavy enough to maintain it's stability on the desk and the power and usb cables that are included are long enough to reach to the other end of desk where I have my surge protector. The only bad thing about the drive for me was the software it came with, and the kind of autorun partition with the junk on it. Backup agent that is included and branded by WD is super limited, and almost useless unless you just want a very simple backup of everything. Other than that, if You know what are you doing you can easly wipe out all the junk software that came preinstalled and than set-up a backup software of your choice to do exactly what you want it to do. To make it clear for some interested in the software that WD supplied, my bigest issue was that it won't let you choose certain folder or folder tree to backup period, instead it will ask you wahat kind of data (pictures, documents, videos etc.) you want to backup, than it asks you were to look for it and than it scans the locations you provided for this particular data to be backed up. You have very limited or even no control over it what so ever. I want my backup software to give me aability to show it what folder, drives or single files to backup and just do it. Don't think for me what's good what's bad or what's a picture what's a video etc. A user that knows what backup is for and that he/she needs it, will for sure know what exactly is important to them and needs that backup. That said, the hard drive, it's performance, design and the looks are great! Just make sure that if you want to use it for backup to get some more advanced backup utility. Review: Great drives - I have 3 for media storage. - Been using these for a couple of years and love them. I just add a new one whenever I need space. There are a couple of issues that are not for the faint of heart, but are easy to correct with a bit of googling. A few tips for success: 1. These are DESKTOP EXTERNAL drives and are not meant to be portable or routinely traveled with. Plug them in and leave them stationary, just like the name says. Get some small portable drives if you need to hand transfer data. I have 6 or 7 portables for that reason. 2. Ensure they get good, clean air flow and space to breathe. The cases don't run especially hot, which I suspect means they are overly insulated and don't shed enough heat. 3. Take some time to get to know and customize the software they ship with. It's not bad, and somewhat better than similar products I've used from Seagate and Buffalo. Customize it so it only backs up what you want, when you need it. You can even specify file types and set file versioning, which is very useful. Also be sure to do the software and firmware upgrades through the management software. 4. Set the power management appropriately. If you hit the disks often, you don't want them to drop to sleep mode every 15 minutes. Match it to your workflow. I personally do all my backups to one drive and treat the others as giant write space for archives that aren't catastrophic if I lose them. 5. You may discover an issue with Windows 7 not recognizing more than 2 of them concurrently. It will manifest as only two mapping drives and the third not being recognized. It's a quick fix, just google and follow the instructions. Great little drives and ample storage for the price. UPDATE 7/3/13: I just purchased my fourth drive and added it on with no problems. The software -which has been updated to a very nice new interface- recognized it and had it working immediately. The drive shipped with the latest firmware and is visually identical to previous models. Still a great drive and value for the money. ## Features - Up to 4 TB capacity - Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility - Automatic, continuous backup or file backup option - Password protection and hardware encryption - 2-year limited warranty ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0041OSQBG | | Additional Features | Portable | | Best Sellers Rank | #246 in External Hard Drives | | Brand | WD | | Cache Memory Installed Size | 2 | | Color | Black | | Compatible Devices | Smartphone, Tablet | | Connectivity Technology | Ethernet, USB | | Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (839) | | Digital Storage Capacity | 2048 GB | | Enclosure Material | Aluminum/Glass | | Form Factor | 3.5-inch | | Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk | | Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 Inches | | Hard Disk Interface | USB 2.0/3.0 | | Hard-Drive Size | 2048 GB | | Hardware Connectivity | USB | | Installation Type | External Hard Drive | | Item Weight | 2.6 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Western Digital | | Media Speed | Up to 625 MB/s | | Model Name | My Book | | Model Number | WDBACW0020HBK-NESN | | Number of Items | 1 | | Specific Uses For Product | Personal | | UPC | 698340571207 778889353028 072090796521 033584031450 191120075594 718037804514 115970718838 777781855500 718037770604 999994563557 763616028317 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** WD - **Color:** Black - **Compatible Devices:** Smartphone, Tablet - **Connectivity Technology:** Ethernet, USB - **Digital Storage Capacity:** 2048 GB - **Hard Disk Description:** Mechanical Hard Disk - **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 3.5 Inches - **Hard Disk Interface:** USB 2.0/3.0 - **Installation Type:** External Hard Drive - **Special Feature:** Portable ## Images ![My Book 2TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61W-QrHkyUL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: will this drive work with the Wii U?** A: Yes. I am using it for that. Works great. **Q: Does it work on the mac** A: Linda: Yes, this works on a Mac, under the following conditions: Snow Leopard (10.6.8 or higher, up to Mavericks 10.9.1 in my direct experience). And you NEED TO REFORMAT THE DISC. Connect the disc via the USB 3.0 (or USB 2.0) port, open GO > UTILITIES > DISK UTILITY > click on the TOP DISC in the left hand column > Highlight it > Select ERASE > then you will need to FORMAT > Mac OS Extended (Journaled) > then NAME the disc (something uncommon, like a word NOT usually found on your computer. I name mine after Planets, the last name of photographers, artists) It will run for a few minutes (generally 2), and then it's Mac-compatible. Hope this helps! **Q: is this a esatas drive or a sata drive?** A: This is a USB 3.0 drive. Internally it's probably SATA. But there's no eSATA external connection. **Q: Does it running with Linux OS?** A: Yes. You will need to make sure you can read and write to NTFS drives or format to a file system you can access. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Large capacity, USB 3.0 speed and relatively low cost ... *by L***K on February 22, 2011* This drive is all i needed and expected from it. With it's 2GB storage space it accomodates most of mine precious data, it's much fater than old USB 2.0 MyBook when used with USB 3.0 controller ... and all of that is packed in a very minimalistic but elegant package. The activity LED is not overwhelming but bright enought to see it even in direct sun light. The drive is slim but heavy enough to maintain it's stability on the desk and the power and usb cables that are included are long enough to reach to the other end of desk where I have my surge protector. The only bad thing about the drive for me was the software it came with, and the kind of autorun partition with the junk on it. Backup agent that is included and branded by WD is super limited, and almost useless unless you just want a very simple backup of everything. Other than that, if You know what are you doing you can easly wipe out all the junk software that came preinstalled and than set-up a backup software of your choice to do exactly what you want it to do. To make it clear for some interested in the software that WD supplied, my bigest issue was that it won't let you choose certain folder or folder tree to backup period, instead it will ask you wahat kind of data (pictures, documents, videos etc.) you want to backup, than it asks you were to look for it and than it scans the locations you provided for this particular data to be backed up. You have very limited or even no control over it what so ever. I want my backup software to give me aability to show it what folder, drives or single files to backup and just do it. Don't think for me what's good what's bad or what's a picture what's a video etc. A user that knows what backup is for and that he/she needs it, will for sure know what exactly is important to them and needs that backup. That said, the hard drive, it's performance, design and the looks are great! Just make sure that if you want to use it for backup to get some more advanced backup utility. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great drives - I have 3 for media storage. *by D***D on August 24, 2012* Been using these for a couple of years and love them. I just add a new one whenever I need space. There are a couple of issues that are not for the faint of heart, but are easy to correct with a bit of googling. A few tips for success: 1. These are DESKTOP EXTERNAL drives and are not meant to be portable or routinely traveled with. Plug them in and leave them stationary, just like the name says. Get some small portable drives if you need to hand transfer data. I have 6 or 7 portables for that reason. 2. Ensure they get good, clean air flow and space to breathe. The cases don't run especially hot, which I suspect means they are overly insulated and don't shed enough heat. 3. Take some time to get to know and customize the software they ship with. It's not bad, and somewhat better than similar products I've used from Seagate and Buffalo. Customize it so it only backs up what you want, when you need it. You can even specify file types and set file versioning, which is very useful. Also be sure to do the software and firmware upgrades through the management software. 4. Set the power management appropriately. If you hit the disks often, you don't want them to drop to sleep mode every 15 minutes. Match it to your workflow. I personally do all my backups to one drive and treat the others as giant write space for archives that aren't catastrophic if I lose them. 5. You may discover an issue with Windows 7 not recognizing more than 2 of them concurrently. It will manifest as only two mapping drives and the third not being recognized. It's a quick fix, just google and follow the instructions. Great little drives and ample storage for the price. UPDATE 7/3/13: I just purchased my fourth drive and added it on with no problems. The software -which has been updated to a very nice new interface- recognized it and had it working immediately. The drive shipped with the latest firmware and is visually identical to previous models. Still a great drive and value for the money. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent on Ubuntu, but keeps falling asleep. *by F***1 on October 27, 2012* I purchased this drive to give me some much-needed extra space, and a way to transfer files from Windows7 to Ubuntu, and back again. It has performed flawlessly and more quickly than expected. Windows Users: Install the driver that comes on the drive. Then Install the software that comes with it only if you plan to use it (I didn't, so I'll not review the software). Then run Windows update to update the driver. Ubuntu users: The drive will work without additional drivers. Leave the drive formatted as NTFS if you intend to use it on other operating systems. Mac Users: I suggest installing an NTFS FUSE driver for read/write access to NTFS partitions before plugging the drive in, otherwise you will have read-only access until you install the included software and reformat the drive as HFS+. HFS+ is a poor choice if you intend using the drive with other operating systems, as they will have read-only access to the drive without significant modification, if indeed they have access at all. Applicable to both: This drive is suitable for any and all external storage needs. No external drive can equal the performance of an internal, but for most uses, this drive is more than adequate. While I would not suggest it as a boot drive, few people would wish to use it as such. be careful when plugging in/removing the cords, as others have had issues with the connectors breaking (personally I believe they were abusing the drive, but cannot be sure, all I know is that this has not happened to me, and I am not overly careful about such things). UPDATE 12Nov2012: This drive continually puts itself to sleep and parks the heads to save power. While this behaviour in no way compromises the drive while reading or writing to it, if you do not use it constantly, it becomes quite annoying waiting for it to spin up and get ready. There is no way to disable this feature. -1 Star for poor design. ## Frequently Bought Together - WD My Book 2TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage - WD 1TB My Passport, Portable External Hard Drive, Black, backup software with defense against ransomware, and password protection, USB 3.1/USB 3.0 compatible - WDBYVG0010BBK-WESN - WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive for Windows, USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 for PC & Mac, Plug and Play Ready - WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.fr/products/2695261-my-book-2tb-external-hard-drive-storage-usb-3-0](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/2695261-my-book-2tb-external-hard-drive-storage-usb-3-0) --- *Product available on Desertcart France* *Store origin: FR* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*