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WD Elements Desktop 12TB

9,0/10 (448 reviews)
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Product information

Key specs

Total storage capacity
12 TB
Hard drive type
3.5 inches
Color
Black
Type of USB port
Micro USB-B (3.0 form)
Formatted for operating system
Windows
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Pros and cons

According to our HDD external hard drive expert
  • With 12TB of storage space, you have enough space for more than 250 HD movies or 1.2 million photos of 10MB.
  • Thanks to the USB 3.0 connector, the drive works up to ten times faster than with USB 2.0.
  • This drive is plug and play, so it will work as soon as you connect it to your Windows device.
  • This hard drive doesn't have hardware encryption with password security.
  • The hard drive isn't powered via the USB cable, but via an extra power cable.
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Description

Store all your precious photos, documents, and media files with the WD Elements Desktop 12TB. Thanks to its slim design, this 3.5-inch external hard drive takes up little space on your desk. The Elements Desktop is specially designed for Windows computers, but you can also use it with Apple devices if you format the drive. You can back up your entire PC without installation, or transfer your movie collection and vacation photos so they're safely stored. Data is transferred via USB 3.0, which is up to 10x faster than USB 2.0. The drive includes a USB 3.0 cable. In addition, the drive is shockproof. So if it happens to fall off the table, your files remain undamaged.

Store all your precious photos, documents, and media files with the WD Elements Desktop 12TB. Thanks to its slim design, this 3.5-inch external hard drive takes up little space on your desk. The Elements Desktop is specially designed for Windows computers, but you can also use it with Apple devices if you format the drive. You can back up your entire PC without installation, or transfer your movie collection and vacation photos so they're safely stored. Data is transferred via USB 3.0, which is up to 10x faster than USB 2.0. The drive includes a USB 3.0 cable. In addition, the drive is shockproof. So if it happens to fall off the table, your files remain undamaged.

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Included by default

  • Manual (2.16 MB)
  • Power cable
  • Micro USB to USB-C cable

Included by default

  • Manual (2.16 MB)
  • Power cable
  • Micro USB to USB-C cable

Key specs

Total storage capacity
12 TB
Hard drive type
3.5 inches
Color
Black
Type of USB port
Micro USB-B (3.0 form)
Formatted for operating system
Windows
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Reviews

448 reviews
9,0/10 (448 reviews)

Rating

290 reviews with 5 stars

137 reviews with 4 stars

14 reviews with 3 stars

2 reviews with 2 stars

4 reviews with 1 star

Rating per section

Reliability
10,0
Speed
10,0
Sound production
10,0
Price-quality ratio
10,0

Customer images

Most helpful reviews

9,5/10

Excellent value for money

  • Long power cord
  • On off switch
  • Dieter
  • 7 September 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
5,0/10

Bad

  • Defective after 2 years and 3 months. Lost everything. Was only used to store photos
  • D.p
  • 19 October 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
6,5/10

Hard drive in book form, but not so welcome in a silent

  • Good heat dissipation
  • noisy
  • Rik declercq
  • 28 October 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Total backup system

  • Kris vanandroye
  • 12 August 2014
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,5/10

typical next generation

  • Quiet
  • Looks great on the bookshelf
  • Switch sometimes refuses
  • Leo zandvliet
  • 7 August 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Just perfect for this price.

  • Price
  • silent
  • Johan lagewaard
  • 17 June 2017
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,0/10

Reliable memory for next to nothing

  • Lots of storage for little money
  • Certainty of an extra backup medium
  • Pretty slow
  • Ger
  • 14 August 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,5/10

good hard drive

  • easy
  • storage capacity
  • Thibaud demeyer
  • 28 July 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,5/10

recommended

  • Harrie willems
  • 16 August 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,5/10

topper

  • super easy to connect
  • Robert
  • 13 February 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,5/10

Excellent value for money

  • Long power cord
  • On off switch
  • Minimalist design

I bought this drive to make extra backups and started using it right away.

For me, 4TB, a minimalist design and USB3 were a must. An extra plus is the on-off button anyway, I'm not a fan of disks that start as soon as you plug them in. This will help prolong the life of the drive as I will only turn it on every now and then to sync files.

The rubber feet at the bottom ensure that hardly any vibrations are transferred to your desk. Even after a whole day of copying data, the heat development is not too bad due to the ventilation holes in the housing.

And to be very specific, the LED is white and not too bright. I used to have a disk that lit up the whole room and you were almost blind from looking at the blue LED.

So excellent value for money.

  • Dieter
  • 7 September 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
5,0/10

Bad

  • Defective after 2 years and 3 months. Lost everything. Was only used to store photos

Lost everything after 2 years and 3 months.
Can't be recovered

  • D.p
  • 19 October 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
6,5/10

Hard drive in book form, but not so welcome in a silent

  • Good heat dissipation
  • noisy

Pretty noisy I must say. I had hoped for a very quiet drive, because I work in a very quiet room, but it makes significantly more noise than eg the 500gig WD externals.

  • Rik declercq
  • 28 October 2015
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
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Specifications

Product

Product number
858169
Manufacturer code
WDBWLG0120HBK-EESN
Brand
Western Digital
Warranty
2 years
Processing of your defect
Via Coolblue
Old product returned for free
Yes

Memory properties

Total storage capacity
12 TB
Cache memory
64 MB
Hard drive type
3.5 inches
Formatted for operating system
Windows
Safety class
High-end

Functions

Shockproof
No
Dustproof
No
On/off switch
Yes
Backup feature
Yes
Protected memory (USB)
No

Physical properties

Width
4,8 cm
Depth
13,5 cm
Height
16,6 cm
Weight
1 kg
Color
Black
Material
Plastic
Build quality
Basic

Other properties

Energy-efficient
No
Power supply type
Power grid

Connectors and connections

USB port
Yes
Type of USB port
Micro USB-B (3.0 form)
Thunderbolt connector
No
FireWire
No

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