WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black
WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protect… — image 2 WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protect… — image 3 WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protect… — image 4 WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protect… — image 5 WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protect… — image 6 WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protect… — image 7

WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black

by Western Digital

WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 3 different years (2020–2022), peaking at #72.

Buy on Amazon → ← Best-Selling Hard Drives

About this hard drive

  • The My Book drive is trusted desktop storage designed to complement your personal style with a massive amount of space to store your photos, videos, music, and documents. Equipped with password protection and perfectly paired with backup software, My Book desktop storage helps keep your files safe.
  • Easy to Use. Ready to use with Mac and Windows computers right out of the box, so you can start transferring files, saving your memories, and backing up right away. It also comes with all the software you need to help protect your data.
  • Complete Backup. My Book desktop storage comes equipped with backup software to help make sure your photos, videos, music, and documents don’t get lost. You can set it to run automatically to your schedule. Just pick the time and frequency to back up important files from your system. With the power of the included backup software, you’ve got complete backup routine options to help recover data in
  • Password Protection with Hardware Encryption. The My Book drive’s built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection helps keep your content private and safe. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password using the included software. For quick, convenient access you can set to automatically unlock the drive on your computer, saving you the hassle of keying
  • Massive capacity, Available in capacities up to 18TB, there's plenty of room to save the massive amounts of photos, videos, and music you love, plus your important documents.
  • SuperSpeed USB 3.0, (5 Gbps); USB 2.0 compatible

Details

Peak position#72 (of 3 years charting)
Charted2020–2022
CategoryData Storage › External Data Storage › External Hard Drives
PublisherWestern Digital
Price range£41.49 – £540.00 (all time)

Price history

Amazon UK price history for WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black

Price history chart by Keepa.

In the charts

Its best year was 2021, when it finished at #72 in Amazon UK’s annual Top 100 hard drives. That year’s #1 was Toshiba 1TB Canvio Basics Portable External Hard Drive,USB 3.2. Gen 1, Black (HDTB410EK3AA) by Toshiba. It first charted in 2020 at #83, climbed to a peak of #72 in 2021, and last appeared in 2022, at #94. That is 3 consecutive years in the Top 100.

Around it in 2021

See the full 2021 Top 100 →

More best-sellers from Western Digital

Chart History

FAQs

Was "WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black" a bestseller?
WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 3 different years (2020–2022), peaking at #72.

What was the best-selling hard drive of 2021?
"Toshiba 1TB Canvio Basics Portable External Hard Drive,USB 3.2. Gen 1, Black (HDTB410EK3AA)" by Toshiba was the #1 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 2021. "WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black" finished at #72 that year.

What other hard drives by Western Digital were bestsellers?
"WD Blue 1TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB Cache, 2 Year Warranty" (peak #2, 2016–2023); "WD 1 TB Elements Portable Hard Drive" (peak #2, 2017–2026); "WD 2TB Elements portable external hard drive, USB 3.0 interface, portable external storage, Plug-and-Play, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1, Formatted for PC and Mac, Black" (peak #3, 2017–2024); "WD Red 3TB 3.5 Inch NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM - WD30EFRX" (peak #5, 2016–2020); "WD 4TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0, Plug-and-Play, Formatted for Windows, Black" (peak #6, 2025–2026).

What years did "WD 12TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protection, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, software for device management, backup, hardware encryption, works with PC and Mac, Black" chart on Amazon UK?
It appeared in the annual Top 100 best-selling hard drives list in: 2022 (#94), 2021 (#72), 2020 (#83).