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WD My Book 26TB vs WD My Book 12TB

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WD My Book 26TB

Single-Drive Desktop External Drives

Why this one

  • Choose the My Book 26TB for a large desktop archive or backup collection, with space near a power outlet for its AC adapter.1
  • It arrives formatted exFAT for Windows 10 or later and macOS 11 or later, making it a practical shared-file option across supported computers.1

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What WD My Book 12TB offers

The WD My Book 12TB gives a desktop file archive 12TB on one external hard drive, avoiding the need to split that much storage across smaller drives.12

2 models / at a glance

Key differences

Every specification ↗

What differs

SpecificationWD My Book 26TBWD My Book 12TB
Capacity26 TB112 TB2

More details

SpecificationWD My Book 26TBWD My Book 12TB
Hard drive or SSDHdd3Hdd1
Warranty3 years4Not published
Hardware encryptionYes1Not published
Password protectionYes1Not published
Operating system supportFormatted exFAT for out-of-the-box compatibility: Windows® 10+ | macOS 11+1Not published
Included backup softwareAcronis® True Image™ for Western Digital1Not published
USB interfaceUSB 3.03USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 and USB 2.01

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Sources

  1. documents.westerndigital.com
  2. www.alternate.de
  3. www.morele.net
  4. www.compsource.com