WD 22TB My Book: A Home for What You Love and Memories That Matter

This post is sponsored by Western Digital.

You've probably taken a few pictures with your smartphone recently or downloaded home videos on your tablet to watch later offline. What about the music collection you've built over the years sitting in a folder on your desktop? And the family albums of special occasions? Work days also see us creating, sharing, and downloading important data and documents. Indeed, as citizens of this fast-paced digital age, we are constantly creating data, sharing it, and storing it on the multiple devices we own and have access to.

You'll agree that this data is truly precious. Memories of good times with loved ones, music that gets you going, videos you can watch time and again, and your crucial work documents. Surely, you would want to preserve this data and back up your devices in a storage place to help keep them safe. How will you do that? One of the first names you can think of would probably be the trusted Western Digital. Driven to create breakthrough innovations and powerful data storage solutions that enable the world to actualize its aspirations, Western Digital has the perfect solution for you in the form of the new 22TB* My Book™ Desktop Hard Drive from WD®—its highest capacity consumer drive ever.

* 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on the operating environment.

The My Book drive is designed to complement your style and lifestyle with a massive amount of space to store your photos, videos, music, and documents. You not only get password protection and perfectly paired with backup software, My Book desktop storage helps keep what you love and matters to you safe.

According to a 2020 Statista survey, the average American had access to more than ten connected devices in their household. The findings revealed that on average, people had access to more than two computers and more than two mobile phones in the evaluated period. The 22TB* My Book device would fit perfectly in your household as a consolidated storage solution. It provides enough space for you to back up not only your personal devices but possibly those of your entire household.

Now consider the five-year forecast of the worldwide IDC Global DataSphere, a measure of how much new data is created, captured, replicated, and consumed each year. As per the study, in 2022 alone, the average household worldwide generated more than 20TB of data. And this number is expected to continue rising as people consume and create more data. The study also revealed that while many people use the cloud to store their data, many consumers like you look for local storage at their fingertips.

With local storage like the My Book device, you get control of a reliable solution for preserving your ever-increasing personal and business data, making it a must-have for your home. Everyone in your family could store data connected to their passions: The photographer who needs to back up his vast library of pictures; a budding YouTuber who shoots and stores videos constantly; or the students who need storage for their school and university assignments. No matter who you can think of, storing and backing up data has become a necessity.

The My Book device delivers reliable storage. With it, you get the convenience and flexibility to back up and preserve thousands of documents, photos, videos, and even other storage devices like your memory cards, USB flash drives, and portable SSDs and HDDs. So picture this: the data, photos, videos, music, and documents of your entire family would be available in a single organized and easy-to-access location—the 22TB* My Book desktop storage solution.

Western Digital products are built with your data priorities in mind. It's the same with the My Book drive, equipped with backup software to help ensure your photos, videos, music, and documents don’t get lost. You don't need to hang around for the backup to happen or complete. Simply set it to run automatically to your schedule. All you need to do is pick the time and frequency to back up important files. Backing up your devices helps ensure you always have your files, in case your system gets infected with a virus if there is a computer failure, you misplace your device, or even accidental deletes. So yes, what you love is protected with the help of the 22TB* My Book desktop storage solution.

Built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection helps keep your data safe in this massive-capacity desktop hard drive. You just need to set your personalized password using the included software. With that, the My Book drive will help protect your data and memories.

You can get going with your My Book drive as soon as you unpack it, so you can start transferring files, saving your memories, and backing up important files as soon as you want. Moreover, the My Book device comes with backup software to help protect your precious data.

Sporting a backward-compatible USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface, you'll have no trouble transferring large files and videos smoothly. Compatible with Windows® 10+ and macOS 11+, the 22TB* My Book drive lets you transfer files and make backups easily and speedily on your favorite devices.

One of Western Digital's highest capacity consumer hard drives, the My Book device offers you massive space in a sleek and reliable form. The massive storage of the My Book reflects Western Digital's legacy of innovation.

If you're looking for even higher storage capabilities, you can go in for the My Book Duo desktop solution, available in a whopping 44TB* capacity. My Book Duo is equipped with RAID-optimized Western Digital drives that are ready to perform at maximum speed and capacity in RAID 0 right out of the box. The My Book Duo device can be reconfigured to RAID-1 for data mirroring or used as two independent drives with the included software.

Included software does require download and installation. Terms and conditions apply. User account registration may be required.

With the My Book device you will enjoy Western Digital's exceptional quality and proven reliability. It's what has made the My Book lineup the preferred desktop storage for many consumers worldwide. Moreover, My Book is built to meet WD’s demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and long-term reliability, and even comes with a 3-year limited warranty.

The devices we own and interact with are only increasing, paving the way for even more data creation and storage. As such, bringing home the 22TB* My Book drive makes for a sound investment. Especially for anyone needing massive amounts of or long-term storage.

The 22TB* My Book drive retails for $599.99 MSRP while the 44TB* My Book Duo device is for $1,499.99 MSRP. Not a big price, considering these advanced hard drives will help preserve and safeguard what you love for years. Both devices also come in lower capacity options if you’re just beginning to build your content library, starting at $99.99 MSRP for a 4TB* My Book device.

Available at select retailers, e-tailers, and on the Western Digital Store, the My Book drive from WD has what it takes to be the home of your ever-growing digital world. From August 30, 2023, through September 4, 2023, you can receive 10% off of a 22TB* My Book Device when you use the code WDMUO10. Please note, that this discount is only available for one unit per order, with one use per customer, and is not stackable with any other promotional discounts. Delivery must be within the United States. Western Digital reserves the right to change or discontinue this offer at any time without notice.

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Neeraj is a postgraduate in Marketing and Advertising and has been exploring new products and technologies for over two decades as a professional writer and creative consultant. The wonders of tech and futuristic devices keep him adrenalized, happy, and forever curious.