Western Digital 500GB My Book™ Essential Edition™ External Hard Drive

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Pros

  • Easy to use (39)
  • Large capacity / good size (39)
  • Easy setup (38)
  • Portable (30)
  • Reliable (30)
  • Fast (25)
  • Quiet (2)
  • Does'nt cost a right arm (1)
  • Good for presentations (1)
  • Unobtrusive (1)
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  • Slow (7)
  • Difficult to set up (3)
  • Unreliable (2)
  • Can't adjust idle off tim (1)
  • Difficult to use (1)
  • Doesn't work (1)
  • Heavy / bulky (1)
  • Need's backup software (1)
  • No firewire (1)
  • No on/off switch (1)

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  • Additional storage (38)
  • Back-up (32)
  • Video (29)
  • Music (27)
  • File transfer (16)
  • Pictures (2)
  • All media (1)
  • Best if not used (1)
  • Good for digital photos (1)
  • Network backup (1)
 
 
 

Provided by Staples

500GB USB 2.0 Takes up less space on your desk, stacks horizontally, and allows two or more drives to nestle neatly together Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software SmartPower™ automatic power on/off and LED activity lights 7200 RPM PC and Mac compatible 6.7"H x 5.55"W x 2.25"D, 2.9 lbs 1-year mfr. limited warranty Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use.

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Last update: Nov 6, 2007

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★★★★★
5.0
Huge Storage, Easy setup, Great Price.

"Backed up my entire hard drive just in time. About 3 months after buying this Huge hard drive my internal hard drive crashes on me. All I had to do was replace the broken hard drive and retransfer all the old files from the Western Digital 500gb. Nothing was lost!!! Another Great feature is this hard drive shuts itself off whenever I shut my laptop off! This is great as it dosent consume any extra energy when it..." Read Full Review »

Sep 28, 2007 by Blue2swing

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1.0
Nothing but trouble!

"My video files could not be transfered with the current format of the drive since they were over 4 GB. I had to reformat the drive to a different file system (NTFS, I think), which took over an hour. After that was done, it still didn't work. I got error messages saying the disk was full, when I had lass than 20 GB on a 500 GB drive. I contacted WD Tech Support, and after three days of FAQ's and lack of resp..." Read Full Review »

Sep 28, 2007 by EndUser

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