HARD DRIVE, 500GB MYBOOK COMBO EXT
by WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
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Customer Review: Excellent external HD
Summary: 5 Stars
I was in desperate need of extra HD space, so I purchased this HD. It was extremely easy to set up, and the dual interface capabilities are wonderful. It's a breeze to use the USB 2.0 with my Windows PC and the Firewire with my Macs.
The one problem I have with it is I can't figure out how to get it to mount back onto my computer after I've ejected it from my desktop. I would expect the single large button on the front to do that, however I have to unplug the power cable and plug it back in in order to get it to mount. Or, I can put my computer to sleep and when it wakes up the disk is mounted.
Besides that small glitch the HD has treated me quite well and I would recommend it to anyone looking for additional storage space. Keep in mind though, if you computer has a FW 800 port, there is a version of the HD that has that port also.
Customer Review: WD My Book - quiet and efficient
Summary: 5 Stars
WD's My Book was worth the purchase. Small, quiet and fast. It has two Firewire ports and one USB port and comes with one of each types of cable. I bought mine so I could back up all my important files from my Mac but I ended up using it to backup the entire contents of my hard drive using the enclosed backup software. The program was easy to understand and works great on OSX Tiger. I can't vouch for how it works on a PC, I try not to use them if I don't have to! The only thing I don't like about the drive is that it can get pretty warm, but that was after an hour or two of backing up my entire hard drive, so that is probably to be expected. I checked out a bunch of other external firewire drives on Amazon and Apple's websites before I decided on this one and I'm pretty happy with My Book.Customer Review: Real Plug & Play - Love MyBook!
Summary: 5 Stars
You can disregard all the posts complaining of issues sharing this device over your network, or not being able to plug them into a power-strip. I'm running two of them side-by-side, via a USB hub, networked, powered by a power-strip, and they work just fine.. and I'm purchasing a 3rd for a back-up in the next week or so..
They plug in easily, are quickly recognized by the PC, can be reformatted NTFS, and then are just ready go to.
Some people complaining of slow data transfer may be running PCs with older versions of USB or simply have slow PCs. Yes, USB is slower than say SCSI or attached network drives, but it's not as slow as some people are claiming so I believe that's their own hardware shortcoming.
Customer Review: Great price and functionality.
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm an amateur photographer shooting .raw with a canon 20d and use this harddrive not only to back up my computers harddrive, but also to store all of my images and my photoshop files to keep my main cpu running clean, and it works great. Its very simple to use and transfer files to the HD and the autoupdate is very simple and works great. For its size, its a great deal, at less than a dollar per GB, and its never given me any problem, just sits quietly on my desk. The only con is in transfering large image files it can take a few minutes, but this only happens to me because of the large file size (18mb) of .raw images. Otherwise, I'd recommend this, and any other WD external hd to anyone.
5 stars.
Customer Review: Awesome External HDD
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm really pleased with this external hdd, I got it from amazon at an excellent price, the shipping and delivery time was ok. I bought this external hdd looking for extra space, to backup my pictures, music and movies.So far my extra space needs are accomplished and I'm happy with this hdd.
PROs:
a. it have a stylish and modern look (it's terrific in my desk)
b. plenty room, 500 gb it's enough space for my needs
c. quiet hdd
d. It comes with WD backup software. I haven't try it, cause I have another backup software, but if you don't have it, it's a good plus.
CONs:
It's pre formatted with FAT32, it's necessary to format it with NTFS