Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDG1U5000
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Customer Review: Thank you WD!
Summary: 5 Stars
What more can I say that you don't already see from the item description? This hard drive was the answer to my dreams. I bough it right off Amazon and have not seen any problems for a week.
Here is the break down.
Pros:
Quiet yet good heat dispersion
500 GB!
Cheap ($170 - the cheapest 500gb HD I found with enclosure included)
It looks cool. Come on the black and green light, it is just awesome.
Lastly, it shuts down automatically when you shut down your computer. I cannot remember how many times I have left my external hard drives turned on all night.
The only fault of this product I though was that it comes with a bunch of programs. What I did and suggest you do the same is just reformat it as soon as you get it.
Customer Review: Big Bang for the Bucks
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to assume that the folks writing bad reviews of this unit are newbies to PC's or just expect too ...... well nuff said.
This review is of the "Essentials" model, $136 at purchase time. The unit was running within 2 minutes of opening the box. It's attached to a PC that's less than a year old running XP. It's silent and copied 1702 files totaling 582 MB in 2 min 15 seconds. After a 45 min reformate to NTFS (vs FAT-32 it arrived formated for) it's doing fine.
Can not comment on the included software as I did not want it and used the format to get rid of it. It might be helpful to some,but I backup files as necessary and don't need a mirror image. Very good buy for the money.
Customer Review: Nice Design, Would Recommend to My Closest Friend
Summary: 5 Stars
I like how this external hard drive will turn off on its own whenever you disconnect the usb or turn off your computer because it says power and most external hard drives make a slight humming noise (and yes this external hard drive does too). At first I was panicking but then I realized that my laptop was much louder and I hardly noticed that external hard drive. Everyone always panicks or gets angry if they find a fault like that but it isn't a problem for me at all.
I haven't seen any problem with its speed, its pretty fast, and its usb cable is long enough for me. I am somewhat of a power user and I didn't have any problem with the speed so it should be fine for like 90% of people.
Customer Review: Love it so much I want another
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this drive about 6 months ago and filled it with 400GB of MP3 audio. It's been under heavy use and works like a champ. I was concerned that USB might be too slow (given no Firewire port) but it's worked just fine.
I have a Seagate 200+ GB external HD and that thing is a dog. Always crashing and taking down Windows XP. But the WD My Book has given me no trouble whatsoever. So I'm going to get another one to replace that Seagate drive.
Western Digital drive is compact, quiet, and runs cool. I bought a padded case at Eddie Bauer and occasionally carry it with me. No problems at all, whether at home or on the road.
Customer Review: Pleased Once Again!
Summary: 5 Stars
These WD drives have tought me to expect satisfaction from the moment I open the box. I have two more 250 gig externals which I use for storing all my Video & Pictures. The ease of set up and consistancy of their function keeps me a WD customer. The 500 compared to the 250's has a bit louder buzz when the discs spin and a slightly louder click when turning off an on, but its not enough to bring distraction to me sitting only ~18 inches from them when working at my desk (keep in mind my PC is not in a cabinet so the din of the office may drown out the external drive noise a bit). But over all I have been 100% satisfied with their function.