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BrandWestern Digital
Item Height
16.5 centimetres
Item Width48 millimetres
Hard Drive
Hard Drive Size2000 GB
Hard Drive InterfaceUSB 2.0
Technical Details
- Product Description: My Book Essential WDBAAF0020HBK - hard drive - 2 TB - Hi-Speed USB
- Type: Hard drive - external
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 13.5 cm x 16.5 cm x 4.8 cm
- Weight: 1.18 kg
- Capacity: 2 TB
- Interface Type: Hi-Speed USB
- Data Transfer Rate: 480 Mbps
- OS Required: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple MacOS X 10.4, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple MacOS X 10.6, Apple MacOS X 10.5
- Power Source: Included AC adapter
- Power: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
- Microsoft Certification: Compatible with Windows 7
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
i own and run two of these, and they look smart. they're nice and quiet in operation, and have given me a year of happy service.
HOWEVER.
the software they put on at the start is a diabolical design choice. google the removal instructions, wipe the drive, and use it as normal. brilliant.
i sincerely hope western digital got a flood of returned units due to that software, and never use anything like it ever again.
HOWEVER.
the software they put on at the start is a diabolical design choice. google the removal instructions, wipe the drive, and use it as normal. brilliant.
i sincerely hope western digital got a flood of returned units due to that software, and never use anything like it ever again.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I have been using Western Digital hard drives since 1995, I guess. Top quality products all the time. This one is also excellent so far - plenty of storage, very quiet and nice looking. Gloss finish means you would have your fingerprints all over the surface of this product, and plastic housing without fan means it could warm up if used extensively, however I use it for occasional backups of my video and photographs, so it is not a problem for me. I would not recommend to install bundled software as there are more flexible and superior software to perform similar tasks out there, however these are personal preferences.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
First things first the HDD quality of the WD products is excellent I consider 5 out of 5 star quality for any drive that bears the name Western Digital.
That was the reason that I have invested in several WD drives so far.
However the problem started with the USB 1TB editions and started speading to smaller USB version drives.
The problem's name is Smartware and exist on every USB drive the WD sells.
When you plug the drive for the first time into your Windows or Mac system a virtual CD apears that will install the drivers (good) and then the Smartware utilities (very bad).
The Virtual CD takes up space from you drive, you cannot delete it, you can only hide it so your windows or mac system does not detect it.(WD names that a removal option)
Even though the internet is filed with complaints about Smartware and Virtual CD, Western Digital refuses to provide the users with an option to delete the Virtual CD partition.
This is the last drive I am buying with this enforced Virtual CD, will buy HD for PC from now on.
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That was the reason that I have invested in several WD drives so far.
However the problem started with the USB 1TB editions and started speading to smaller USB version drives.
The problem's name is Smartware and exist on every USB drive the WD sells.
When you plug the drive for the first time into your Windows or Mac system a virtual CD apears that will install the drivers (good) and then the Smartware utilities (very bad).
The Virtual CD takes up space from you drive, you cannot delete it, you can only hide it so your windows or mac system does not detect it.(WD names that a removal option)
Even though the internet is filed with complaints about Smartware and Virtual CD, Western Digital refuses to provide the users with an option to delete the Virtual CD partition.
This is the last drive I am buying with this enforced Virtual CD, will buy HD for PC from now on.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Hard drive arrived on time - of course these things can blow up after a few months but so far so good....
Published 6 months ago by EdwinD
Brilliant external HDD......terrible and non existent customer support
This is my 2nd Western digital Mybook and I am thrilled with it. The data transfer rate is brilliant, its footprint is compact and it now has an off switch. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mercedes
UNRELIABLE
Big, smart, black with separate adaptor power supply. Runs fast. Minor hum, doesn't overheat. Great. Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Richards
Good For Storage, Not The Best For Retrieval
The Pro's: Great for storage of videos, pictures and music, also has an in built software which counts up what is taking up most of the space i. Read more
Published 10 months ago by PIN123
My Book
Excellent value and easy to use I have had previous "My Books" before and the support for them is excellent.
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Alexander D. Pyle
Perfect!!
All is Perfect with this external HDD. I wanted this item to store films, photos, music...even I connect it to the WD LIVE TV and both works very well together!
Published 11 months ago by Juan
Don't use with a MAC
I had a My Book 1TB as a backup disk and for movies
I was alerted to a firmware update and went ahead with it. Read more
I was alerted to a firmware update and went ahead with it. Read more
Published 12 months ago by M. Hardwick
Best thing (computer releated) I've ever bought
For me this has to be the best thing I've ever bought. Yes it comes with a "secret" partition "SmartWare" which takes up 442MB of space. So what? Who cares? Read more
Published 12 months ago by R. Asher
Speedy and quiet solution for WD media player owners
This drive is by far the fastest offboard WD HDD I have owned (and I have 4 others). It runs quietly and very cool, barely warming at all despite 1.2TB of continuous data transfer. Read more
Published 12 months ago by map
My Book Essential - early thoughts
I've only recently purchased this but it seems to be working well - I won't really know until I've need for an emergency backup! Read more
Published 15 months ago by JohnRaffles
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