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Product Specifications
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| Brand: | Western Digital |
| Item Height : | 44 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 15.4 centimetres |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Interface: | USB 2.0 |
Technical Details
- Plug and Play Storage
- PC and MAC Compatibile
- Western digital's legendary performance and reliablilty
- USB 2.0 Connectivity
- Compact Metal Case
- Easy to set up,Easy to use
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Product Description
Box Content
- External 3.5" USB 2.0 hard drive
- 6 foot (1.8m) USB 2.0 certified interface cable
- AC adapter with power cord
- Quick Install Guide
Manufacturer's Description
Plain, simple, reliable add-on storage. This external USB 2.0 drive is preformatted for immediate use. Simply plug it in to a USB port and you've got instant storage your PC or Macintosh.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
In all this isn't a bad little drive. I noticed a previous reviewer mentioned that this drive got a little hot, but it's nothing compared to the plastic cased drives. This one comes in a nice solid aluminium case with nice rubber wrapped ends for protection and "non slippiness" and the case does a good job of dissipating the heat.
Compared to the My Book drives also by WD, this drive is a dream. It's not the fastest drive in the world I will admit, but it's one of the more reliable ones.
Compared to the My Book drives also by WD, this drive is a dream. It's not the fastest drive in the world I will admit, but it's one of the more reliable ones.
43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this to store my photos on after they've been processed on my laptop, well that was the intention, but it's currently in use on my main pc at the moment as a back up drive as the main pc has crashed, so it's holding all my data from that whilst I reinstall Windows XP and there's still loads of room to spare, (it swallowed all 320Gb of data from it!)
Yes, when you get it you'll need a good 2-3 hrs to reformat it into NTFS if you're using XP or Vista, YES it will get a tad warm when in use (NOT HOT!) & YES it's very quiet in fact virtually silent, YES it's quick if you plug it into a USB2 socket.
The only thing that I'm not comfortable about is the only way to shut it down is to either pull the USB cable out or pull the plug on it (there's NO on/off switch or button), just be sure that you let it finish its work 1st though and it seems no worse for doing so.
And Amazon is currently the cheapest place to get this device.
Yes, when you get it you'll need a good 2-3 hrs to reformat it into NTFS if you're using XP or Vista, YES it will get a tad warm when in use (NOT HOT!) & YES it's very quiet in fact virtually silent, YES it's quick if you plug it into a USB2 socket.
The only thing that I'm not comfortable about is the only way to shut it down is to either pull the USB cable out or pull the plug on it (there's NO on/off switch or button), just be sure that you let it finish its work 1st though and it seems no worse for doing so.
And Amazon is currently the cheapest place to get this device.
66 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Bought this from Ebuyer a while ago and I'm really happy with it. I had bought other WD external drives before but only the "MyBook" drives and although these are nice looking and stack well, they don't keep the drive very cool with the plastic housing. This drive has a nice rugged aluminium housing which conducts the heat pretty well, causing it to dissipate. Which is a good thing. It has a rubber cap on each end of the drive to reduce slip and give it a bit more protection.
The transfer rates are pretty good for USB 2.0 and accessing it with lots of smallish files (15mb-30mb) contained on it doesn't take too long although it isn't fast but this is pretty normal. The cables are pretty good quality and fit snugly. As was said in another review there is no on/off switch but unplugging the USB lead turns it off and it doesn't have any ill effects.
All in all this is a very good drive and a lot cheaper than buying an internal drive and housing. It does come formatted in FAT32 but this is for compatibility issues and is normal for most external drives, especially the Western Digital drives. Formatting the drive to NTFS doesn't have to take hours as long as you check the "Quick Format" check box when formatting, this does the same as a full format for new "clean" HDD and only takes a couple of seconds using XP or higher.
***UPDATE:***
Bought another one of these for a backup of all my MP3 files and other things (just in case), got it for the nice price of £74 (it's gone up now) and thought I had a bargain. I do but a nice surprise is that this seems to be an updated version of the drive and has a power switch now. That makes me happy and a little more reassured that I can keep it all plugged in but switch it off when not in use.
Hope that's useful to someone, unfortunately I can't see anything on the box that indicates it is an updated model, nothing different from my other drives box, I'm just assuming that the newer batches are coming with a power switch now.
The transfer rates are pretty good for USB 2.0 and accessing it with lots of smallish files (15mb-30mb) contained on it doesn't take too long although it isn't fast but this is pretty normal. The cables are pretty good quality and fit snugly. As was said in another review there is no on/off switch but unplugging the USB lead turns it off and it doesn't have any ill effects.
All in all this is a very good drive and a lot cheaper than buying an internal drive and housing. It does come formatted in FAT32 but this is for compatibility issues and is normal for most external drives, especially the Western Digital drives. Formatting the drive to NTFS doesn't have to take hours as long as you check the "Quick Format" check box when formatting, this does the same as a full format for new "clean" HDD and only takes a couple of seconds using XP or higher.
***UPDATE:***
Bought another one of these for a backup of all my MP3 files and other things (just in case), got it for the nice price of £74 (it's gone up now) and thought I had a bargain. I do but a nice surprise is that this seems to be an updated version of the drive and has a power switch now. That makes me happy and a little more reassured that I can keep it all plugged in but switch it off when not in use.
Hope that's useful to someone, unfortunately I can't see anything on the box that indicates it is an updated model, nothing different from my other drives box, I'm just assuming that the newer batches are coming with a power switch now.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Awesome
I thought I got this else where lol, but I got it here and it has my works on here.
[...] I make music and remixes and this 500gb stores it. Read more
[...] I make music and remixes and this 500gb stores it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lopez DG
WD Elements
I have had this item for over two years and it has been excellent, however it has suddenly stopped working and I think it is the adapter that has burned out. Read more
Published 19 months ago by ShirleyD
Kapat after 17 months
Rubbish - and now I know why it's rated with only 3 stars - shame I bought it early on when the ratings were better - WD I'm afraid you need more attention to detail... Read more
Published 19 months ago by The Strudwick
Power Supply dies but got it fixed
My power supply died the other day much like everyone elses. Just to let you know I took it to my local electrician and he opened it up and laughed at how poor quality the... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mark Epstein
Drive is Good. But Power supply is gone terrible
I bought this two years ago. Every thing working fine then all of a sudden problem with the power supply started. As soon as you switch on the power, the adapter light goes off. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Rana Rubbani
Power Issue
Yep, another power issue. Suddenly the adaptor light blinks and goes out. It seems to be a common issue and the result of cheap design and manufacture, just wish I thoroughly... Read more
Published on 14 May 2010 by Oliver C
Beware if you need a new power cable
I bought this hard drive 3 years ago and thought it was great, recently however the power cable was stolen and I have had real problems getting another one. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2010 by C. Havard
Power Supply just failed after 3 years
Bought in 2007, power supply just failed, Western digital no longer make the power supplies..... not good enough..
Published on 24 Jan 2010 by C. Hewitt
Excellent
In addition to this, I've also now acquired another Western Digital spare hard drive [1 TB - black model] making my total of WD drives up to three, and all are working well - and... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by paulk
Possible solution for power supply failures:
I left my power supply on a radiator (but not attached to the hard drive) for ~ half an hour, and remarkably, the green light came on fully and the power supply then functioned as... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2009 by J. GALLAGHER
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