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Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black
 
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Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black

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Product Specifications
Brand:Western Digital
Mfr Part Number:WDBAAU0015HBK-UESN

Technical Details

  • External hard drive
  • 1.5 TB capacity
  • USB powered
  • Simply affordable
  • Easy to use
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Product details

  • Item Weight: 1 Kg
  • Boxed-product Weight: 1.2 Kg
  • Item model number: WDBAAU0015HBK-UESN
  • ASIN: B002P3XSAO
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 18 Nov 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 437 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
    #30 in  Computers & Accessories > External Devices & Data Storage > External Hard Drives

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Manufacturer's Description

Designed with the same commitment to quality that made WD external drives the number one drives in the world, Western Digital's WD Elements Desktop USB 2.0 external hard drives are the right answer for simply affordable add-on storage. Just plug it in to a USB port and start saving your photos, music, video, and files. Experience plug-and-play simplicity - just connect the power and plug it into a USB port to instantly add more storage to your computer.

Designed to save power – the Elements hard drive turns on and off with your computer. It also enters idle mode when not in use. This external hard drive utilizes a WD drive with power-saving WD GreenPower Technology and an EnergyStar compliant power supply. Packaged in a minimized eco-friendly, recyclable packaging made from recycled materials, it is good for the planet.

More than enough storage for all your needs. Filled to capacity, your WD Elements hard drive can store either up to 300,000 digital photos*, up to 375,000 songs (MP3)*, up to 37,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)*, up to 110 hours of Digital Video (DV)*, up to 570 hours of DVD quality video* or up to 180 hours of HD video.*

Examples of the number of photos, songs, videos and any other files that can be stored on a hard drive are provided for illustrative purposes only. Your results will vary based on file size and format, settings, features, software and other factors.

Box Contains

  • USB 2.0 external hard drive
  • USB cable
  • AC adapter
  • Quick Install Guide

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    13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Some geeky stuff, 30 Jun 2010
    By V. Gorelov (UK) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black (Electronics)
    Got two of these today and both seem to work fine.

    Since some of the more technically minded people like me might want to know more, here's some stuff I figured out so far:

    Computer relevant capacity is 1.36TB.
    It consumes 10W when in use and 9W when you're not doing anything with it. If you unplug the USB cable, power consumption drops to 4-5W.
    Peak write speed seems to be somewhere between 27 and 28MB/s, which is about half of what your typical internal HDD runs at. That's about 15 hours for a full format or to fill up with files to the brink. Speed drops to around 20MB/s when copying smaller files like .mp3 music.
    Comes pre-formatted with NTFS and no bundled software.
    Very quiet operation.

    There was a review saying that the power/USB cable ports didn't match up perfectly with the holes in the case. I can see how this can be true, as the port position seems to be flexible, perhaps to accomodate some sort of shock protection. If this were to happen, it's easy to move the ports back in place with a needle or a pen without having to exert any force at all. No biggy.

    There's also a small white LED next to the power/USB ports indicating activity. It's much brighter than LEDs used in your typical keyboard and might be somewhat irritating. Easily coverable with a small patch of duct tape howerver. Won't tear off or spoil appearance because the LED is in a cavity on the back side.
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    6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars this is a neat little hard drive!!, 14 April 2010
    This review is from: Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black (Electronics)
    this is a very good little hard drive indeedand i really recomend it.
    it's bilt well and the download speed is pretty good too its dosent have a big flashing light flickering all the time.
    i know now it will be a long time till i ever buy a different hard drive than this one and i just bought second one.
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    4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Superb little external HDD, 20 Jun 2010
    By John Nunn (Coventry, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black (Electronics)
    I initialy got a number of these drives for backing up my Small Buisness Server. They just plug in and work, the transfer speeds are very good, a full backup of the serever (~750GB) was done in just under 2 hours and the incremental backups (~25GB) take less than 20 mins. I now have a pair of these drives at home one for my iTunes directory and one for a backup of the iTunes directory.
    The drive its self is a fairly innocuous looking black box, with two sockets on the back one for power and the other a USB connector, there is also a drive activity LED on the back of the device. They can stack fairly well and I have had three of them on top of each other without any stability issues. The drives are very quiet and don't generate a lot of heat.
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    1.0 out of 5 stars Wrong power adapter
    I ordered one of these and received a European power adapter instead of the UK adapter. Despite being assured the replacement would be the correct one, I got yet another European... Read more
    Published 2 days ago by Paul H

    3.0 out of 5 stars Argh - shipped with wrong AC adapter
    I ordered one of both the Western Digital 1.0 TB a 1.5 TB drives on the same order from Amazon. The 1.0 shipped with the (correct) UK power adapter, the 1. Read more
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Good but bulky
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    Published 8 days ago by Raj

    3.0 out of 5 stars Hit and miss
    I bought two of these. One was fine, the other one gave me unstable write speeds straight away. Most of the time it wouldn't get over 1-2mpbs. Got a replacement which works fine.
    Published 1 month ago by gloda

    5.0 out of 5 stars 1.5TB - Great value, great product!
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    Previously used a Freecom 500 aluminium case external HDD for backup, using Ghost 15.0. Good and reliable, but needed more capacity. Read more
    Published 2 months ago by Andrew

    1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't even plug the leads in!
    Waited a week for delivery, then when it arrived found that the holes in the case for USB and power leads did not line up properly with the connectors inside the case, so I could... Read more
    Published 3 months ago by DaveC

    1.0 out of 5 stars Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black
    I did get this drive to back up my old files what i wanna keep. It was looking great it did come with a UK plug so went to move my files
    from the PC to free up some space. Read more
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