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Western Digital Elements 640GB USB 2.0 External DeskTop Hard Drive
 
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Western Digital Elements 640GB USB 2.0 External DeskTop Hard Drive

by Western Digital
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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Product Specifications
General
Brand:Western Digital
Hard Drive
Hard Drive Interface:USB 2.0

Technical Details

  • High-speed USB 2.0 - For maximum performance
  • backward compatible with USB 1.1 ports
  • Plug and Play Storage - Just plug it in, connect the cable to add high-speed storage for both desktop and notebook computers
  • Rugged Metal Case - Compact, durable metal case for extra data protection
  • Holds up to 182,800 Digital photo's ( 3.5mb per photo )
  • Holds up to 160,000 MP3 Songs ( 4min per Song )
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Product details

  • Boxed-product Weight: 1.5 Kg
  • Item model number: WDE1U6400U
  • ASIN: B001BYFP68
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 30 Jun 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,736 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
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Product Description

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.

Box Contents

  • External USB 2.0 hard drive
  • USB 2.0 certified cable
  • AC adapter
  • Quick Install Guide


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    Customer Reviews

    Most Helpful Customer Reviews
    32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
    Great Drive 8 Nov 2008
    I have had this drive for about a week now and it seems to work really well. I paid £60 which seems good value but it's now a bit cheaper.

    It comes formatted as FAT32 so it's compatible with more systems, but I have reformatted it as EXT3 as I use Ubuntu (Linux) rather than Windows. (I could have used NTFS if I wanted to use it with both operating systems).

    I like the silicon plastic bits that protect each end of the disk and stop it sliding around on my glass top desk.

    It powers up and down automatically when I switch my laptop on and off which is handy. I have not tested how it copes with being accidentally switched off or unplugged while in use!
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    19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
    By Will
    This USB drive is an absolute bargain, costing no more than an internal drive of the same capacity. It is large enough to requre the use of an AC power supply, in case anyone was wondering. The case is very neat and the rubber protective ends are very functional. The best feature however is that it powers itself down when my laptop goes into sleep mode. Making it ideal for playing music, or even large batch tasks, it will simply turn off with the pc after a period of inactivity.
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    30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
    impressed 8 Nov 2008
    arrived well before expected,plugged unit in ,transferred all my movies in next to no time,very impressed and 640gb for £55 this is an absolute bargain
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    Most Recent Customer Reviews
    back to life
    EDIT:
    For some reason, the thing has started to work again. But I have lost confidence in it!
    Will future generations wonder what the hell we were up to, because all... Read more
    Published 20 months ago by D. Egerton
    Rubbish
    Rubbish service by amazon for this product. My hard drive crashed & I contacted amazon & they routed me to the wd customer service who were of absolutely no help and its been a... Read more
    Published 20 months ago by SaMsTeR
    Ext Hard drive
    Good hard drive, very heavy, more so then what I expected.
    Other wise it works fine, and is very usuable.
    Published on 4 Jan 2010 by Travis M. Woods
    Hard Drive WDE 640GB
    This product does exactly what is says on the tin. The instructions consist of 1.Plug it in and 2.Turn it on! It was that simple. Read more
    Published on 14 May 2009 by phillip
    Does exactly what it says on the tin.
    I am not a hardware expert by any means (one of the other reviewers gives good advice on the various formatting options), but what I can say is that I needed a large-volume back-up... Read more
    Published on 12 April 2009 by Zelig
    Excellent product
    Very good product. I bought it around a year ago, Primarily as storage for my windows media centre freeview TV. Read more
    Published on 9 Mar 2009 by M. Tate
    I can't see how it could be better
    The last time I considered getting an extra hard drive, a friend of mine started to tell me how to take the back off my main PC unit and connect another drive inside the unit. Read more
    Published on 4 Mar 2009 by Dan
    awk back up hd
    I required somehwre where I could easily back up the complete data from my pc for security purposes. Read more
    Published on 28 Feb 2009 by A. W. Kissack
    Good Choice!
    Western Digital Elements 640GB USB 2.0 External DeskTop Hard Drive
    After reading many blogs I made my choice and so far have not been disappointed. Read more
    Published on 27 Feb 2009 by Richard White
    Western Digital
    This hard drive is good for anyone who does a lot of downloading as you can tell by the size. Weestern Digital are probably the best brand out there, easy to use, 360, ps3... Read more
    Published on 25 Feb 2009 by Mr. Wj Swinburn
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