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Product Specifications
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| 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 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.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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!
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!
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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.
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
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.
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
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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