Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Product Specifications

General
Brand:	Western Digital
Item Height :	13 centimetres
Item Width:	18 centimetres

Hard Drive
Hard Drive Size:	1000 GB
Hard Drive Interface:	USB 2.0

Product Features

External hard drive
1 TB storage
Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Data Transfer Rate of 480 Mbps
Dimensions (WxDxH): 12.5 cm x 20.4 cm x 3.6 cm, Weight: 1.02 kg

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

WD Elements USB 2.0 external hard drive is an easy-to-use, reliable way to add more storage to your PC or Macintosh. Simply plug it in to a USB port and start saving or backing up your photos, music, video, and files. It's preformatted for immediate use so there's no software or CD to load. The Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection allows for speedy data transfer at rates of up to 480Mbps, so you won't waste time waiting. The compact, durable metal case provides extra data protection helping keep data safe from loss.

Box Contains

External hard drive

AC power adaptor

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4.3 out of 5 stars (350 customer reviews)

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158 of 162 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, 2 April 2009

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I have six of these, and I've ordered two more. I use them with a Popcorn Hour A-110 media player.

They're not the quickest USB drives in the whole World, but they're reliable, reasonably priced, they look nice, they're quiet, they run cool, and they're stackable - if, like me, you have a spiralling media habit, when you need to add another drive you can pile it on top of the others.

A testament to how good these things are - they're really, really hard to find. PC World, Currys and places like that get stock every two or three months, then they sell out in a couple of weeks. Even Amazon, with their enormous bargaining power, have to wait two months for stock... think about it!

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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money, 25 Jun 2009

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J. Dawson (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Black (Personal Computers)

I bought this to backup all the family's files. Transfering lots of data onto it was slow, but that's a one off event. It won't take long to sync a few changed files if I remember to do it regularly.

It is solidly built and good value for 1TB of storage.

Please note: if you want to store any files larger than 4GB then to need to reformat it to NTFS (it comes formated as FAT32). This is simple to do in windows - just right click the drive and select format to find the format window. It takes a long time to do but you only have to do it once.

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293 of 303 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Capacity. Fantastic Price. Slow speeds!, 12 Jun 2009

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Mo money (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Black (Personal Computers)

Blinded by the cheap price. I impulse purchased this product.

I felt a lot like the dude in the Burger King advert. The one where he dives through the shop window, leaps into his car & tells the misses "Go GO GO" LOL. because a price this good feels like your stealing. However..
I have several External Hdd's including a WD 320GB passport & a 500GB WD My Book so trust me the WD elements 1TB is the slowest of the lot.

Would I still purchase this product knowing about the slow data transfer..yes.
The data transfer rate maybe slower than the average bear but I haven't noticed any speed loss acessing the data on the drive.
I have Hi-Def Movies on mine that i acess using the PS3 without a single problem.

Pros

It's Solidly built.
Works out the box (FAT32) tested with Vista, XP, PS3 & OSX 10
It's cheap!
& It's quiet

Cons

Slow data transfer speeds
Power supply
Ugly power supply

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1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this Device
I will keep my review very short and to the point. I bought the device using it once every two month then it stopped working. Read more

Published 4 days ago by BibbyB

1.0 out of 5 stars beware I nearly lost a lot of data-tread carefully
I bought the 1Tb Western Digital HDD from tesco about 2 months ago,yes it was half or discount price
and yes i got the clubcard benefits,but when i used the drive on my... Read more

Published 1 month ago by CHRIS

1.0 out of 5 stars Too slow! second wd hdd that gave me problems, bye bye wd
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