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Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Black

by Western Digital
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (355 customer reviews)

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  • Hot Swap Function
  • 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
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WD Elements 1TB External Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 - Black WD Elements 1TB External Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 - Black 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,754)
£61.95
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Product Information

Technical Details
BrandWestern Digital
Item Weight1 Kg
Product Dimensions27 x 18 x 13 cm
Item model numberWDE1UBK10000U
Hard Drive Size1000 GB
  
Additional Information
ASINB001GO9ERE
Best Sellers Rank 13,749 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
Shipping Weight1.4 Kg
Date First Available24 Nov 2008
  
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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

    • Customer Reviews

    Most Helpful Customer Reviews
    158 of 162 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great 2 April 2009
    By D. Hughes
    Amazon Verified Purchase
    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
    By J. Dawson
    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
    By Mo money
    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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    Most Recent Customer Reviews
    4.0 out of 5 stars Does what you expect of it.
    This is exactly what I expected it to be. Good response when retrieving files, huge memory, robust. Have not had any problems with this device in over 2 years.
    Published 24 days ago by Robert (Hampshire)
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hard Drive
    I am very pleased with this data storage device. It offers very good value for money and all the storage I need for those all important file backups!
    Published 3 months ago by Gary
    5.0 out of 5 stars Spacious
    Definitely does what it was purchased for, I'm happy knowing that this was easy to install and keeps my PC backed up.
    Published 4 months ago by Olive Oyl
    4.0 out of 5 stars Still being used.
    It is quiet and smooth in function and is a FAT drive.

    The only problem I have is that sometimes I have disagreements with large file transfers and it says that there is... Read more
    Published 6 months ago by D E Clarke
    1.0 out of 5 stars Fan-*******-tastic
    Worked great for a bit, then ceased to function at any usable rate, completely out of the blue. This resulted in the loss of family photos and my entire media collection. Read more
    Published 15 months ago by Fisher22
    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 15 months 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 fairly... Read more
    Published 17 months ago by CHRIS
    1.0 out of 5 stars Too slow! second wd hdd that gave me problems, bye bye wd
    Hi, I got one of these because I saw so many positive reviews + I was buying WD products and they always worked great. Read more
    Published 19 months ago by Mr. A. Barroso Gonzalez
    1.0 out of 5 stars lasted well for 2 years as soon as warranty up it went
    i bought this 2 years ago it was ok storage wise a little on the slow side, as soon as the warranty was up the hard drive started losing data and now at the moment after having... Read more
    Published 20 months ago by bernibuz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Cheap, Reliable
    I have 5 of these external drives from 250GB to 1TB and they are excellent, i have recorded and cleaned multiple times without any issues. Read more
    Published 20 months ago by Parm
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