Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N

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Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N

Includes - External hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter and Quick Install Guide
Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer
Saving and organizing your digital photo collection
USB 2.0 Serial Bus Transfer Rate - 480 Mbits/s
System Requirements - Available USB port, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later

List Price: $169.99
Lowest Price: $99.99

Product Description:

This elegant external hard drive, reminiscent of a book, is the perfect storage solution. It takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. A USB 2.0 simple connection offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Dimensions - Height 6.5 x Length 5.4 x Width 2.1 Weight - 2.5 Pounds

Customer Reviews:

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-08
great product
just plug in and use. i did reformat it to mac filing system because after i fist copied some things to it, it showed they weren't there. they came back but Mac's system always works better on a mac. after that 2 minuets of work it worked perfect. its quiet and stylish on a desk. WD is always great because its reliable, and you know it will last. it's worth getting this one over other brands. it's probably the best looking of an external hard drive and it is a quality piece of hardware.

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-06
Don't buy it or you will regret the day you did.
My WD MyBook Essential Edition 400GB drive just took a dump about 1 1/2 years after I got it. (Just after the warranty ended.) The drive totally failed.

This is a replacement drive I received from WD. It was a replacement for first one I had that would periodically corrupt data.

I wish I never purchased this drive. Don't be fooled by WD's promises of a quality product.

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-03
BEWARE
I purchased a previous version of the My Book series and after having disk corruption twice it died completely after less than 2 years. All data lost. Has Western Digital improved its reliability in these newer drives? I doubt it, and I'm not willing to risk it. Read up on other review sites and discussion forums, there are tons of complaints about Western Digital's drives failing. If I were you I would shop other brands. An unreliable drive is not worth owning no matter what price you get it for.

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-01
Hard drive failed completely after 14 months
I purchased a Western Digital 500 GB My Book in May 2007, had it installed on my home network and last month (06/2008) it totally failed without reason or warning. My only options at this point are to pay for some extremely expensive data recovery ($1,600) or accept the loss of several years worth of pictures and documents.
Needless to say, I am furious with this device.

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-01
So far so good.
Have had it for a month. Didn't use it often but so far so good. No problem to report yet.

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