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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
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- Includes - External hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter and Quick Install Guide- Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer
- Save and organize 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
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By John B (Melbourne, Australia)
My first WD 1TB external drive purchased in Mar 2009 had a short but chequered career... ultimately after a recent series of the drive not be accessible and a couple of hour long sessions on the phone to WD support in Singapore when after re-formatting the drive, I only had 1GB free space (but no files on the unit) they said take it back to where you bought it as there is nothing further we can do over the phone.
So I took it back to Officeworks (a sort of Australian Home Depot) and against my better judgement came home with a new replacement in a box. Secretly I would have loved to have come home with another make or model after my first experience.
So second time around I installed #2 closer to the desktop computer I use it on. #1 was connected via a 3m USB extension cord. Finding #1 is that having #2 connected on the factory supplied USB mini lead made no difference to the backup speed. Once again I reformatted #2 in NTFS format... this only takes a few minutes. I backed up the WD files on a separate USB stick first so as to be able to copy these straight back after formatting.
#2 device I've decided only to have running during actual backup... in my case Acronis True Image 2009 which takes about 2hrs a week to image 50GB.
So before starting this I plug in the WD AC adpator and then plug in the USB lead. #1 was probably running about 60hrs a week.
So in summary based on my experiences with my first WD drive I don't think these external drives are very robust (nothing like internal ones in this dept) and hope cutting usage back to actual backup time only will extend its life. I'm also planning to alternate Acronis backups to another external HD (not a WD but a Verbatim 250GB drive).
Based on my experience I wouldn't be solely relying on one of these drives for backup and certainly as an extension to a laptop or desktop they are not reliable enough in my experience to be used for extended every day usage. Perhaps my 3 stars should be a 2.
By Sheila Mcgayhey
I had this hard drive for a few months and had no problems, i would recommend this to anyone who wants or needs a 1TB hard drive.
By Barry (Oakland, CA United States)
I bought this hard drive from Amazon and it worked ONCE. I returned it to Western Digital at my own espense. The replacement drive appeared to work, I performed a complete backup of my data, and then it wouldn't boot. I believe the power supply is defective as it makes a spin-up sound, then stops.
I would give this NEGATIVE stars if I could. I will never buy any Western Digital product again.
By D. Hidalgo
Some compability issues at the first time... a BIOS aupgrade solved the problem. Working good so long. Nice presentation and easy to install.
By C. Gilman (Indiana)
I have 3 WD external drives and have yet to have a problem with them. I have multiple computers running everything from XP to Vista to OSX to Ubuntu and everyone of my drives is detected right away on each of my systems. I will continue to purchase WD products.
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