September 7th, 2009 | 
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- Easy to set up, easy to use: Installation is a snap because you don’t really install this drive, you just plug it in and it’s ready to use. There is no CD to install.
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Fits right in: Takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf.
- Environmentally friendly: Our environmentally-friendly drive is designed to save power by going into standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. When you’’re ready to use it, it wakes up automatically.
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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 Weig… More >>
Western Digital My Book Essential 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDH1U10000N
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Delivery was very prompt. However; since I received it I haven’t been home long enough to read the instructions to try it out. I have a smaller one that I carry with my notebook though, & I love it.
Rating: 1 / 5
I purchased this unit and installed it on my windows xp system to find that the drive only shows 465gb rather than the advertised 500. It may be my mistake or my NTFS, but this seems a bit like false advertising either way.
Rating: 2 / 5
Terrible. I bought for my mother and not only do you have to buy the software after purchasing the hardware but it is terrible software and a cheap external hard drive.
Avoid and instead check out Seagate’s FreeAgentPro.
Rating: 1 / 5
I wish to GOD I would have read more reviews and product guides before buying – I am a mobile DJ that just took over a karaoke business. I figured -WHY NOT- get a TB drive to have everything I dj off of plus karaoke on one drive.
HUGE MISTAKE!
First off for DJ’s – this is slow and more so when using the VirtualDJ program. Between songs a 15-30second lag time. That can be forgiven though as the drive itself is massive.
Here is my own dilemma. I went to pick the drive up and the entire casing fell apart and the hard drive itself fell out! I had a friend who took it and put it in his own computer as a secondary drive to retrieve files. He rendered the whole thing useless and broken. Perhaps I got a defective one but that doesnt help me now.
I have DJ’ed with this drive a mere 3 times and used it maybe 10 times for transfers so its brand new! It is going back to the store for me to find something better which I will be reading reviews for the rest of the night.
As for now – Thank GOD I had all the DJ music backed up on my wife’s laptop and a 160gig seagate. I have lost the karaoke job at the bar for now all because of a very faulty product!
Buy and use only at your own risk!
Rating: 1 / 5
This Western Digital 320 GB MyBook external hard drive is a snap to set up. It’s easy to save your My Pictures and My Documents files. Saving your emails is a different matter entirely.
I asked Western Digital’s User Support Center for help in saving my emails, both of which are on widespread email providers: Microsoft Outlook and AOL. The User Support Center was no help whatever. All they would tell me is I have to contact Microsoft and I have to conduct AOL. But my contract is with Western Digital. Why should I have to spend futile hours on the phone with Indian subcontractors who know nothing of Western Digital when Western Digital promised me user support?
So, after you’ve spent your money, nobody at Western Digital will hold your hand. You are on your own when it comes to saving emails. I suspect that other applications will be equally difficult to save, with nothing but brushoffs from the User Support Center.Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Midnight Black)
Rating: 3 / 5