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Plug and Play External Drive
I currently have 2 terabytes of storage, 6 do-it-yourself "DIY" external drives housing various sized hard drives, and a MyBook. This review compares their performance. All drives are currently on-line connected to a 7 port USB hub.
In the Box
A black box housing the drive, a brick power supply, and a USB cable are key items. 2 instruction sheets, and a warranty card complete the kit. The My Book is about the size of a bible one finds in hotel and motel rooms.
[Western Digital WDH1U10000N 1TB My Book Essential External Hard Drive (WDH1U10000N) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/13/2008
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(28 of 28) Users Found This Review Helpful
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One of the better ones around...
Design & Portability
I had 2 external HD's, which were 250GB and 150GB. It was in two different enclosures, so where ever I went, it was a real hassle carrying two HD's. MyBook is pretty compact with 1TB platter inside, helps slimming the width. Its piano black enclosure is really slick in HD design. I would give this HD the best design in its category. Very simplistic, no buttons, small slit of blue LED in front.
Out of the box
Everything was packed, there were no mounting ...
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02/22/2008
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(26 of 26) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Beware - My Book drives fail if left on 24/7
I'm an experienced computer technician with 20+ years of on the job experience. I am a firm supporter of Western Digital internal drives, and have always used them. When the My Book drives were released several years ago, I was enthusiastic that a low-cost external drive solution was available from my preferred hard drive vendor.
After years of using these drives in both a professional and personal capacity, and after having the last of my 5 personal My Book drives die today, I felt c...
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05/21/2009
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(24 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Fantastic working and fantastic looking!
I have had this hard drive for about a month now and have had no real problems with it. It is very quiet and has not had any hiccups. The only thing I have noticed may be a problem with Windows Vista. When the computer goes to sleep (hibernate and off works fine) the hard drive becomes unrecognizable when booting back up. However, all you have to do is unplug the USB port and then plug it back in and it works like a charm. Also, the drive will park itself after a while and when accessing it...
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01/06/2008
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(20 of 20) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Reliable Home Backup
I have recently bought two portable drives: 1) Western Digital WDME1600TN My Passport Essential 160GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Midnight Black) and 2) Western Digital My Passport Essential 250GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Intense Blue).
I was impressed with the reliability of the portables. I have no problems with them but I was still running out of space. So I wanted to purchase another external drive.
I wanted to try other brands that I've used before. Seagate and Ma...
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10/24/2008
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(14 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Quiet, lots of storage, good price
The drive runs very quiet. It powers itself off at times of inactivity. The transfer speed is decent, can't ask for much more from a backup drive. The price is reasonable. It also comes with simple backup software right on the HD.
The only minor issues I have are 1) the included mini-usb cable is about 3 feet long, and 2) when your PC is not shut off, the drive still has its light on even though it's sleeping. This light is very bright in a small room at night. Other than that, it's v...
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12/26/2007
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(14 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Great Hard Drive, Great Price
I have had this for over three weeks now, and the hard drive is great. No set up, at all. No disk to put in or anything. Just plug it in and your ready to go. It has some free trial software that comes with it, but I recomend not installing it and just backing up manually or using an anti virus program.
Also, I have a Dish HD DVR and I was able to use this hard drive to expand the storage space of my cable box. This was really worth the money.
I have this hard drive in a sa...
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03/25/2008
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(13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Awesome backup solution
Setup in 2 mins, low noise, auto shutdown by itself to reduce energy consumption. A+
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12/28/2007
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(13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Good external HD, but use ONLY for backup/data storage
I've been using Western Digital HD's for nearly 15 years now and never yet have had one of them fail on me (though there's always a first time!) I currently own two of these My Book 500GB external drives which I have hooked up to my newest system. These drives are attractively designed, quite sleek with good ventilation and very easy to set up; the only things you need to do are (1) plug in the power adapter and connect it to a suitable socket and (2) connect the USB cable to the computer; Wind...
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11/02/2008
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(11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful
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No Muss No Fuss
It works right out of the box. Just plug it in and go. It's formatted in FAT32 for backward compatibility with Windows 98 and earlier. Takes only seconds to format it with NTFS, which is what you should do for better performance. It's small, whisper quiet, and comes with all documentation on the drive itself.
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05/24/2008
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(10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful
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