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| Western Digital My Book 2 Essential 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | 
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| Buy New: £124.90
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 75
Category: CE
Publisher: Western Digital
Studio: Western Digital
Brand: Western Digital
Label: Western Digital
Media: Electronics
Fragile: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5
MPN: WDH1U10000E
Model: WDH1U10000E
UPC: 718037122724
EAN: 0718037122724
ASIN: B000W9RNOA
Release Date: October 7, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Save space on your PC's hard drive and store your photos, music, videos and other important files on the My Book II Essential Edition external hard drive. You won't believe how easy it is to configure and use!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Dart vader or what? May 9, 2008
Slightly menacing presence with its flashing blue light. Easy to set up providing you remember to reformat to NTFS - never mind about saving preloaded software, Vista Backup and Restore does just fine when you configure it to recognise this drive. Vader-like humming but really quiet and never gets hot (unlike the Iomega drive it replaced, which could fry eggs). So far (after two weeks) no problems (unlike Iomega which would turn itself off overnight from time to time). Still can't work out whether it is safe to stand on its side - seems to me that dust can too easily enter the ventilation holes on top if placed in recommended vertical position. What's with some reviewers who can't work out the mains plug? Morceau de gateau mon vieux.
 Useless before it even gets installed May 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Following all instructions properly I plugged in the device and the found new hardware icon appeared..then my PC froze. I tried again in different USB ports, also leaving my PC frozen for an hour to see if it would unfreeze, no success. My system is completely virus/spyware free so I thought the item was defective and got a replacement from Amazon-the same thing happened. I contacted Western Digital for support and after FIVE days they got back to me unable to help at all. I have now returned the item to Amazon for a full refund - I advise you to not waste your time with this or endure the stress I went through.
Freezing your PC upon plug in, when all other USB devices work fine...shoddily designed, lack of testing and a rushed product. Internet forums are full of how this device not only randomly freezes and dies but just never works. Avoid
The reliability of this drive May 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I should have listened to all the warning voices on the net about the reliability of Western Digital drives. I purchased one of these in December 2007 and without any warning yesterday, 5 months to the day, it stopped working. I gather, from hours trawling through US websites, that WD have a serious problem with the "firmware", whatever that is, which sometimes causes these drives to keel over. I am sure Amazon will replace it, as their after sales service is always 5 star, but that is hardly the point. I had stored all my home movies and photographs on this wretched drive, NOW ALL LOST. Silent, good looking and cool running it most certainly is BUT the stories are right, it is unreliable. Do not for one moment be tempted to buy it.
Will it suit you May 4, 2008
This piece of kit is simple to use with a very shallow learning curve. I have just backed up three macs using time machine, I then cleaned up my hard drives making my macs work more efficiently.
I accessed my WD which identified each mac and allowed me to look at my macs as they used to be, brilliant.
Why only four stars? If I was to drop the WD I'm sure it would shatter into a zillion pieces and then I would be stuffed.
AC
Very, very nice April 29, 2008
Have only had this a few hours, so for reliability I can't really comment but in those few hours there are a few things I have noticed.
1) The European plug swaps over very easily (there is a little button on the adapter, press it and the EU bit just pops off allowing you to put the British bit on).
2) Its very quiet.
3) It can be used as a network drive (Local area, not sure about any broader internet based networks). I have a British Telecom Home Hub, this comes with a usb port on it, I plugged the MyBook into that and under My Computer folder (the bit that shows all the drives attached) I asked it to map network drives and low and behold there it was. The speed was quite a bit slower than USB mind you. This worked only while it was FAT 32 formatted, after a reformat to NTFS it failed to find it.
On another note I ordered this to be delivered by Express delivery (next day by 1pm), by 10 past 1 it still had not arrived. After a quick and very pleasant call to Amazon I was told it would be here by 5pm, that they were very sorry and my postage would be refunded. Within 10 miniutes of that call it turned up and moments later I got an email confirming my refund.
All in all so far I'm very pleased with the drive and Amazon's excellent service.
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