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| Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive | 
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| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
Buy New: £58.99
New (29) from £51.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 11
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5
MPN: WDH1U5000E
Model: WDH1U5000E
UPC: 718037120928
EAN: 0718037120928
ASIN: B000WP0NM8
Release Date: November 25, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
WD External Good May 14, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Owned it for a month now.
Review: Simple and looks good on my desk.
Light goes through the whole case to other side, a little distracting.
Simple plug and play, I don't use the 'safely remove' hardware at all, I just unplug whenever the HD is not busy.
Had an older 250gb version of this one (now memory is full) and that has worked well. (Transported in baggage several times)
Recommendation: Format to NTFS (allows transfer of much larger files).
Problems: Tried to transfer from the external hard drive to DVD of a large file, 15 min into transfer the external hard drive made a really high pitched noise for 30 sec, I turned it over and shook it slightly, the noise went away and I finished my transfer. (this was before the format to NTFS)HOWEVER I then needed to put this file from DVD to a computer and it came up with I/O error.
 A very nice piece of kit May 12, 2008
56 out of 61 found this review helpful
I spent a lot of time reading reviews from various sites about different makes and models of external HDD. In the end I took the plunge and went for the Western Digital 500GB model. I have to say it has been simplicity itself to get it up and running. I took the previous reviewer's advice and didn't bother with the software packages. I did use the PDF manual and found the links to the support site useful, especially when it came to looking for instructions on how to reformat the drive into NTFS; it comes pre-formatted in FAT32. The drive powers up with my PC and closes down when I log-off, it is very quiet and if it wasn't for the two LEDs on the from I wouldn't know it was operating. I'm a very happy bunny.
 Bad book May 5, 2008
17 out of 23 found this review helpful
My Book has certainly been a disappointment for me. Initially I was impressed but after a couple of months, it produces problems. Now I have lost all data as it keeps coming up with 'I/O Device error'. Tried to reformat but it doesn't allow me to. Also tried the Western Digital website for download but that doesn't help at all. It also does not come with a CD application which means once any software faults arise, that would be the end.
Tried & Tested... May 2, 2008
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Well I thought I'd wait for a while until I review this Ext HDD.
It came pretty quick, the interchangeable plug isn't a problem. I think it's quite clever myself!
Setting up is a piece of cake, just plug & play. It looks stylish (which doesn't really bother me) but like what most people say, it doesn't have an on/off switch. But you can switch it off from your desktop by safely removing the USB drive. This will switch it off.
Compared to my ICE BOX 500Gb drive, it is slower in read/write speeds. I found this strange as they are both 7200RPM drives, but it definitely works slower. The ICE BOX is like lightning, and it has an on/off switch!
All round it's a good buy, and does the job of backing up all of your important data.
Excellent April 30, 2008
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
I found the reviews of this drive useful so thought i'd add my own to help other people in the future.
I bought it about a month ago to back up my work and home computers and to allow me to easily transfer files onto the home desktop after reinstalling xp.
It worked straight away; XP installed drivers for it as soon as it was plugged in, so no need to use any of the software that comes with it.
Although not portable I did take it to work to make a back up copy of my hard drive. Transfer of 19gb took about 15-20minutes. I would not make a habit of moving the drive about for the afformentioned reasons.
The plug I got with it is kak. It has interchangable pins for seperate countries, I managed to snap the clip on the GB 3 pin, so have had to tape the the adaptor to the plug body with electrical tape. Not a problem, but this should not have been an issue.
Since then it has been great, although the real test will be time.
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