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First MyBook in my shelf

Advantages: large capacity, standby mode
Disadvantages: only USB

This MyBook is the first largest capacity external drive I ever had. I have been saving some money for some quite time to finally purchase this product. The Look and Features MyBook from western digital has a very simple design, simillar to an average book from a library shelf with round front side. With black piano finish with overall look so simple and less futuristic design. MyBook Essential is one of the low-end products with minimal features. ...
...front side is just a line of LED for indicating that the device is turned on or read/write activities. The connectivity this drive uses only USB 2.0. with mini the only one mini-USB port at the back side and connected to a normal USB port of your computer. Performance The first thing to do when I opened the package was I immediately plug it in then back up the existing pre installed softwares from the drive, and then i re-formatted the drive ...

sibibip 23.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of My Book Essential Edition 2.0 WDH1U10000 1 TB

Very reliable device

Advantages: Reliability and efficiency
Disadvantages: None

Small portable hard drives have become very common these days with most electronic manufacturers producing them. So, the question is what separates this one from any of the others on the market? I think with these things it simply boils down to reliability. I have found that mostly they are easy to use and this one is no exception. It is ready to go as soon as you remove it from its packaging. No software installation is required although this may ...
...was using Window Vista and it popped up straight away. This device seems to be fairly fast. Again this is tricky to tell as often computer dependant but I have used mine on a number of different machines, including a Mac, and it has worked swiftly. As it has a USB 2 connection it can transfer about 1 GB in about 2 mins on a good day. As far as reliability is concerned, I think this is the best I have had and so far (believe me i am touching all the ...

Nixu1980 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of WD Passport Portable WDXMS3200 320 GB

A Perfect Data Storage Solution

Advantages: Very Huge Capacity plus easy to use.
Disadvantages: I cant find Any Disadvantages

...files privately.The huge capacity of Western Digital Essential External Hard drive is the complete solution of Storing huge amount of data like Pictures , Music and other important documents . Its easy to use feature is very user friendly making the user plug and play easily .A quick and user friendly guide helps me to tranfer my data using a usb port it is also very speedy and more reliable i also recommend my friends and they also like it because ...

Zubair87 02.07.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Western Digital Essential External Hard Drive USB 2.0 250 GB

Pocket size drive with good space, but sometimes confusing

Advantages: Fast transfer speed, nice design, pocket size light-weight drive, good storage space
Disadvantages: Quite confusing interface, not always easy to use

This is a great little hard drive, although the installation was a bit harder than I expected. Your data is kept really safe as it is encrypted. Password needed. You can separate sessions for different computers which is useful when you have alot of things. The WD software is pretty good, not the average storage interface, and sometimes difficult to manipulate if you want to copy things from the hard drive to the computer. It gets slightly confusing ...

broncolok 06.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of My Passport Essential WDME2500 250 GB

MyBook 500gb - Very Good but One Slight Niggle

Advantages: Fast, Easy to Install, Quite cheap.
Disadvantages: Slightly Noisy

...as a time machine for my MacBook. It sits in my bookshelf about 45cm away from my laptop, and in my opinion it looks quite nice between hardback books. When I plug it in there is no waiting for it to 'warm up' like there was with my old external hard drive. 500gb is enough for backing up my whole laptop, and for Mac users it is great for Time Machine, because there is easily enough space for backing up everything you delete. It was very easy to set ...
...it asked me if I wanted to use it for Time Machine, and it immediately started backing up. For Windows users it is just as easy, you just plug it in and it recognises it, no drivers needed. The only problem I have with it is that when it backs up, especially when there is a lot to back up, it makes a bit of noise. It isn't extremely noisy, but it is enough to be an annoyance. However, I wouldn't say this was a reason not to buy this. I have rated ...

Stuey-Poo 07.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of My Book Essential Edition 2.0 WDH1U5000 500 GB