Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug this drive in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.
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very easy to use Just plug it in and there is plenty of room to back-up and save valuable data, music, photos and movies The elegant case takes up little space on...
Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.This drive is easy to set up and easy to useĀ and is...
room to back-up and save valuable data, music, photos and moviesĀ The elegant case takes up little space on the desk, stacks horizontally and allows two or more dr...
Advantages: Fast fast fast, good looking, quiet Disadvantages: none so far
..."320GB hard drive", and the Western Digital came first. It had about 25 reviews, and 98% of them were very positive (you can't please everybody). I then was told by a mate that he's been using this one for a while, and that it was working great.
I then pressed the "purchase" magic button, and the rest is history.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
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Funnily enough, it wears its name quite well, as the hard drive looks ... ...a circular on / off button, surrounded by a green cirle that flashes when the hard drive is in use. You can use it standing up or lying down (more protective pads provided if you wanna use it like that).
WHAT DO YOU GET FOR WHAT PRICE?
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When you open the box, you get the actual hard drive (HD), the USB cable, the main supply (with an English plug and a European main land plug), a few Google programs ...
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02.04.2007
My little black book Review ofWestern Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U3200 320 GBby
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Advantages: Holds tonnes of files! Disadvantages: It is quite heavy.
...models came up - the Western Digital My Book external harddrive came up a few times with different storage sizes - 160GB, 320GB, 500GB etc.
The Western Digital My Book external harddrive stood out next to the others as it looked to be a nice size, it was better looking than most of the others available with its smart black casing and it had more variety of what storage size you can get.
Space
The 320GB harddrive holds up to 90,000 photos or 80,000 ... ...can pick up a 320GB Western Digital My Book external harddrive for £85.10 (Amazon's price). For the 160GB alternative Amazon charge £62.00 and £99.99 for the 500GB drive.
There are other sites selling the harddrive for between £70 and £80 including misco.co.uk , tecno.co.uk and pixmania.co.uk - I got mine from pixmania.co.uk in October 2006 for £90.00.
Conclusion
The Western Digital My Book external harddrive has proven to be worth every penny ...
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Advantages: Stylish, large capacity and a good match for a (black) Dell computer Disadvantages: No firewire, and USB cable is a bit short, no disclosure of cache
...I settled for the 320GB Western Digital My Book.
SPECIFICATION
320GB
7200RPM
USB only (cable included)
AC Adapter
Comes with Back up Software
Black with an green illuminated power button on the front
powers on and off with the computer
2 year warranty
USE
Its literally plug and play. I took it out of the box, plugged the USB into it and a spare port on the computer, plugged the adapter in and turned it on.
You get a number of backup software ... ...additional storage only.
One of the first things you notice is that it looks very cool. I have a dell computer, which of course is black, and this fits in really well with it. If you have a dell, and you're image conscious then this is the puppy.
For warranty purposes you have to register the serial number online which took about 3 minutes. Very quick registration process and easy to follow.
As for its speed use etc. Well, I use it to store a ...
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25.06.2006
Awesome Review ofWestern Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U3200 320 GBby
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Advantages: Easy to use, easy to install, no complications, very very stable Disadvantages: None
Existing as the cheapest external HDD in the market, WD has really sweeped the market.. A perferct combination of performance, quality and good price..
It comes in 250, 320, 500 GB and just came out with 1 TB...
The prices are incomparable.. This HDD is the most stable that I have ever used.. It has curbed the most irritating problems with HDD - that is stability issues.. No complications, just plug and play.. No installation of drivers, nothing ... ...photo management (Picasa).. The best thing is that it comes as FAT32 formatted, so it can be used in all (windows, mac and linux ubuntu)..
As far as speed of file transfer goes, its good as per to USB 2.0 speeds... For better speeds, go for the firewire versions.. WD has also come up with data backup versions of the same..
I havent had a single problem with the HDD.. I would suggest this to everyone.. Take my word for it, it is the best available ...
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03.06.2007
320 Gb External Hard Drive Review ofWestern Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U3200 320 GBby
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Advantages: Stylish, Very Quiet, Ease of Use Disadvantages: None
This stylish hard drive from Western Digital is one of the simplest electronic things I have bought in years. Just plug it into your USB port, and it does every thing for you, no installing drives off CD's, which on some things I have experienced, can be very time consuming. It is also surprisingly quiet and very stylish and with 320 Gb of space theres enough room for thousands of your pictures and music files. This also comes with a Fire Wire cable ...
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U3200 320 GB
General
MPN: WDG1U3200E, WDG1U3200U, WDG1U3200NU
Device Type: Hard drive - external
Width: 14.1 cm
Depth: 17.1 cm
Height: 5.7 cm
Weight: 1.3 kg
Localisation: Europe
Hard drive
Capacity: 320 GB
Interface Type: USB 2.0
Buffer Size: 8 MB
Performance
Interface Transfer Rate: 480 Mbps
Seek Time: 8.9 ms (average)
Track-to-Track Seek Time: 2 ms
Average Latency: 4.2 ms
Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type B
Miscellaneous
Cables Included: 1 x USB cable - USB Type A to B - 1.8 m
Compliant Standards: RoHS
Package Type: Retail
Manufacturer's product description
Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug this drive in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.
Power
Power Source: Included AC adapter
Power Device: Power adapter
Voltage Required: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz ), AC 120/230 V ( 50 - 60 Hz )
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Picasa
OS Required: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.3 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple MacOS X 10.2.8 or later
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 2 years warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 2 years
The Essential Edition of the Western Digital MyBook only has USB2.0, which for me, is fine as I can plug it into any computer I wish. Other editions include Firewire, which of course costs more and not all computers support Firewire.
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This hard drive is very similar in look and feel to the other Passport versions that Western Digital has, in particular the Book with a glowing yellow circle that is very nice to look at and quite heavy to boot.
I needed another external harddrive as... more
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