My little black book

Advantages: Holds tonnes of files!
Disadvantages: It is quite heavy.

...I decided to buy an external harddrive as I store a lot of music and photographs on my computer and I would like it to be backed up in case my computer breaks and my files are irretrievable. I decided to start on Amazon.co.uk and searched "external harddrive" on their main page. A number of different 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 songs or 25 hours of film. The 160GB harddrive holds up to 45,000 photos or 40...

matties_bitch 11.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U3200 320 GB

A book which takes no time to be read!

Advantages: Fast fast fast, good looking, quiet
Disadvantages: none so far

...BACKGROUND ********************** I use a laptop PC which has 60GB hard drive. When you download videos, backup your music or your pictures, all these files start taking loads of space on a hard drive, and the poor things gets clogged up very quickly. I first got an external hard drive off Ebay a few years ago, but now, the 160GB start growing thin considering the amount of stuff I put on. I started looking for a new, bigger external hard drive, after seeing a cheap one on a Tesco l;eaflet (not the one I actually got) GETTING THE PUPPY ******************************** I went on Amazon, and searched for "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...

monsieur.Joda 02.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U3200 320 GB

Western Digital is Amazing

Advantages: quick speed, sleek design, lots of space
Disadvantages: none

...Before I begin, I must say that Western Digital is by far the best. When I entered Best Buy the other day, I was unsure whether to buy an internal or external hard drive. I ended up buying the external just because it seemed more practical. Wow am I happy with my decision. Not only does it hold an enormous amount of space, it runs at an extremely quick speed. The installation is incredibly easy and you'll be up and going in a matter of minutes. The sleek design also makes it fit nicely into anywhere you want it. Western Digital is a highly respected company, and their prices are unbeatable. If you are looking to maximize your computer experience, this is a must have. Don't waste money on ugly, hard to install hard drives when you can be using one of the highest quality hard drives out there!!...

jsiev24 11.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital Essential External Hard Drive USB 2.0 320 GB

My littel white box

Advantages: very fast connection, alot of space
Disadvantages: can be easily knocked over

...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 my desktops space was almost gone from storing far too many games as you can imagine! I had the dreaded 'low on disk space' warning on my computer for a good while before i found a hard drive that i liked that offered my requirements in a nice handy little white box. Design Its presented in a big box, and I was very relieved (and also surprised) to see how small it actually is! At 8cm in width, by 1.5 in height and 13 cm in depth, the passport fails to take up much space on your desk or on top of your pc tower. Its a miniscule 105 gs which means i can hold it in one palm quite...

thewhitewolf 20.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital My Book Pro Edition WDG1T3200 320 GB

Western Digital My Book

Advantages: Very reliable
Disadvantages: Can get firewire which is faster

...I purchased this external hard drive about 2 years ago for roughly £90. Since then I've used it to save large video files which has been great since it doesn't slow down my main hard drive to clog it up. Its helped make my pc run faster however it does take a longer time for my pc to boot up. A couple of things about the specs are: Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mbits/s (Max) Requires a seperate power supply 100-240 VAC A few things to note about hard drive is the estimations are never accurate. Although its a 750gb, when they are formatted they actually only store 698gb on a FAT 32. This leads me on to a second point which is FAT 32 limits file size to 4gb. But in most cases this shouldn't be too much of an issue. But if it is you can always reformat the hard drive to NTFS which will resolve the problem. This has...

Gazf06 18.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDH1U6400 640 GB

It's not hard to drive in the west

Advantages: good space, great price and works a charm
Disadvantages: not quite the full 320GB stated but hey....

...a good search for the right internal HD I finally came across a selection by several different companies, all claiming to offer the best quality at a good price. But the one that jumped out at me was from a company called Western Digital, who I had dealt with before and felt quite confident about. ** Brief description? (technical stuff coming up) * 2.5? internal hard drive * 320GB hard drive * Serial ATA * 300 Mbps transfer rate * 5400 rpm spindle speed * 8 MB buffer zone * Works with all Windows (not sure about 7) * Shockgaurd technology protects the drive from shocks * Whisperdrive technology gives a quiet performance with great power consumption. * SecurePark technology, which means that the reading head never touches the disk, therefore giving longer life to the drive. * 70mm by 100mm by 9.5mm * 117...

blissman70 10.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320 GB

Archos 7 (320GB)

Advantages: Light, extra features, good quality, memory, media support.
Disadvantages: Not really any.

... Well it's a touchscrene for a start. It is amazingly easy to navigate, sporting a well-designed title menu. Furthermore, there isn't really an instalation process, it's pretty much just turn it on and off you go. 5/5 Look and Design It certainly looks cool. This actually turns heads when you're using it on a bus or train, and I've even had the odd brave person come over and ask what it is and what it does. 5/5 Range of Features Pretty good, it has: *More memory than you, or at least I, will ever use with 320GB storing up to 400 movies, 3.2 million photos, or 190,000 songs. I mean who gets time to watch 400 movies or listen to 190,000 songs? and as for 3.2 million photos... *A die-hard battery, playing 39 hours music and 10 hours video playback time on a single charge. * Video support for MPEG-4, M-JPEG and even...

anakha6 23.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Archos 7 320GB

MyBook, Me Like

Advantages: Very easy to use
Disadvantages: USB only

...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. It has a (fairly long) 3m power cable, a standard USB (type B) cable to connect to the computer and the box itself, that is very simple to set up and to use. The front has a green circle that lights up when switched on and flickers when in use. Apart from that, it is completely black in colour and has no other distinguishing features. It took me 2 minutes to set up and start to use, and that included opening the cardboard packaging! I decided to buy the 500gb capacity, as I already had another external hard disk which has 320gb, which was completely full. I needed another 500gb as backup and storing...

orrin31 30.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000 500 GB

My Book 250Gb

Advantages: stying,price,reliability
Disadvantages: storage may not be enough for some people,FAT32 format from factory

...I suppose i bought this hard drive about a year ago. I chose it because it was reasonably priced,it had good capacity and it looked plain,simple but also stylish. I think i paid about £75 as i bought it on a trip to the states. I initially needed it to cope with my growing collection of MP3's that my 80Gb laptop drive was trying to deal with. Upon getting it home ease of installation was simple. Its pretty much a case of unpacking it,plugging the power cable in,plugging the USB cable in and hey prestowindows automatically recognizes it and you've got an additional 250Gb of hard drive space. The package comes with the hard drive,usb cable,power cable and a quick install guide although you dont really need it. The drive comes with built in drive management which means it both turns on and off with your computer which is very...

zakkman 23.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U2500 250 GB

Nice little box

Advantages: Large capacity, quiet when not in use
Disadvantages: Can in noisy when in use

...becomes easier. The power supply is a little bulky but comes with quite a long cable. The bulky shape of the power supply is the only problem I have, though it?s only a minor complaint. On the whole, it is a very nice addition to my computer setup. The only problem I have now is; now it is full and I need another one! I?m now looking at the sister model; the Western Digital My Book Premium Edition, but this time I?m going for the 500gb, just in case....

orrin31 18.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital Essential External Hard Drive USB 2.0 320 GB