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Western Digital My Book World Edition 500 GB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive

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Form Factor : 2.5", 500 GB, 7200 rpm, 8.9 ms (average), Interface : Hi-Speed USB ... more

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From: Posted: Oct 25, 2009 Type: User Review "Works as advertised. Excellent networking options."

Everything works perfectly on the drive. People complaining about the speed should look at their own network configuration. Remember - on a 100Mbps = 10MBPs. (megabytes) the average internal sata drive gets around 60MBps. Yeah its not a speed demon i
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PROS: Many options to control Groups & Users. On a 100Mbps LAN connection the drive exceeded the rated speed (12MBPs). Never tested Gigabit. Stays very cool, and quiet. MioNet give fairly easy access to the drive for yourself and others that you invite.
CONS: Drive worked fantastic over varying network conditions but did drop the network after 38GB of straight transfers. I had to restart it but it ran fine after that. Other than 1 glitch it's been running non stop for several days.
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From: Posted: Oct 28, 2009 Type: User Review "Mionet software is total garbage"

Western Digital used to be a quality company. Now they are nothing more than a group of misfits engaging in consumer fraud.
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PROS: Nothing good at all
CONS: Drive has a 3 year warranty per wriiten documentation. Tried to get an an RMA from tech support but was told drive had a one year warranty from date of manuafacture. Good news is that one of our staff attorney's has taken over and filing a law suit.
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From: Reviewed by: gschim Posted: Dec 27, 2008 Type: User Review "drive is a little slow but ok, do not install mionet"

Overall i think the product is pretty good, would rank it in the category of " I don't feel like I got burned" and once I figured out that mionet was my problem I have been pretty happy. My initial feeling of the product was strongly tainted by the
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PROS: easy to setup, fast enough for most all general NAS uses like streaming music and general video, unless you get into full on HD. Works pretty well for general storage and backups.
CONS: runs a little hot isn't the fastest in the world but ok for the money. have to pay extra for the software to get use of some of the advertised "features" Don't even mess with mionet it's a waste. backup software included
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From: Trustedreviews Reviewed by: Trustedreviews Expert Posted: Feb 18, 2009 Type: Expert Review

We've long been encouraging people to invest in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. They let you store all your commonly used files, like music, videos, pictures, and maybe even spreadsheets and word processor documents, in a centralised location
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Western Digital WDG2TP15000N 1.5 TB USB 2.0 15000 rpm Hard drive - external

Western Digital WDG2TP15000N 1.5 TB USB 2.0 15000 rpm Hard drive - external

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From: Posted: May 09, 2008 Type: User Review Extremely fast and reliable drive

I ordered this drive a few months ago when it was on sale for well under 300 dollars. There's a firmware update that's available if its noise bothers you. So far it's provided reliable service using both USB and firewire.
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From: Posted: Jun 28, 2008 Type: User Review Worthless, absolutely worthless drive

I've owned this drive for about a year now, and I'm about to throw it in the trash, where it belongs.

I'm using it with Windows Vista with SP1. About once a day, the drive goes into overdrive mode. The fan spins up to full speed for...
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Western Digital WDH1CS5000N 500GB USB 2.0 7200 rpm Hard drive External

Western Digital WDH1CS5000N 500GB USB 2.0 7200 rpm Hard drive External

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Form Factor : 3.5", 500GB, Cache Size : 16 MB, 7200 rpm, 8.5 ms (average), Interface : USB 2.0 ... more

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From: Reviewed by: irishlad1994 Posted: Mar 11, 2009 Type: User Review "decent backup drive"

good backup hdd, have it 1 day, so far so good, will update if need be. it does take forever to back up the first time--5 hrs to back up 40gbs thru firewire, more than enough storage (pc has only 200 gb hdd, suckish pc will never by hp again) overall
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PROS: light, small, more than enough room, firewire, usb
CONS: software takes forever to backup files (first time, rest is fine), buzzes loudly, really who uses esata??
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Review from a shopper who 'Hated it'
From: Posted: Dec 10, 2008 Type: User Review Dreaded click of dying

Worked great for about 14 months; Then the drive started to disappear on my PC. After doing many things. New Firmware update, different cable, tweaked, updated, and rolled back drivers to no success; even put in a new PCI USB 2.0 adapter. I...
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From: Posted: Oct 08, 2008 Type: User Review Do NOT use the WD Auto Backup!

The Memeo backup software included on this My Book is seriously outdated. Do not install it! Instead, do the following:

1. Go to memeo.com and install the latest version of Memeo AutoBackUp Standard.

2. Use the same...
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Western Digital WDG2T15000N 1.5 TB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive - external

Western Digital WDG2T15000N 1.5 TB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive -...

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Form Factor : External, 1.5 TB, 7200 rpm, Interface : Hi-Speed USB, External Interfaces : Hi-Speed USB ... more

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From: Posted: Dec 22, 2007 Type: User Review My Book Pro II/Premium II family great; problems with Vista.

This review covers the family of My Book Pro II/Premium II drives from Western Digital, since the primary differences between the 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0Tb dual-drive models involve the size of the drive pair only, as far as I can tell. I own the My Book...
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000 500 GB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive - external

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500 GB, Cache Size : 16 MB, 7200 rpm, 8.9 ms (average), Interface : Hi-Speed USB, 2.9 lbs, External Interfaces ... more

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From: Reviewed by: Bohunkus1957 Posted: Nov 06, 2009 Type: User Review "You Get What You Pay For, no Lemo frills for VW prices."

I used a file retrieval program to get back all my files and pictures which I was afraid was totally gone when it crashed as I had scanned thousands of pictures that are totally irreplaceable from my childhood till to date, that would have been gone
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PROS: It is a given that once a hardrive is formatted it never has same space left to write on. One should always look at X-Gigs less formatting cluster size. (500 Gig minus Format writing) Although I agree it shouldn't take 40 gigs away from hardrive size
CONS: Didn't care for the WD External Hardrive Crash after I backed up my computers internal hardrive to it after powering it down and it couldn't be read afterwords by my computer as it said it was all corrupted files.
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From: Reviewed by: mls09 Posted: Oct 13, 2009 Type: User Review "Died in less than a year - recertified disk inside"

Basically the problem with the product is mine was a recepticle for an unwanted recertified disk. Combine this with poor thermal design (no ventilation and plastic enclosure) and the results is a short expected life. If you buy this to serve as one
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PROS: Good backup storage good price.
CONS: To try to restore we opened up and pulled disk out. Disk was HOT for > 1 hour (poor ventilation). Disk inside had sticker stating recertified. If the core of the product is recertified they should market as such (not hide it inside an enclosure)
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From: Posted: Jul 30, 2008 Type: User Review Works Fine So Far, BUT....BEWARE!

Purchased item with no problem and it has been working for less than a year perfectly! However, I am a bit annoyed that it is not really 500 GB, but rather 465GB which is a big difference!! If it had been off 500MB to 1GB I wouldn't complain,...
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From: Goodgearguide Reviewed by: Goodgearguide Expert Posted: Mar 05, 2008 Type: Expert Review

There isn't much to this My Book Essential Edition drive. In fact, it's aptly named as you won't get any unnecessary features or connections. It's small, button-less and, apart from a distinct blue LED, inconspicuous. Furthermore, it's ready to use a
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PROS: Competitive cost per formatted gigabyte, simple to use, switches itself off when your computer is turned off
CONS: Supplied software is only for trial purposes
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Western Digital My Book World Edition II 1 TB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive

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Form Factor : 2.5", 1 TB, 7200 rpm, 8.9 ms (average), Interface : Hi-Speed USB ... more

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From: Reviewed by: mfenix Posted: Mar 13, 2009 Type: User Review "Great NAS alternative"

As long as you do steady backups vs. 500GB at a time you'll be happy with your purchase. If you want true NAS functionality be prepared to pay for it.
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PROS: Sexy housing, near-silent, durable housing.
CONS: Mionet.... everyone hates it but keep in mind this is the cheap alternative to a true NAS which costs 2x-3x more.
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Review from a shopper who 'Hated it'
From: Posted: May 30, 2009 Type: User Review "Nothing about this thing works: AT ALL"

Doesn't work with 64 Bit Windows. Blatant lies from Western Digital regarding this issue. Worst customer service in the history of customer service. Knowledgebase is a JOKE. So disgusted with this piece of crap I can't go on.
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PROS: There are no pros
CONS: Too many cons to list without blowing a vein in my neck.
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From: Posted: Oct 16, 2008 Type: User Review FIne NAS Server with a few drawbacks.

File sharing on the LAN works fine. Any computer that works with SMB/CIFS will work with this on the LAN. That means Windows, Mac, Linux and even BeOS... The Mionet software is windows only, but that's totally unnecessary to use this device....
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From: Trustedreviews Reviewed by: Trustedreviews Expert Posted: Feb 18, 2009 Type: Expert Review

We've long been encouraging people to invest in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. They let you store all your commonly used files, like music, videos, pictures, and maybe even spreadsheets and word processor documents, in a centralised location
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U2500 250 GB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive - external

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250 GB, Cache Size : 8 MB, 7200 rpm, 8.9 ms (average), Interface : Hi-Speed USB, 2.9 lbs, External Interfaces : ... more

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From: Reviewed by: katiya81 Posted: Aug 26, 2008 Type: User Review "An excellent option for storage and backup!"

So far I've had this ext hdd for about 2-3 years and it's given me no problems except for the driver issue, which I think is a problem that's isolated to my retarded comp. I know many people who have the same ext and they love it too.
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PROS: It does it's job! It holds all of my stuff, it was fairly inexpensive, it looks kinda nice
CONS: sometimes it gets uppity and causes a conflict with my keyboard driver (pretty weird) but it's never a real issue.
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From: Posted: Sep 01, 2008 Type: User Review do yourself a favor and keep shopping around

i bought this at a college bookstore discount less than a year ago. it was working fine for the most part, although every once in a while (after about 4-5 months) it would make a loud, ugly noise that sounded like something was scraping around on...
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From: Posted: Dec 31, 2007 Type: User Review Not Mobile

Here is my only complaint. The drive is indeed easily set up on most computers (plug it in and it's good) however the power cord and physical size make this fairly unwieldy. You will groan each time you have to yank the power cord and brick out...
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From: Reviewed by: testtes Posted: Oct 07, 2008 Type: User Review test ga

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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U3200 320 GB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive - external

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320 GB, Cache Size : 8 MB, 7200 rpm, 8.9 ms (average), Interface : Hi-Speed USB, 2.9 lbs, External Interfaces : ... more

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From: Reviewed by: Alicat1032 Posted: Jul 22, 2009 Type: User Review "Product works great"

I find it very useful and easy to use. I've had this product for over a year and have never had any problems with it.
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PROS: Easily installed. Easy to save things to and use.
CONS: None that I've seen
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From: Reviewed by: drhudy Posted: Dec 04, 2008 Type: User Review "Beware Trial Software"

Bought this for my daughter's new Dell laptop. This product comes with trail software which means use it for 30 days and then you have to buy it for 39.99, Ther is no users manual so if you don't know what you are doing guess what????? Forget this pr
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PROS: Easy Setup, looks great
CONS: Trail backup software, no users manual very slow......
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From: Posted: Feb 03, 2008 Type: User Review Good drive .... but comes with a junk power supply

WD is known for its hard-drives and I think they should stick to just that. I bought this drive about 6 months ago from an online retailer. The drive works slower than a cheaper, unbranded make I invested in earlier but was told by a friend that...
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From: Goodgearguide Reviewed by: Goodgearguide Expert Posted: Mar 05, 2008 Type: Expert Review

There isn't much to this My Book Essential Edition drive. In fact, it's aptly named as you won't get any unnecessary features or connections. It's small, button-less and, apart from a distinct blue LED, inconspicuous. Furthermore, it's ready to use a
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PROS: Competitive cost per formatted gigabyte, simple to use, switches itself off when your computer is turned off
CONS: Supplied software is only for trial purposes
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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U4000 400 GB Hi-Speed USB 7200 rpm Hard drive - external

Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U4000 400 GB Hi-Speed USB...

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400 GB, Cache Size : 16 MB, 7200 rpm, 8.9 ms (average), Interface : Hi-Speed USB, 2.9 lbs, External Interfaces ... more

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From: Reviewed by: dakaro Posted: Feb 21, 2007 Type: User Review Very good hard disk! Wow! Sehr gute Festplatte ! Wow !

In English!! It is a really great external hard disk and she functions perfectly!! Big praise!!! In Deutsch!! Es ist eine wirklich tolle externe Festplatte und sie funktioniert einwandfrei!! Großen Lob!!!
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From: Reviewed by: nwcafesurfer Posted: Jan 03, 2007 Type: User Review "Affordable no-nonsense Storage"

Overall performance wasn?t amazing but gets the job done. I liked that it didn?t come with tacky software, just plug it in and start using it. The simple enclosure is desk worthy and it effectively keeps the drive cool even through hours of file...
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PROS: Compact, reliable and silent the Western Digital 400gig Essential Edition is portable storage at its best for a price anyone can afford.
CONS: The drive does automatically power off when not in use. This can cause an access delay when the drive spins up. Lacks firewire and network interface ports; you get what you pay for.
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From: Goodgearguide Reviewed by: Goodgearguide Expert Posted: Mar 05, 2008 Type: Expert Review

There isn't much to this My Book Essential Edition drive. In fact, it's aptly named as you won't get any unnecessary features or connections. It's small, button-less and, apart from a distinct blue LED, inconspicuous. Furthermore, it's ready to use a
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PROS: Competitive cost per formatted gigabyte, simple to use, switches itself off when your computer is turned off
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