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Western Digital WDH1CS5000N 500GB USB 2.0 7200 rpm Hard drive External
E-SATA - USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 Interface
- From: CNET
- Posted: Mar-11-2009
"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
Read full review | Report as inappropriate- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-24-2008
On the basis of its internal hard drives, giving a WD external another try...
This was a replacement for an earlier model Western Digital external hard disk drive (HDD) that inexplicably bricked after 17 months. The details of that drive are presented in an earlier review by me.So why chose WD again? Mostly for the solid reputation of their internal HDDs and reasonable...
Read full review | Report as inappropriate- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-10-2008
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 began noticing a clicking. click.. click.. click.....
Read full review | Report as inappropriate- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-03-2008
Satisfied purchase
Had this product for only a few days so can't offer any reliability comments.No issues with hooking this drive up. Plugged in the power supply and connected to the computer (Win XP) via FireWire/1394 interface. Drive was instantly recognized and could R/W to the drive.No supplied software...
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- Posted: Nov-02-2008
If you value your data do not bother!
I bought this external HD and out of the box it did not work, does not mount on any Mac or PC that I have, even after running multiple tests. The HD spins up, but does not mount or can be found by any disk utility tool. I am also an IT professional and have used these in the past before at work,...
Read full review | Report as inappropriate- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-26-2008
Plug in and forget
Beautiful! Set up is very easy, thereafter, it's there when you want it, otherwise, it "sleeps" and wakes when you need files fromit. No muss, no fuss!
Read full review | Report as inappropriate- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-15-2008
Power Hog
I've just done some testing of some of my computer gear with a small power meter and was surprised to find that this drive draws at least 5 watts all the time when it is plugged in. Powered up and idle, it uses about 7 watts, but when it is spun down and turned off, it is still sucking 5 watts....
Read full review | Report as inappropriate- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-12-2008
Absolute Rubbish.
I bought this hard drive mainly to back-up all the music files I recently had to re-rip to my new computer (about 70GB of mp3's were lost when my old computer got infected with a really nasty bit of malware and had to be re-formatted to insure its removal). Needless to say, I didn't want to lose...
Read full review | Report as inappropriate- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-08-2008
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 software product key that is on the quick install guide of this My Book.You will...
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- Posted: Oct-05-2008
Too unreliable
I have 3 Western Digital My Books attached to my PC and this 500Gb Home Edition is inferior to the others (which are Studio and Essential editions). This drive will randomly un-mount or go to sleep while in use. I have lost data when this drive just randomly "disappears". It's just too unreliable...
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