| Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive | 
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| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
Buy New: £55.20
New (29) from £55.20
Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 12
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5
Legal Disclaimer: IFILE
MPN: WDH1U5000E
Model: WDH1U5000E
UPC: 718037120928
EAN: 0718037120928
ASIN: B000WP0NM8
Release Date: November 25, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Faultless so far May 23, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
You can't go wrong with one of these. I Opened the box, plugged it in, connected the USB, went through a 5 minute installation and off I went...500GB of lovely disk space. Does exactly what it says on the tin.
 This drive is not robust May 15, 2008
15 out of 34 found this review helpful
Had used my 500gb drive for around 6 months without any problem until one day it was toppled from a foot high coffee table on to a carpet.
Despite a soft landing it completely stopped working and WD support now tell me the drive has failed and my only option is to spend thousand of pounds for a data recovery expert to recover my data.
This would be less galling if WD didn't market this drive as "robust".
Would not buy again.
WD External Good May 14, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Owned it for a month now.
Review: Simple and looks good on my desk.
Light goes through the whole case to other side, a little distracting.
Simple plug and play, I don't use the 'safely remove' hardware at all, I just unplug whenever the HD is not busy.
Had an older 250gb version of this one (now memory is full) and that has worked well. (Transported in baggage several times)
Recommendation: Format to NTFS (allows transfer of much larger files).
Problems: Tried to transfer from the external hard drive to DVD of a large file, 15 min into transfer the external hard drive made a really high pitched noise for 30 sec, I turned it over and shook it slightly, the noise went away and I finished my transfer. (this was before the format to NTFS)HOWEVER I then needed to put this file from DVD to a computer and it came up with I/O error.
A very nice piece of kit May 12, 2008
53 out of 58 found this review helpful
I spent a lot of time reading reviews from various sites about different makes and models of external HDD. In the end I took the plunge and went for the Western Digital 500GB model. I have to say it has been simplicity itself to get it up and running. I took the previous reviewer's advice and didn't bother with the software packages. I did use the PDF manual and found the links to the support site useful, especially when it came to looking for instructions on how to reformat the drive into NTFS; it comes pre-formatted in FAT32. The drive powers up with my PC and closes down when I log-off, it is very quiet and if it wasn't for the two LEDs on the from I wouldn't know it was operating. I'm a very happy bunny.
Bad book May 5, 2008
15 out of 21 found this review helpful
My Book has certainly been a disappointment for me. Initially I was impressed but after a couple of months, it produces problems. Now I have lost all data as it keeps coming up with 'I/O Device error'. Tried to reformat but it doesn't allow me to. Also tried the Western Digital website for download but that doesn't help at all. It also does not come with a CD application which means once any software faults arise, that would be the end.
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