Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N

Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N | Good drive for what I use it for...

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	Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N Western Digital Western Digital average customer review:based on 115 reviews view larger image
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This elegant external hard drive, reminiscent of a book, is the perfect storage solution. It takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. A USB 2.0 simple connection offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Dimensions - Height 6.5 x Length 5.4 x Width 2.1 Weight - 2.5 Pounds

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my son is very happy with his western digital 500gb by book external hard drive. it came alot faster then we had thought it might and seems to work great.

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Good drive for what I use it for...

I needed to get photos off of my laptop since I take many photographs of birds so I purchased this drive for the price and size.

Compared to one of my colleagues this drive is much faster not only for my computer to acknowledge it but also transferring full size 8 MP files to it at about 2 images per second. I am sure there are drives that can do it faster but I was plenty happy.

The main negative thing I can say was that out of the box there was only 465 GB available. I realize there is software on it but 35 Gigs worth? I deleted some pdf files that weren't necessary but that did little for me. In all reality I probably will not fill up the drive anytime soon so what am I really worried about. The 3,000 photos I transferred only took about 10 GB.

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Great product, easy setup

I bought this hard drive after reading a number of reviews that said it took a while to set up. For me, setup couldn't have been easier-- just plug it into your computer and it's ready to go. The one thing I wish it included was instructions on the best way to reformat the HD from FAT32 to NTFS. I used a Windows Vista program to do this, and it took several hours. Quick Format would have taken minutes and given me the results I wanted. But other than that, there's nothing I'd change or improve about this hard drive. Also, the price on Amazon is lower than many other web sites.

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