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Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N | 
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| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $119.99
Buy New: $79.99
You Save: $40.00 (33%)
New (45) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $73.01
Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 11
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5
nv:Capacity (GB): 500
Interface: USB 2.0
Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
Buffer Memory: 16MB
Average Seek (msec): <8.9
Track-to-Track Seek Time (typical read, ms): 2.0
Data Transfer Rate on USB 2.0: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Temperature, Operating ( C): 5 to 35
Temperature, Nonoperating ( C): -40 to 65
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WDH1U5000N
Model: WDH1U5000N
UPC: 718037120805
EAN: 0718037120805
ASIN: B000XRK3LG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new, mint in the box, factory fresh, never used
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| Features:
| • | Includes - External hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter and Quick Install Guide | | • | Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer | | • | Saving and organizing your digital photo collection | | • | USB 2.0 Serial Bus Transfer Rate - 480 Mbits/s | | • | System Requirements - Available USB port, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later |
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Product Description
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 108 more reviews...
 Great product, easy setup October 12, 2008
Jerce (Kirkland, WA)
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.
Good drive for what I use it for... October 11, 2008
Kenneth Stenek (Shishmaref, AK United States)
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.
 mine doesn't work at all October 8, 2008
Michael R. Lawrence (Grand Forks, B.C. Canada)
Hello. I bought this drive(not from Amazon) because I found one close to home and I could look at it and touch it. It seemed well put together and I had been looking for a backup, so I bought it.
Got it home and did everything the install guide said to do. Opp't out of the google toolbar and the 30 day trial and hooked it up. Seemed to start up fine but I was locked on the 30 day trial thing, so I said to myself, I change that in a minute, I'll let it download first.
Well, then it said my files were to big, I got that worked out, I thought, and started download. 24 hours later nothing had happened! I also couldn't access the internet. Well, I says, I'll just safely shut it down, disconnect and reload and see what I've got. As soon as I disconnected I could get onto the internet but as I went to reload, nothing happened! couldn't access manual or any part of the drive.
I wrote WD an email but have gotten no response eccept for the email verification. This is one of those things that to me it is much more hassle and expense to deal with WD so it is just sitting there on the shelf doing nothing.
After this experence, I told WD that I would be hard pressed to even think of one of their products again. Also after this I wouldn't dare use it as an internal drive.
My way in the past to deal with this kind of garbage is to take a sledge hammer to it put it in it's box and mail it back to the company.
Yes it cost me to mail but it also lets me blow off a little steam.
mightymike
not reliable October 8, 2008
Gary Odom
I have bought four different WD external drives in this product family. Only one has been reliable. One died twice, having been "repaired" by WD while still in warranty. A second makes worrisome noise. The 1TB drives go asleep in 30 minutes after inactivity and cannot be awoken without restart.
Western digital internal drives, particularly the Raptor series, do not seem to have these reliability problems.
I'll never buy a Western Digital hard drive again. October 8, 2008
J. Sequoia (San Diego, CA, USA)
I have two of these hard drives. I originally bought them because you couldn't beat the price. I use one as a storage backup and one as a short term backup. I trusted that my storage backup would be there in case the short term back up went out. Not the case. I went to plug it up and found that it had starting clicking though it worked perfectly last time I backed up my data on it. This clicking problem is apparently a very common sign of hard drive failure. It is toast unless I want to pay out the wazoo to get my data recovered by a professional service. Now here I am with no back up of my data since BOTH Western Digital My Books have failed. The worst part is that they are 3 weeks out of warranty. It is ridiculous to think that even if you backup frequently and do everything they say to do, your data can still disappear forever. I guess you get what you pay for.
I recommend carefully reading many reviews and likely problems before you purchase a hard drive made by Western Digital. This company has really let us down.
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