Price : Too low to display
Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.
This review is from : Western Digital WDG1U4000 My Book Essential Edition 400 GB External Hard Drive USB 2.0
Awesome . Great external drive. Does what it is supposed to. I've even dropped it a few times and it still works great. (data wasnt lost either). Sometimes the on button is weird, you have to push it just right but this is rarely. For the price, this is the best, biggest drive you can buy.
Awesome . Great external drive. Does what it is supposed to. I've even dropped it a few times and it still works great. (data wasnt lost either). Sometimes the on button is weird, you have to push it just right but this is rarely. For the price, this is the best, biggest drive you can buy.
Western Digital WDG1U4000 My Book Essential Edition 400 GB External Hard Drive USB 2.0 Reviews
Good basic external drive . The My Book Essential is very easy to use. You just plug it in and off you go. That said, I did have problems with getting one of my older PCs (upgraded to XP Home)to recognize the drive. Western Digital tech support was pretty much useless regarding the issue. However, I found that inserting a flash drive at the same time resulted the My Book
finally being recognized. It is quiet too.
Good basic external drive . The My Book Essential is very easy to use. You just plug it in and off you go. That said, I did have problems with getting one of my older PCs (upgraded to XP Home)to recognize the drive. Western Digital tech support was pretty much useless regarding the issue. However, I found that inserting a flash drive at the same time resulted the My Book
finally being recognized. It is quiet too.
Western Digital WDG1U4000 My Book Essential Edition 400 GB External Hard Drive USB 2.0 Opinions
Solid performer . Very nice unit. Recommended.
Pro: Relativly quite. File corruption is usually concern with externals (especially DIY external enclosures) but not this one. Auto on/off feature keeps unit in sync with pc.
Con: I like the 5 year warrenty of the Seagates; I wish more drive mfgs would follow suite. Only concern regarding 400GB is the price. As of 12/2006 you can get the 500GB for the same price as the 400GB. I got mine at St@ples for $99 Thanksgiving day sale.
Solid performer . Very nice unit. Recommended.
Pro: Relativly quite. File corruption is usually concern with externals (especially DIY external enclosures) but not this one. Auto on/off feature keeps unit in sync with pc.
Con: I like the 5 year warrenty of the Seagates; I wish more drive mfgs would follow suite. Only concern regarding 400GB is the price. As of 12/2006 you can get the 500GB for the same price as the 400GB. I got mine at St@ples for $99 Thanksgiving day sale.
Cons Review
Not reliable . I used this drive for a year, it started to give strange clicking noise after using it for 3+ months. I called in the WD support and they informed that it is normal. Now as it just completed 1 year of life, it just died one day. I called up WD support and informed them and they told the drive has gone out of service as it is just over a year and will change per incident I raise to them. Then I took it to Geek squad in Best Buy and asked them to help, they tried but the drive was dead and requires something around $2K for a third party data recovery, which may or may not be possible depending on the internal condition of the magnetic discs. I lost all files, photos and videos. It is now junk for me.
BIG problems . I have had this for a little over a year and it failed. It started making clicking noises. When I googled this I found out I was not alone. LOTS of people have trouble with these drives - they are very unreliable. I recently bought another one and am now scared that I will lose the data on that drive. DONT buy a MY BOOK!!!!
pretty bad product . the reason that i give 2 stars instead of 1 star is because that it is still able to keep my data-- the hd isnt failing. BUT, i really do not like this EHD, because it is really unreliable to transfer big files. from time to time,usually within 10 mins, it will automatically shut off while i'm accessing files in it. then i just shake it, it comes back on. i hope other people will not have this problem, it gets really annoying. plus, there are so many reviews about high failure rate about WD's high capacity EHDs, so i will not recommend this to others.
Feature Western Digital WDG1U4000 My Book Essential Edition 400 GB External Hard Drive USB 2.0
- Store and back up your music, photos, videos and important documents with this external hard drive
- Easy to set up and use with built-in installation software
- Simple user interface features USB 2.0 connectivity
- Device holds up to 400 GB of data
- Measures 5.55 x 2.25 x 6.71 inches (WxHxD)
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Product Details
EAN : 0718037117898UPC : 718037117898
MPN : WDG1U4000N
Brand : Western Digital
Color : Black
Weight : 4 pounds
Height : 5 inches
Length : 12 inches
Width : 9 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
Hardware Platform : PC
Manufacturer : Western Digital
Model : WDG1U4000N
Publisher : Western Digital
SKU : zw9900
Studio : Western Digital
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