Rating 3.7 48 reviews
Manufacturer: Western Digital
J&R
15 years ago

This is a great product.

I use this product mainly to backup my laptop. I love the features that come with it. It is very easi to use. There's not really anything bad about it.
Pros:
  • Easy To Install
  • Highly Compatible
  • Quiet
  • Reliable
Cons:
  • Slow
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AnandTech
15 years ago

Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB and My Book Essential 3TB Drives Reviewed

Two months ago I looked at the world's first 3TB desktop hard drive . It was a 5 platter, 3TB Seagate Barracuda XT inside an external GoFlex Desk chassis. The performance of the drive wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but the poorly ventilated chassis seemed ill equipped to deal with the thermal...
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Walmart
15 years ago

Great Product

Im a computer tech and love to keep my files in order. This device is so easy to use and file items. It shows me how much space via the lights on the device or just hovering over the icon in lower tool bar. I highly recomend this for anyone who loves to organize their music and movie files.
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amazon.ca
16 years ago

Fast and Easy!

This external hard drive works perfectly and is incredibly easy to use! It is by far the best one I've ever run into. If you have Windows or Linux it will be easy as pie to set up, but if you have a Mac, like me, it is not a good product for beginners!
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Mwave.com
16 years ago

Very Good storage!!!

It takes up little bit of room since it stands upright. I use mine to store all my movies and music. Its great, all i have to do is plug it right into my TV then sit back and watch all my videos!!! I was surprised with how fast it was to transfer files back and forth to my computer.
Pros:
  • Simple Setup
  • Easy to Use
  • Large Capacity
  • Reliable Performance
Cons:
  • None
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Overstock
16 years ago

External Hard Drive

This is a great product. Back up your entire computer. Lots of room for music and karaoke files. The BEST I would reccommend it to everyone so they don't lose important photos etc.
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PC Magazine
16 years ago

Western Digital My Book (4TB)

The Western Digital My Book (4TB) ($209.99 list) desktop-class external hard drive gives the photo, music, or video collector a place to keep a whole lot of files. It's basic, utilitarian storage that will get the job done, and sometimes that's all you need.
Pros:
  • Excellent capacity
  • Fanless.
Cons:
  • Had trouble with our benchmark tests
  • Lacks capacity indicator
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Top Ten Reviews
16 years ago

Western Digital has been a leader in the hard drive and solid state drive market for over 20 years. With a reputation like that it's no surprise that the Western Digital My Book Essential has snatched up our TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award for the best desktop external hard drive you can buy.
Pros:
  • This drive secures data with several different avenues of encryption
Cons:
  • When reformatted to use with a Mac
  • only USB 2.0 connectivity is available
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AfterDawn.com
17 years ago

Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1 TB

Definitely not good for streaming movie files. I always have to hard reset my media center in order to unfreeze it from idle. If you run it constant then it works but once it sits idle for 3hrs, it's frozen until you either unplug it or hard reset the computer.
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Ritz Camera
17 years ago

Great value! Easy to install

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Pros:
  • Attractive Design
  • Easy To Setup
  • Easy to use
  • High Capacity
  • Portable
  • Quiet
Cons:
  • No Power Switch
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