Western Digital My Book Essential BACW0020HBK 2TB
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15 years ago
Hardware good, software confusing
WD's software for this big 2TB drive can get in the way of Apple's excellent Time Machine backup program, unless you find your way around it-without instructions to that effect. Otherwise, it seems to work OK, and the price is right for May, 2011.
14 years ago
Western Digital My Book Essential 3TB (WDBACW0030HBK) USB 3.0 External Storage Review
Western Digital sends us a large chunk of storage meat to evaluate. A 4x 750GB platter based Western Digital MyBook Essential 3TB with ...
14 years ago
The Western Digital My Book series of external hard drives have been a part of our daily lives since a good part of the last decade. The WD My Book hard drives are the household standard for data storage and backup, easily available in every high street retailer and for a very reasonable price as...
14 years ago
The hard drive is of good quality, though the included software is absolutely trash. An experienced user would fmt the hd as soon as they get it, but I suggest non-experienced users to do so as well.
Pros:
- Sturdy external hard drive
Cons:
- software that comes with it is horrible and confuses "newbs
14 years ago
"An Essential Hard Drive for everyone!"
Overview Western Digital are famous for Hard Drives and this is one of their drives in their Essential's range. On the face of it, you get a whopping 2Tb of space (more than you could ever use?) that is packed into a stylish modern casing. But what are you really getting?
Pros:
- Stylish Design
- Large Capacity
- Plug & Play
Cons:
- Slightly overpriced
14 years ago
Perfect for USB 2.0 only
This hard drive sometimes tends to not be recognised by my Win 7 64 bit when I plug it in to USB 3.0. Even though you succeed in it you it may disappear afterwards and it is not easy to get it back. Restart of system doesn't help. whereas there are no issues so far with USB 2.0.
14 years ago
REVIEW: Western Digital My Book Essential 3TB external hard drive
If you're looking to do some super-quick, super-painless PC spring cleaning, you'll want to grab an external hard drive with USB 3.0 transfer speeds. Western Digital's My Book Essential range offers as much as a massive 3TB of external storage, and transfer speeds three times as fast as USB 2.0...
14 years ago
it stores your stuff.
Cause it was cheap, i like that it was cheap i dislike that its so big and requires a power output this is obviously an outdated hard drive and isn't advanced as 2011 + range.
14 years ago
WD My Book Essential 1TB USB 3.0 External HD Review.
Seems very easy to set up - It automatically loads drivers and software in about 20 seconds per machine - I installed on 3 laptops and 2 desktops no problems. Thereafter works well so far for large back ups and is particularly fast if you've got a computer with a 3.0 USB port.
13 years ago
Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB review
External hard disks aren't always the most attractive pieces of kit and they often look ugly sat on a desk. Not so with Western Digital's My Book Essential. As its name suggests, the disk's rounded edges are designed to fit in with the rest of your books on a shelf, and the top, rear and back...
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