Rating 3.7 50 reviews
Manufacturer: Western Digital
REVIEW STREAM
6 years ago

Western Digital My Book External Hard Drive 500 GB

Description- Western Digital My Book External Hard Drive is a device to help you back up your essential files and folders. It is rather compact so you don't have to worry about it taking up too much space on your desk.
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Amazon
7 years ago

Lasted seven and a half years

I bought this drive back in 2011 and it lasted until a couple of weeks ago. I have used it in various ways primarily for backups, using Windows backup for awhile to do image backups, and then moving to Crashplan local until they ended their free home license.
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Amazon
9 years ago

Great improvement over older version/model

Great - has a metal cradle which attaches it to the back of the TV out of the way Also has no addition power adaptor (like in the older model) as it gets its power from the TVs USB powered slot - therefore it has just the 1 cable to connect into the tv
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amazon.in
9 years ago

Must buy

Nice product... The only problem is we have to give power supply. No heating problem. I tested 3 computers and one hdd to hdd the maximum speed is 22-25 MBps
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rakuten.com
10 years ago

2GB WD EXT. DRIVE

GREAT LITTLE REFURB FOR THE DVR, AS YOU CAN'T GO WITH MORE THAN 2GB WITH DISH. DEAL WAS PERFECT. UNIT IS SILENT AND ONLY SLIGHTLY WARM AFTER A 24 HR TRANSFER.
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Mouthshut
10 years ago

My first HD

As is the description it is my first hd but sadly it needs power to run. Hd is very good in terms of read and write ratio. Out of 1tb only 989gb is available. Formating of the hd is also v easy. It can be connected to any pc or laptop and also to tvs for entertainment purpose.
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tesco.com
11 years ago

Excellent Item

This EHD is brilliant, it simple does what its meant to, with an amazing amount of space (2TB). Excellent value for money compared to other retailers. I would highly recommend this.
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TakeALot
12 years ago

WD My Book Essential - 1TB USB 3.0 External HDD

Does what it is supposed to do - nothing more, nothing less. I bought this HDD as it is on the certified external drive list for the Wii U and thus works great with the said console.
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CNET
12 years ago

Design fail.

Design fail. The fastest cable on the market limited by some of the slowest drives WD has available.
Pros:
  • Looks pretty
Cons:
  • Cost
  • You gain nothing over a USB 3.0 version of this at 4 times the price because it has thunderbolt
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Tech2
12 years ago

Western Digital My Book 4 TB (WDBACW0040HBK) Review

Western Digital's My Book series has been around for some generations now, catering to users who want huge capacity but are not necessarily looking at portable drives. With the My Book 4TB drive WD offers a desktop drive with the maximum capacity available on a single drive.
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