Rating 3.8 63 reviews
Manufacturer: Western Digital
expertreviews.co.uk
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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APC
13 years ago

The backup sweet spot: Western Digital My Book Essential 3TB review

Coming in the now familiar ‘book' aesthetic common to Western Digital's desktop drives this 3TB monster among the most affordable of the 3TB drives on the market with a street price of around $239.
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MacMall
14 years ago

WD 2TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

This hard drive was an excellent price. It is working well, and is simple to use. I have not tried to use any of the special features, as I'm just using it as a backup drive for now.
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ebay.com.au
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Cause it was cheap, i like that it was cheap i dislike that its so big and requires a power output this is obviously an outdated hard drive and isn't advanced as 2011 + range.
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tesco.com
14 years ago

Pretty quiet. Good size drive. USB 3.0 Bad Points: About 350mb of bloatware on the disk, before you even start Shell shows every finger print. Easily breakable/scratchable case as cheap plastic Off button could have been more easier to locate and use, Stable when stood, but ever so easy to knock...
Pros:
  • Good looking and sleek
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officeworks.com.au
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.
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Ciao
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
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NCIX.com
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
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PC Authority
14 years ago

Western Digital My Book 500GB

Why is this external hard drive different from all other external hard drives?
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t-break
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...
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