Western Digital My Book Essential BACW0030HBK 3TB
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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.
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.
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...
13 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
Baap of all HDDs!
First off, this is a great Hard Disc Drive. Second of all, the inbuilt WD Smartware is a backup/restore suite that, once installed, boots with your machine. Cool!
13 years ago
Fast, very quiet and flexible.
I have a Mac Mini running iTunes that accesses films stored on this NAS. This in turn is available to my Apple TV. The whole arrangement works very well indeed.<br /><br />I also use the NAS to store all my photos and other assorted data.
Pros:
- Fast
- Quiet
- Simple setup
Cons:
- None
13 years ago
Build looks sturdy and there is sufficient space for cooling air flow. The disk powers up quickly. It comes bundled with useful security and backup software from WD. I have set the disk to power off after 20 minutes of disuse to save power and elongate its life.
13 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.
13 years ago
First time using a WD hard drive, currently doing brilliantly. Price is very good on Play-Asia.
13 years ago
Slow
Wanted to use this for streaming video, music and pictures, which it does faultlesly, but geting the files onto the drive is soooo sloooow! Even over a 1gbit wired network. I have a 4 year old other make that is almost instant when you access your files.
Pros:
- Media streaming
- Capacous
- Software Easy To Setup
Cons:
- Slow
- May Need Help With Shares
- Clumsy Interface
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