Western Digital WDG1U2500 My Book Essential Edition 250 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

From Western Digital
	Price: $199.99
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Features - Store and back up your music, photos, videos and important documents with this external hard drive - Easy to set up and use with built-in installation software - Simple user interface features USB 2.0 connectivity - Device holds up to 250 GB of data - Measures 5.55 x 2.25 x 6.71 inches (WxHxD) Product Description Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies. Amazon.com Product Description Is your computer loaded with photos, music, video, and all sorts of important files? If so, you should make extra room, back them up, and keep them safe on Western Digital's WDG1U2500 My Book Essential Edition 250 GB Hard Drive. This reliable, easy-to-use external hard drive is the perfect storage solution for all your precious digital assets. Save and back up all your digital assets with the My Book Essential Edition Hard Drive. View larger. Simple, easy-to-use design. Connects to your computer via USB 2.0 interface. View larger. The elegant case takes up very little space. Installation is a breeze because you don't really "install" anything -- just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is not even an installation CD because all the included software loads automatically from the hard drive the first time you plug it in. The My Book Essential is all about simplicity. Just plug it into your computer's USB 2.0 port and you're ready to start saving and backing up your files. But that's not all. Western Digital uses a smart design to make the My Book Essential look as good as it performs. The elegant case resembles a book and takes up very little space on your desk. Plus, it stacks horizontally and allows two or more drives to nestle neatly together like encyclopedias on a shelf. Inside the stylish exterior is an exceptionally fast, ultra-quiet, cool-running hard drive. Last but not least, the My Book Essential is equipped with free Google software that searches your drives, manages your photos, and simplifies Web searches. My Book Essential Edition Hard Drives are ideal for: Simple add-on storage for your files, music, photos and movies Adding virtually unlimited storage with multiple USB 2.0 external hard drives Archiving the music stored on your MP3 player Adding plenty of space for digital video capture and editing Saving and organizing your digital photo collection Note: For higher performance and automatic backup software, consider the My Book Premium Edition 250 GB Hard Drive. What's in the Box My Book Essential 250 GB USB 2.0 external hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter with power cord, and quick install guide. Customer Reviews My Book is a great addition to your pc station Date: 2006-11-03 | Rating: 5 I purchased the Western Digital 250GB "My Book" 250 GB Hard Drive about a month ago. Unlike a lot of products I purchase, I did not do a lot of research on this, I needed extra space for some files and I needed it soon. For the price, it was perfect compared to some of the other drives out there, which may boast more features but give you less total storage space. I have not encountered a single crash with mine. I noticed from other reviewers that several are experiencing this. I don't know what else to tell you, the possible consumer, except for the fact that I have had no trouble with it. The Hard drive is sleek and small, sitting next to any computer tower without taking up desk space. It's also small enough to easily carry in a backpack or small bag. Everyone seems to be going ga-ga over whether something is used with Fire wire or not, but with USB 2.0 I have no issues. Its not how fast I can get something on or off of this hard drive, my main concern was the space it offered. USB 2.0 is not bad at all and in less than 30 minutes had transferred over 35 GB of data to it in the forms of word documents, music files, movie files, Adobe documents, and pictures. The only downfall is I cannot seem to find a carry case for this type of hard drive. Everything seems to be made either for a specific brand that is a hindrance since the size is not universal, or made for a laptop. In this case I guess I can improvise and just buy a hard shell meant for a handgun and cut the foam accordingly to fit the shape. I've never had any issues when booting up, nor disconnecting. It may seem hasty I am reviewing it after only a month but I use it every day and have yet to have any bad experiences with it. I have not regretted purchasing it yet and have really enjoyed it. couldn't be easier Date: 2006-12-07 | Rating: 5 steps 1- Unboxed it. 2- Plugged the power cord 3- Plugged the usb cable to the computer 4- BAM!!! Additional 250Gb I didn't install any software. Windows XP automatically recognizes this as an additional logical drive. The only bad thing is that it comes formatted as FAT from factory. But nothing a good reformat won't solve. Transfer rate is excellent. I actually plugged this to my server and shared it on windows so I could access it on my home network. Now I can easily backup files from my laptop to this device (that's actually connected to the server) For those giving bad reviews because it crashed... Keep it in mind that it's a hard drive... Hard drives do crash... That's just something they do. You should always keep 2 backups. Actually, I'm now researching online backup services (like Genie Backup). What good are 10 backups in my house if there's a fire (knock on wood) and it destroys my computer and all the backups I had. Really great product for the price. A+ Drive Date: 2006-11-25 | Rating: 5 We bought 6 for our office as back-up drives for each pc. They are now around 6 months old and have never failed. They work flawlessly. I don't know why people say they have had crashes. We back up large projects daily and have never had an issue with any of them. I would highly recommend them to anyone considering an external hard drive. Just a update we still have the original 6 drives and after 18 plus months of heavy use none have failed... Very Satisfied Date: 2006-09-06 | Rating: 5 This thing was almost TOO simple to set up. You just plug it in and it's all set. Some people will look for a CD or some other software and be frustrated, but you're assuming more complication than there is. The software is on the hard drive and it installs itself. I also reformatted the drive to the newer standard, and I lost some GB in the process, don't know why, but with my computer it took less than a minute to reformat and partition the drive. I put programs in one section and files in the other. The drive does turn off, or, as I think about it, go into sleep mode if you don't use it for a while. That means when you go to save something, you have to wait a couple of extra seconds for it to wake up. Once I understood this it didn't bother me. I have this on my shelf, and not only does it look cool, I can't hear it at all. You can't go wrong with this drive, especially for the price with all these rebates around. Great backup drive Date: 2006-11-24 | Rating: 5 I bought this drive about a month ago and it works great. It was easy to set up and it works very much like a large USB flash drive. I mainly use the My Book for backup purposes and leave it turned off a majority of the time.