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| Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N | 
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| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $169.99
Buy New: $99.99
You Save: $70.00 (41%)
New (33) Used (2) from $98.55
Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 58
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WDH1U5000N
Model: WDH1U5000N
UPC: 718037120805
EAN: 0718037120805
ASIN: B000XRK3LG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Includes - External hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter and Quick Install Guide | | • | Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer | | • | Saving and organizing your digital photo collection | | • | USB 2.0 Serial Bus Transfer Rate - 480 Mbits/s | | • | System Requirements - Available USB port, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later |
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Product Description
This elegant external hard drive, reminiscent of a book, is the perfect storage solution. It takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. A USB 2.0 simple connection offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Dimensions - Height 6.5 x Length 5.4 x Width 2.1 Weight - 2.5 Pounds
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
 Don't buy it or you will regret the day you did. July 6, 2008
My WD MyBook Essential Edition 400GB drive just took a dump about 1 1/2 years after I got it. (Just after the warranty ended.) The drive totally failed.
This is a replacement drive I received from WD. It was a replacement for first one I had that would periodically corrupt data.
I wish I never purchased this drive. Don't be fooled by WD's promises of a quality product.
BEWARE July 3, 2008
I purchased a previous version of the My Book series and after having disk corruption twice it died completely after less than 2 years. All data lost. Has Western Digital improved its reliability in these newer drives? I doubt it, and I'm not willing to risk it. Read up on other review sites and discussion forums, there are tons of complaints about Western Digital's drives failing. If I were you I would shop other brands. An unreliable drive is not worth owning no matter what price you get it for.
Hard drive failed completely after 14 months July 1, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased a Western Digital 500 GB My Book in May 2007, had it installed on my home network and last month (06/2008) it totally failed without reason or warning. My only options at this point are to pay for some extremely expensive data recovery ($1,600) or accept the loss of several years worth of pictures and documents.
Needless to say, I am furious with this device.
 So far so good. July 1, 2008
Have had it for a month. Didn't use it often but so far so good. No problem to report yet.
Fast, quiet, reliable June 30, 2008
I had mixed expectations for this drive. I have an ultraportable laptop with a relatively smalle drive, so this was meant to be my data drive when the laptop is docked, to be used ongoing and not just for backups etc.
I have my itunes library on it as well as most of my large docs. It works perfectly and feels as if it's a part of the machine. Highly recommended.
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