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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: $119.99
Buy New: $89.99
You Save: $30.00 (25%)
New (40) Used (1) from $89.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  108 reviews
Sales Rank: 40
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
nv:Capacity (GB): 500
Interface: USB 2.0
Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
Buffer Memory: 16MB
Average Seek (msec): <8.9
Track-to-Track Seek Time (typical read, ms): 2.0
Data Transfer Rate on USB 2.0: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Temperature, Operating (C): 5 to 35
Temperature, Nonoperating (C): -40 to 65
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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| Customer Reviews:
 Good, but people are having problems because September 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I find this product really good. It is simple, small, elegant, and it works. I am not familiar with the longevity of the drive, because I only had it for a few days.
People seem to be having file transfers very slow. This is because it comes pre-formatted with a format that is more compatible with Mac and PC but less efficient and more prone to error.
Macintosh users should format it to HFS+. Windows users should format it to NTFS. This will make the drive faster in data transfer and less prone to error. The internet is full of tutorials on drive reformatting. Keep in mind that Macs cannot write to NTFS and Windows machines cannot read or write to HFS+.
Secondly, I would recommend this drive to have space around it. If it is not ventilated I would imagine it would not last long.
Following these tips would help. Good drive. Good deal. Thumbs up.
Great September 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Small and quiet. I also noticed that people were complaining about the drive not have a fan. Well it doesn't get very hot at all actually. It doesn't need one. Other than that I've had no problems with the drive and use it all the time...
Take note that the REAL amount of storage you get is about 465GB
 Beware of Heat September 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just bought this version of My Book. I had the previous version (with the circular light.) It died after about two years, but my poor usage probably shortened its life. I had a computer crash about four months ago and the little program that powered down the drive on shutdown was not reintalled. This meant the drive was on continoulsy for four months. The drive was also placed horizontally (it had rubber feet on two sides). The new dirve has rubber feet on only one side, so you place it vertically. Perhaps the horizontal position makes the drive run hotter. The new drive doesn't need a small program to power it down, it shuts off when the computer is turned off.
Heat is the issue with all of the these drives, because fans are noisy and add cost users simply will not buy a product that is superior.
I have placed the drive on two short wood sticks so that more air can flow through the device. (The bottom vents are sort of blocked.) I hope this will lengthen the life.
The instructions are also not the best. (I use karen's Replicator for backup and not their poor choice.)
I bought the device again, because I would rather deal with the devil I know rather than the devil I do not know.
 same problem as others had September 1, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like everyone else who complained about this product, I had it for about a year now and then suddenly I could not access any data on it.
Symptom looked like this: The drive made a clicking sound, Windows XP could see the drive when USB is plugged in, but could not access the data on it.
The chassis mechanicals were put together in an awkward manner, so it was not easy for me to take it apart. I finally took out the hard drive from inside, installed it into my computer main chassis as a secondary hard drive. Powered it up, and saw the XP operating system detected the new drive and did a scan on it, it then fixed a file system inconsistency error found, and then booted into Windows XP on the computer's primary drive.
The XP could then see and access this secondary drive, and looked like all my data were there. But the plastic chassis was sort of ruined when I opened it, so I'll keep it as an additional secondary internal hard drive. Had it been easier to take the drive out, I could have still used it as an external. Oh well, I am just glad that I didn't lose the data.
Other people who had the same symptom may want to check and see if this would rescue their data.
 A good drive for basic backup needs September 1, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use Apple's Time Machine with my MacBook Pro and find this drive to work just fine for that application. Upon first connection, Time Machine will reformat the drive to suit its needs. Otherwise, installation was seamless, simple, and the drive is working just fine since then. If you don't need Firewire support, then don't pay for it. This drive has a single USB 2.0 connection, and that's all I needed. So far, so good.
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