Western Digital - 1Tb 7200 Rpm 16Mb Ext Hdd by Western Digital
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Digital camera reviews of Western Digital - 1Tb 7200 Rpm 16Mb Ext Hdd
Digital camera Review: At least for Mac 10.6, a real hassle
Summary: 1 Stars
The drive itself I am sure is fine, but the controller for it is terrible. At least on Mac OS 10.6, getting the drive to be recognized entails this strange ritual of unplugging it for a few minutes, then re-powering & reconnecting it. A few times after staying connected to the same machine, the drive would remain mounted, but no subfolders were readable. Again, un-power it, wait a few minutes, then re-power it. I should note that I don't have problems with any other external drives. Using it for Time Machine back-ups is awkward, at best. I ended up buying a different external enclosure, cracking open the My Book, install the drive in the new enclosure, and everything is fine. There is something about the controller in the My Book case that makes it unreliable. I talked to another person who had to use the same solution in order to keep the drive (and data on it). The drive itself is fine, the enclosure it's in: not worth the hassle.Digital camera Review: Awesome Hard Drive - Have it for over 1 year.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this hard drive for over a year now and it works great! I have about 400GB of data on it and never have a problem with the speed or reliability. I had 2 other smaller external hard drives (120GB and 160GB) and I ended up transferring all the data from them onto MyBook. It is now much easier for me to look for data having everything on one hard drive as opposed to 3. The hard drive turns on as soon as the computer turns on and stays turned on. Since I don't use it much, I usually just unplug the USB cable so that the hard drive doesn't turn on with the computer. I must say that it would be great if the hard drive was powered just by the USB cable and no power adapter but its not a huge problem. I would definitely recommend this hard drive to my friends.Digital camera Review: Awesome backup solution
Summary: 5 Stars
Setup in 2 mins, low noise, auto shutdown by itself to reduce energy consumption. A+Digital camera Review: Awesome easy backup
Summary: 5 Stars
I lost everything off of my Windows Vista computer when it crashed for unknown reasons. Taught me a lesson in the value of backing up. I purchased this sort of site unseen. It was the right price and able to be delivered quickly. It came on time, and it took me about 30 seconds to get it up and running. It runs easily in the background performing the backups without slowing my processing. It is well worth the money.Digital camera Review: Awesome price
Summary: 5 Stars
Great deal for the price, slow down the computer when I install all the features, but after I got rid of some is working very well