Western Digital WDG1SU5000 My Book Premium ES Edition 500 GB USB/eSATA External Hard Drive by Western Digital
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Digital camera reviews of Western Digital WDG1SU5000 My Book Premium ES Edition 500 GB USB/eSATA External Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: Unreliable
Summary: 1 Stars
Do NOT buy this drive. Western Digital My Book is unreliable. I've had two of these drives, and they both died after a few months of very light use. In both cases, the drive suddenly started making the infamous clicking sound of death, and all the data was lost.Digital camera Review: 3 Dead Drives in 18 Months
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought two of these drives 18 months ago. Within 6 months, one was dead - bad drive sectors, 300gigs of data lost, and it wouldn't even let me reformat to try over again. I received good customer service, and a new drive. Three months after the new drive arrived (9 months after purchase), the second original drive died, same problems, data lost.
Now, 18 months after we first bought the drives and a year after this new replacement drive was sent, IT dies too! Again, bad sectors, windows fails to write, ALL 300GIGS OF DATA LOST.
I bought this drive when Amazon had it available, but I will never buy a Western Digital brand again. After being burned THREE TIMES, I'd be a fool to trust their products!
Digital camera Review: Stay Away!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
This drive failed after 2 months of use. Lost all data. Won't go near any WD My Book product again.Digital camera Review: Failed after 9 months.
Summary: 1 Stars
The title says it all. Worked flawlessly for 9 months (had it mated with a Tivo series 3), and then failed. The Tivo drive tests say that it is suffering from read errors.
The drive warranty is only one year. That says a lot about the product, but fair enough. So, I go to the Western Digital support site and enter the serial number. It says the drive was manufactured in 2006 and I need to provide a purchase receipt to get warranty coverage. A hassle, but again, fair enough. So, I find my Amazon receipt online, save as PDF, upload to Western Digital support site and... nothing. No response except an email saying they have received my message. That was 10 days ago. I again send an email. Again, no response. Perhaps they are trying to wait out the warranty. Anyway, given the hassle, I can't recommend this drive.
Digital camera Review: Don't Buy A plug-in external
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this drive and it taught me a lesson. I planned to use it with my laptop but since the drive needs it's own power supply it's not very mobile. I should've gotten a USB powered drive instead. If you want more storage space for your home, just buy an internal and have your kid install it. Also, WD's SATA enclosures are terrible. They bend the SATA cable at 90 degrees which causes guaranteed failure. So if you have one of these and it no longer works, take the HDD out of the enclosure and put it in your PC. You should be able to get your data. (Doing that will probably void your warranty)