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Western Digital 80 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive with Dual Option Backup | List Price: $129.99
Discount Price: $113.00
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Brand: Western Digital
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Dual-option backup lets you choose how and when to back up your data, automatically or on-the-spot
- USB 2.0 interface provides a high-speed connection for maximum throughput
- WD's exclusive Safe Shutdown feature ensures all data has been safely transferred before shutting down the drive
- Fast, 7,200 rpm rotational speed
- Preformatted--simply plug it in and go
An excellent, handy product [Posted on 2006-06-05]
I have had this product for the past 3 months, and its performance is nothing below exceptional. I use it to regularly back-up my hard-drive. Though slightly heavy, it is easy portable between locations.
It doesnt work [Posted on 2006-10-14]
I have only owned this item as for 6 months and it simply stopped working. This is supposed to be my backup and now it absolutely doesnt work. The company requires I pay to fedex it them to Thailand and will not recover the data for me. By the time I ship it and pay for data recovery, if it can be, I will have spent as much as I did on the drive in the first place. Buy from a better company.
Used for a year with no problems [Posted on 2007-03-19]
I've used this drive for a year with no problems. I have not used the automatic backup feature so I can't comment on that. I have done only manual backups of pictures/videos/documents. The drive seems very sturdy and transfers files fairly rapidly. It just took about 14 minutes to transfer 10 GB of videos.
way more reliable than i imagined [Posted on 2008-06-04]
I can't say it's the fastest thing, but it's also the only external I've ever owned. Bought it for 80 bucks after rebate from Circuit City YEARS ago...I'd say about 4. I can't believe it's still going from all the horror stories i hear about external hard drives. I have held my music and pictures on this exclusively...kinda stupid to do that on any hard drive, but either way, it's been working strong.
It is not a traveler. It's kinda big especially for 80gb, and it needs a wall outlet. It's ancient as far as hard drives go, but I figured I'd give it a great review anyway because it has served me amazingly well.
Now that I write this...I'll expect it to crap out tonight.
do not buy anything from WD [Posted on 2008-07-06]
i brought a WD MyBook 80 gig hard drive. Used it twice. Once to turn it on, then when organised, another time to download all my music and photos for long time storage. I then packed it away for storage for jsut over a year. Just recently i pulled it out of the box to print some photos, and it wouldnt power up. I searched online to troubleshoot and it seems that it is a common problem, WD are aware of the fault. I called them and WASIM (customer support rep) stated it was probably the faulty powering in the HD and that it cant be fixed. BUT since my warranty was only for a year, they are not responsible for loss of data, or replacement item. Data recovery is a further cost. They even recommended me to their site to find a data recoverer (CAN YOU BELIEVE SUCH A THING). The point of an external drive is to store long term data and prevent this. I spoke with a supervisor SANATH and he re-affirmed WD position, but also told me that i probably did not take proper care of the device during usage. WHICH IS FUNNY AS THE THING WAS STORED IT IT'S ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND STORED.
My advice, do not buy anything from Western Digital, their customer support is terrible, they are aware of a faulty power supply within the hard drive, and refuse to do anything about this. STAY AWAY. I have a SEAGATE drive also that has worked (despite a cracked casing) much more reliably. I have a US supervisor due to call me tomorrow, i'll update this post with details.
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