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Western Digital WDG1U1600 My Book Essential Edition 160GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | List Price: $149.99
Discount Price: $67.99
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Brand: Western Digital
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Store and back up your music, photos, videos and important documents with this external hard drive
- Easy to set up and use with built-in installation software
- Simple user interface features USB 2.0 connectivity
- Device holds up to 160 GB of data
- Measures 5.55 x 2.25 x 6.71 inches (WxHxD)
Bizzare external drive [Posted on 2007-08-18]
I've owned many an external drive in my time... pretty straightforward-- you turn it on, it is recognized by the computer, you do your thing, you turn it off. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to the "on" switch on this thing works! Turning it off is fine, but I usually have to unplug it to turn it back on. Apparently there is some kind of "button software" that goes along with it (which i downloaded from WD) to no avail. Why the unnecessary complication? Like I got time for this crap.
And what's with the cheap plastic case? You can get a metal case hard drive for the same price. Looks nice in the picture, but trust me it's kinda junky in person...
EIGHTEEN MONTHS--AND GOODBYE [Posted on 2007-09-15]
I bought this drive as a brand-new, sealed box item, and used it infrequently for 18 months, with no real problems. Five days ago, it began emitting random sequences of two to 10 "click" sounds, several times a day. And today, it died, with all the files that once resided upon it just ... --vanishing. I'd give it an "R.I.P.", if I didn't think that it's hardly unreasonable to expect a significantly longer lifespan for a major peripheral like this; I mean, 18 MONTHS? C'MON! Apparently, Western Digital is a junk peddler. (Indeed, now that I think of it, the unit actually has a junky "feel" to it; cheap plastic, flimsy construction, and all.) Buyer beware.
I'm still in shock! [Posted on 2007-09-27]
Western Digital WDG1U1600 My Book Essential Edition 160GB External Hard Drive
I purchased the My Book in 02/07 obviously to add more storage
to my PC, but moreover to use for a backup source.
I'd read good reviews about Western Digital from several sources,
plus it was in my price range. Sold!
It worked beautifully from the time I installed it--and I worked it
hard! I'm disABLED now, but have found my calling doing work for my Church. Building their first website, working on the logo, etc. is a
summary of what I've been mainly working on. Collecting information
along the way in the form of eBooks, articles, etc. to be referenced later has also been stored.
Sadly, I had just finished transferring a lot of that information over to the My Book when I smelled an odd "electrical smell". Panic-stricken, I looked down and the button on the HD was flashing. You probably heard my screams.
Noticing that the "Safe to unplug" icon was not on the taskbar, and
unable to turn the unit off I had to unplug everything. I tried to get it boot up later, but the computer never recognized it.
After reading all of the other similar experiences, all I can say is,
"I feel your pain. I reeally feel your pain."
Failed Drive - Sudden - complete loss! [Posted on 2008-03-10]
I wanted to reiterate what the other reviewers about this drive suddenly failing after a year. I only powered up this drive once every two weeks for maybe an hour at a time, to back up my files, and I've only owned it for a little more then a year. The other day, I came into my room and it smelled of something burning. I finally traced it to the hard drive where the green light was blinking on and off intermittently. Mind you, the hard drive was OFF. Somehow the power supply shorted and the connection between the power supply plug where it enters the hard drive was extremely hot; when I touched it, I thought I'd burned myself, it was so hot. I was gone all day, so I have no idea how long it was sitting there just burning away. The drive is dead, WD will not do anything about it since their warranty started almost FOUR MONTHS before I had actually purchased it since it is from the date of manufacture. What a TERRIBLE, AWFUL, FRAUDULENT rip off. They have lost me as a customer. They shouldn't be allowed to mark the drive with a manufacturing date and then spend the time to ship it to a store where it sits in the stock room or warehouse for an unknown amount of time before it makes it to the shelf. The REAL warranty, therefore is only six to eight months. Unacceptable. They will not take responsibility. Also unacceptable. A lot of people are reporting failure after only a year of use, including burning of the drive. I find that awfully suspicious? Don't you?
You have lost me as a customer!
Do not purchase!
best value, sturdy and reliable, looks great on your desk [Posted on 2008-05-21]
my WD My book has been so reliable, holds a ton of memory, is the best external HD you can get at this price, and looks sleek.
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