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Onsales uk shop -- Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive
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List Price:
Our Price: £55.00
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Manufacturer: Western Digital
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Western Digital
EAN: 0718037120928
Hard Disk Size: 500
Is Autographed: 0
Is Fragile: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Western Digital
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Model: WDH1U5000E
Publisher: Western Digital
Release Date: 2007-11-25
Studio: Western Digital
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customer reviews: Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Avoid this product at all cost... Yours!
Comment: I received a Western Digital external 1TB for Xmas.
The very first time I tried backing up my computer, the cat bumped the cord and now it's DEAD.
I can't see the WD with the utilities I have on my computer, so I'm on the hunt for recovery software.
A waste of money and a waste of time. I'm just glad I haven't been depending on it for months.
As soon as I get my stuff off, I'm taking it back for a refund!
Ho ho ho... yeah, right... thank you so much, Western Digital.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good product, nasty surprise.
Comment: This overall is a useful product but bear in mind it comes with bundled software that installs itself to your boot drive without notification.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Purchase this hard drive at the risk of your data!
Comment: This hard drive worked perfectly well for a good 12 months and then ceased to work for no apparent reason. I have since discovered that the chassis is working fine but the actual drive itself is defective. This means that a computer is able to detect the USB interface, but nothing more. I can not access the hard drive and it is now useless to me and I have lost all of my data.
I checked my warranty and I am entitled to a replacement, for which I have to pay the postage fees, but I am not entitled to data recovery. On the Western Digital website there is a list of data recovery specialists which if used will not void the warranty. I called the nearest UK company and was informed that they encounter 3 - 4 cases of exactly this type PER WEEK and that the standard price for data recovery is £334.00!!
THIS PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE!
Western digital have no obligations to pay for data recovery and I have been advised that attempting to get any compromise from Western Digital will be a waste of time and phone bills.
I implore you to think very carefully and research before you buy this product. I will no longer be purchasing from Western Digital, this defective product has meant the permanent loss of much sentimental data.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Back up drive not doing its job
Comment: well I used the drive for my backups and guess what, it stopped working after 6 months.
so i lost 500GB of content!
Very disapointed but again, anything can fail.
Not recommended. Spend a bit more and go for an Iomega, or buy 2 or 3 smaller drives.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fast, reliable and good value for money
Comment: I use three of these drives - one as the main working drive (I keep my actual PC drive free of data) and others which are used for backup along with some 1TB Freecom drives which I inter-change.
I like the design of these drives and the fact they stand on end thus reducing the footprint on my desk. They run almost silently, are fast and, unlike many other external hard drives, at most the casing only become mildly warm to touch rather than quite hot.
I've bought many Western Digital drives - starting several years ago with 40GB drives which felt huge at the time but are now virtually obsolete. In all the years I've used them - and I am quite a heavy user, I've never had one fail (unlike several PC internal hard drives which have died and taken all my data with them).
I can't fault the drives - they fulfil their promises and perform well so can be purchased in confidence.
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