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Скроменый эксперт
04.04.2007
6/10
Оценка пользователя
Плохо
This drive will probably work fine on most windows systems. It did not on mine. (I'm running XP on an older IBM computer, using an accessory Adaptec USB 2.0 IDE card to connect to high-speed USB devices.)Plug-and-Play did not work for this drive. After hours of struggling to make the computer "see" the drive, increasingly frustrated, cursing WD and about to return it, I found a small troubleshooting note buried deep in WD's support web site saying that it was incompatible with certain Adaptec USB cards. Naturally mine was one of them. Oh, well hey -- they should have put that on a bright red warning label on the outside of the box.I ended up installing an additional USB 2.0 card (IOGear brand, thank you) that I needed anyway, and then the WD hard drive worked fine immediately. If you're using an eSATA connection you shouldn't have this problem, but I haven't tried it.The drive has a low, resonant hum when it's on, always there but not too annoying. The circular blue lights on the front swirl around when the drive is being accessed, cute but unnecessary... a standard little blinking LED would do fine. The button on the front is *not* an on/off button (What is it with drive manufacturers who don't put on/off buttons on their hardware? Would that be so hard?) In fact, when your press the button the blue lights just swirl around some more and then come back on, nothing seems to change. Even though it's supposed to be a "safe power-down" button, apparently you have to have the proprietary driver installed to get it to work. Likewise, the inner concentric ring is supposed to show disk usage percentage, but doesn't without the driver. The drive is not smart enough to do these things on its own. I am against adding anything silly and unnecessary to my system so I haven't installed that driver or the free backup software that came with it.Note to Western Digital: Very pretty, very clever. But in the future perhaps skip the cleverness, go with simple and functional, and make sure your hardware is compatible. I have two other external hard drives, a Maxtor and a SimpleTech, not to mention a half dozen other USB devices, and they all work fine with the Adaptec USB2.0 IDE card. Do you think I'm going to buy another WD hard drive? NOT.
Скроменый эксперт
21.01.2008
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
I've now had the My Book for over a month and thought I would add my review to the others. People seem to be having some quite different experiences with this. Mine has been consistently positive.Some complain about the noise. Mine makes virtually no noise. Perhaps this is because of the way I use it. I use the My Book exclusively for data storage. I put photos, camcorder videos, and music files on it. I have not installed any programs on it and never will. I suspect that some of those who have problems with it making noise have made the mistake of installing programs onto it. If you use it only for storage, it should make very little noise. Running programs off it would also cause it to run hotter and wear out more quickly. I have two cats and so am also concerned with the effect their fur could have on it. So I would never consider it for anything other than storage.All in all, I couldn't be happier with this. You get a huge amount of storage for very little cash outlay. Used properly (i.e., for storage only, not to run programs) I expect this to be with me for quite some time to come. But I also am using them only for back up. I have all the same data on an internal hard drive. It is the only smart way to go.
Скроменый эксперт
11.07.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
I had this drive for a year and used it maybe 4-5 times to store large backup files. One day I couldn't access half of my folders on the drive, with error "can't access folder". I did a google on it and found that I was not alone. Lot's of people having same problems. Called western digital tech support and they confirmed that Mybook is having this problem! They also suggested to remove drive from enclosure and use it as stand alone. I did that but the problem was still there. I reformat the drive and it works for now, but lost all the data. So here is the lesson for the rest of you do not rely on the backups 100%, especially by western digital.
Скроменый эксперт
17.08.2008
10/10
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Великолепно
I bought this back on Feb 22 for only $124 brand new right here (Just went to check the records to make sure.)I've read many of the one and five star reviews and I have to agree with the five stars. This drive has been running quietly, cooly and fast enough for me. It's almost full now so I came back to see if I can get another one and received sticker shock! $350! OUCH.If you can find it for between one and two hundred bucks then go for it. I'm looking now at a 1TB cause I filled this thing up too quickly.
Скроменый эксперт
22.08.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
This drive worked great for me for a full year and 4 months. I had it networked to my airport extreme for wireless downloads/backups/movie viewing. Died on me last night.Fortunately, I had most of the critical data and mp3 purchases backed up on my computers, but this event has really challenged my view on external drives. If this type of failure is common, then I really have no desire for a 1TB drive or higher... at least not until solid state becomes an affordable reality.
Скроменый эксперт
21.05.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
First of all I could not get data to transfer. Uses a program called Acronis to backup. It never worked, not even once. I bought it from the person who set up my computer right before he left on an extended trip to Korea so I couldn't return it. His advice to me was to transfer data manually (drag and drop) which seemed to work okay but was highly impractical and very slow.Then my computer stopped recognizing it so I can't even do that any more, much less retrieve what I put on there. Basically it was a total waste of time and money. It should not be that hard to make an external hard drive type product to store data in. Manufacturers should be ashamed of themselves for cutting too many corners and not giving us a reliable product. If I could I would give it 0 stars.
Скроменый эксперт
15.05.2008
2/10
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I wish I read the reviews before... With data you really want function over form!I generally don't make a habit of leaving reviews. However, I was so disappointed with this product that I was motivated to do this. In any case, look at the distribution of the reviews. On one side, a of people love it and give it 5 stars (113 at the time of this writing). *However*, a lot of people hate it (72 at the time of this writing). Well, add me to the latter. My WD MyBook crapped out after a few months (less than 4). I haven't contacted WD, I'm going to take it to a Memory Recovering place, and that'll be the end of it (along with my desire of buying future WD products). Don't say you weren't warned (73 people have taken the time to put it in writing, don't be #74).Cheers,-FZ
Скроменый эксперт
29.09.2008
4/10
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Ужасно
Worked fine for about a year, then just started acting funny, made lots of noises (technical speak for us not techies). Luckily I backed it up to the hard drive (we had been using it as a shared drive). Now back to the drawing board. Maybe a different manufacturer this time.
Скроменый эксперт
15.01.2008
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
I got this hard drive after I had filled up my 320GB MyBook. I was very impressed with my 320GB drive, so when I needed a new one, there was no doubt which brand I'd be buying. I did have a small problem however. After I'd added about 50GBs to this drive, and tried to add more, it started telling me there was no space available. I was able to fix the problem by moving everything back off the drive, formatting the drive, and then moving it back. After that I've had no problem thus far. Looks really nice sitting right next to my 320GB drive. I really like the fact they stand up so nice next to each other. I do leave about half an inch, to an inch of space between them to prevent any excessive heat. One of the best features about these drives is the fact they turn themselves off after 10 minutes of inactivity. They probably aren't the only drives to do this, as I'm sure many companies have followed suit, but still a nice feature to have. I definitely suggest this hard drive to anyone on the market for an external hard drive, who need this much storage. Very pleased with the shipping from amazon. Very speedy delivery, and nicely packaged.
Скроменый эксперт
08.09.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
Died after 10 monthsUsed on a Vista OS.Also had to often unplug and replug it in to get my computer to see it.All to often it just wasn't there.That is you couldn't find it in windows Explorer.So person isn't going to send it back to the manufacterer with your data on it.Bought another from another manufacturer hoping to have better luck.
Скроменый эксперт
31.05.2008
4/10
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Ужасно
THAT SHOULD BE ONE STAR--AND IF POSSIBLE I WOULD GIVE IT NO STARS AT ALL. DO NOT BUY THIS DRIVE! I just experienced my second failure in just over 13 months. On the bright side, the return process was easy for the one that was still in warranty, but the data was still lost. As for the one that just went out of warranty and then failed... the data is lost AND I am out several hundred dollars. We hardly put these drives through any hard test. I own two. Both are connected via USB, as the firewire was a bit unreliable. They worked fine when they worked. All they did is sit stationary in a clean envinroment--and two of them "broke." Buy at own risk.
Скроменый эксперт
28.10.2008
2/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
The Western Digital MyBook drives really fail. A lot.Customer Service tries to be helpful but there's not much they can do.Take backups often.
Скроменый эксперт
17.06.2008
4/10
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Ужасно
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)
Скроменый эксперт
27.08.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
I had two ebooks fail on me for two different locations. Both stopped being recognized after a year. The WD diagnostics comes up with "too many bad sectors". I have trused this "back-up" and put everything I have. I am sick to my stomach that I need to figure out a way to retrieve all the data. This product is a total garbage.
Скроменый эксперт
14.09.2008
2/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
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.
Скроменый эксперт
21.05.2008
6/10
Оценка пользователя
Плохо
This drive has some great features like dual interface and auto power down. It worked as soon as I plugged it in (USB) and worked for just over 11 months before it died. I found that it would work for a few minutes after being powered up and then fail. I was able to erase it and WD sent a new one. I paid to send back the old one but they have a deal with UPS that saves a little over a buck. The new one didn't work at all. I just sent it back and they are sending another. It was great while it worked and they did make warranty replacement easy but the quality is not what I expect from WD. With the new drive I'll have only a 30 warranty.
Скроменый эксперт
05.08.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
I have a 500gig Essential that died after 15 months. I had no idea when I bought it that this only has a one year warranty. I've never heard of ANY harddrive with less than three years. With only one year, this is absolutely not worth the money. I've bought a number of Western Digital drives and have found them to be less and less reliable. As it turns out, this will be my last!!
Скроменый эксперт
30.07.2008
6/10
Оценка пользователя
Плохо
Purchased item with no problem and it has been working for less than a year perfectly! However, I am a bit annoyed that it is not really 500 GB, but rather 465GB which is a big difference!! If it had been off 500MB to 1GB I wouldn't complain, but 35GB is how much memory some NEW computers come with. And now that I read all these bad reviews, I am very nervous about losing my information.
Скроменый эксперт
07.10.2007
8/10
Оценка пользователя
Хорошо
I bought this external drive about a week ago and I haven't tested until yesterday and I'm impressed about it. I read almost all the reviews, specifications, pros and cons before buy it, and I was tempted to buy a seagate external drive, but after all I'm satisfied about this one.Firs of all, I didn't have any troubles for installation. You have to only plug the AC adapter and the USB cable and windows recognize the drive. The software that comes with the drive is optional for you to install it. It doesn't improve the performance neither make it slow so it's up to you install ir or not.The drive is very quietly y silent when you are working with it. You only see the green light that shows you that is in action even if you transfer a lot of information at once.The main problem with the drive is that comes pre-formated in FAT32 and if you plan to use it with Windows 2000 or higher, have it in NTFS is mandatory. I took me about 2 and a half hours to format it, of course my PC doesn't have an ultimate generation processor, but it's time that you lose before use your new drive.Every hard drive, external or internal, eventually fail, so I consider the best thing to do with this kind of drives is for backup and don't depend on it for your favorites applications and extremely importat information. Keep it cool, turn it of when you are not using it and you will extend its life and keep your data safe.
Скроменый эксперт
07.06.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
Over the years I have purchased 3 external hard drives from Western Digital, which I thought to be a reliable company.Unfortunately two of the drives have crashed almost exactly 2 years after I have purchased them, and Western Digital only offers a one year warranty, meaning they will not replace your defective product. I would advise others to stay away from this company, I've wasted a lot of time, money, and lost a lot of data dealing with them.This 250GB Mybook drive is the second that I have purchased which crashed on me, the first being the 500GB Mybook.
Скроменый эксперт
20.09.2008
10/10
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Великолепно
Although the drive access is loud, this drive is a solid performer. As such, I have made this the standard external hard drive in my house. I will purchase several more for archive purposes.
Скроменый эксперт
09.09.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
I have two of the 750 gB versions. All of the sudden accessing my files is extremely slow. In a panic I transfered my files off the first one and thought I was safe. Now my 2nd one is doing the same thing.
Скроменый эксперт
09.01.2008
2/10
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Ужасно
The amazon rating on this item is very wrong, so I feel I must put my 2 cents in. I bought this drive from a local store and brought it home to copy about 120GB of data to. I though I had a great buy at $129, so I hooked it up and started to transfer files. After less than an hour it stopped working and errors told me the drive needed to be formatted. Upon restart I could access the drive again so I tried again but after a few minutes it decided it wanted to be formatted again. Tried multiple times like that and then decided to go for the reformat. Guess what, the format failed. After reading similar bad reviews and horror stories about WD's Customer service, I wont even call them. This one will be going back. Thank goodness, I found out what a piece of junk it was before the return period expired and before I put data that I would not retieved on it. WD let me down on this one, I have an internal drive I installed myself a couple of years ago thats been great, but I'll find a different option for external storage.
Скроменый эксперт
20.05.2008
2/10
Оценка пользователя
Ужасно
The upright design of this thing was a big mistake, especially since the thing is so fragile. I had it sitting upright, and it inevitably got bumped and tipped over on its side. That was the end of hundreds of gigs of very important files.I was shocked that it broke so easily! It wasn't like I abused the thing, and it sounds like I'm not the first person to tip this unstable thing over. It did such a great job of completely breaking that even though it turns on, it makes a loud clanking noise and can't be read at all.I'm very sad and will be looking into more reliable options.
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