Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 2.0 1000 GB (1 TB)

Pros: - 500 affordable gigs of storage

Cons: - Slow boot up

The Bottom Line: If you're looking for an affordable way to backup your pics, music, movies and more, get a Book!

Review: I purchased a Western Digital My Book (with 500 gigs of storage space) just about a year ago at Best Buy. Back then the price was still closer to $200, but I was still happy to buy it. I needed space for my music library - my computer was on its...

Pros: The My Book is a great storage, compact, attractive, portable, and very reliable product.

Cons: No cons for me but would be nice to have a built in virus protection.

The Bottom Line:

I strongly recommend this product for anyone wanting a fast easy solution to store anything from ebooks, movies, music, software, games and pics. Move over clutter meet the My Book.

Review: Let me just say I absolutely love this hard drive. The My Book has paid for itself 100 times over well probably 1000 times over. This product allows you to keep so many things, it has been a life saver for me more then once. I will buy movies,...

Pros: Instant install. HUGE storage capacity. Flawless performance. Portability. Externally powered. Value For Money.

Cons: None

Review: I bought a WD My Book 2 years ago and it is still operating in a flawless manner.
I would trust their products with no questions asked.
I got a "Deal" at Best Buy but I would have paid more once I fully understood the value of the product...

Pros: Inexpensive; Fast Searching Speeds; Durable; Quiet

Cons: Only USB connectivity; Not extremely portable

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this hard drive because it fits all the needs of a basic hard drive for storage in durability and compatibility.

Review: The MyBook, made by the leading manufacturer of external hard drives Western Digital, is a compact warehouse. It's not exactly 500 GB, as it really holds around 485, but that's more than enough for me.

Personally, I would rate external...

Pros: usb 500gb compatible convenient portable small easy external

Cons: firewire ethernet slow

The Bottom Line: This is a very useful product, but if you just want more storage, you might be better off with an internal drive. I wish it had ethernet and firewire.

Review: I originally bought the MyBook Essential ES (has ESATA connector as well) so that I could expand the HD DVR box that I was renting from Cox and be able to record hundreds more hours of movies and TV. I wasn't able to get it to connect up right to...

Pros: Never cheaper per GB, easy to connect, simple to use.

Cons: Not much of a manual, but is USB 'Plug and Play'.

The Bottom Line: Definitely Buy recommendation! Cheap, easy to use, transportable, and can be used with PC, Mac, laptop, or home media center.

Review: Western Digital has always had a good reputation for excellent design, superb quality control, and solid service and support. The My Book Series of external USB hard drives is no exception.

The case is attractive, well designed, and...

Pros: Compact, one terabyte, plug & play, easy to partition, USB cable included

Cons: Formatted FAT32, limited documentation, slower than internal drives

The Bottom Line: For a portable back up drive with an enormous amount of storage capability and solid technology, you can't go wrong with this drive.

Review: Twenty years ago, a Terabyte of hard drive space would have cost you $1 million - if you could afford a Cray Computer. Today, you can get your own Terabyte (1,000 GB) for under $200.

This Western Digital Hard Drive delivers on all fronts. I...

Pros: Cheap, quiet

Cons: Won't stay connected (interface problems)

Review: This drive constantly "hangs" and needs to be rebooted to reconnect to my PC. I have read similar stories on other review sites...

I have tried all the external interfaces (bought it primarily for the E-sata)... The E-sata interface appears...