Western Digital My Book Home Edition (500 GB)

Pros: The size of the drive and device is fantastic, great way to back up data.

Cons: A little on the expensive side, but it pays for itself in the long run.

The Bottom Line: If you want something that can back up multiple computers, or store that large media collection you have... look no further!

Review: For the last 7 or 8 years, I've been using a Master and Slave hard drive on my computer, until recently. I was tired of having to back up everything onto a DVD, when the backup drive was getting full. The slave was a 60GB Maxtor, the Master is an 80GB ...

Pros: Has 500 Gigs of storage

Cons: Expensive because of BU software Makes serious registry changes that are hard to fix

The Bottom Line: Buy a bigger drive for the money without the horrid Memeo/WD Autobackup.

Review: I purchased the 500GB MyBook primarily for storage of restored photos and the WD autobackup software. It immediately forced me to update my system so that the WD Backup software (Memeo Autobackup) would be protected and I would be unable to use it to ...