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Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive

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from: Western Digital

November 25, 2007
Got this product few days ago, and so far, it has performed just as it should have (minus the fact that it wasn't recognized the first time I plugged it in, but it might have been windoz acting up). Used it mainly under Ubuntu, and it has performed beautifully so far; crossing my fingers, it will not die any time soon. Oh another thing, first thing I did I deleted all the files the HD had inside, did not even bother with the software.

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Fuji 2GB XD Picture Card Type M

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from: FUJIFILM

March 27, 2008
this product was excellent as it was a boxed genuine fuji film item at over £40 cheaper than the high street and arrived very quickly

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Western Digital My Book Passport Essential 250GB USB Portable Hard Drive

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from: Western Digital

February 13, 2008
Originally bought a year or so ago it broke down recently, as verified with the WD drive checking software available at their website and was returned to WD UK for repair. Three weeks later I have received a replacement unit. Very pleased with WD's product and service. Less impressed with Amazon's customer service but I suppose that is the nature of cheap internet retail. Can't have it all! My Toshiba Tecra 8200 requires a double ended USB cable to provide additional power for the hdd which is a bit of a nuissance and an additional expense. I note the Lacie ehdd is supplied with the double ended USB cable. I would like to add another point relevant to this and other items too and it concerns fingerprints; wash your hands! ;-)

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Sandisk MicroSDHC 4GB Card

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from: SanDisk

June 23, 2007
Does what it said on the tin. Useful little USB adaptor. Problem is I can't read / delete from it any more, as if it's locked in some way. Can still read files from it though.

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Western Digital Elements 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

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from: Western Digital

March 25, 2007
I just received it today and tried to copy family movies unto to them. Almost immediately I was getting an error message that the disk is full.
I can clearly see there is enough space to copy all the details of drivers and vehicles held by the DVLA computers.

I am returning it fist thing in the morning. Unfortnately what seemed like a good deal has turned into a nightmare. My Lacie hard disk, made by Porche never misses a bit.

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SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB

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from: SanDisk

May 11, 2008
fantastic little thing, works fine even for a Luddite like me. Excellent, would highly recommend

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Small Hard Drive Case, EVA Outer, Black

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from: Caselogic

June 24, 2008
Bought this on Amazon to protect my Iomega Ego external hard drive, it fits perfectly - like a glove....great wee case (and drive).....5 stars as it does what it says on the tin! The other people who mark it down because its too big or too small should have looked at the dimensions before buying, is this not the sensible thing to do? I cannot fault this case.

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Seagate FreeAgent Go 120GB Hard Drive 2.5" 5400RPM 8MB USB2.0

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from: SEAGATE

April 16, 2007
The first thing you NEED to know about this drive is that it needs two of your PC's USB slots - and they have to be the slots on your actual computer, not on an add-on hub (the extra few inches of cable on the hub will be enough to stop your drive from working.)

I'd assumed that it would also come with a 'proper' mains adaptor, like some of my Western Digital drives, but no. You can *only* use USB slots, and they have to be the ones on the PC.

When I discovered this, I started to dislike this product. And from there, things got worse.

The front of the drive has a pretty (but oversized and power-consuming) light panel. It takes up the whole front side of the drive, is on constantly (changing in intensity when the drive is accessed), and is ... Read More:

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Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB External Hard Drive EU & UK 3,5" 7200RPM 8MB USB2.0

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from: SEAGATE

February 04, 2008
Excellent. easy to use. Just plug in and I ready to go. (systems detects mass storage device and installs without issue). It even recognize the the drive as Freeagent. Already comes with NTFS formatted so I didn't even have to re-format the drive unlike some other competitor brands. What more it has 5 year warrantee. Data exchange was fast and easy. (make sure you plug in to a usb2.0 port as this makes a difference in speed of data transfer.)

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Western Digital My Book 2 Essential 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

Childrens Toy Shop > Computer > Drives and Storage
from: Western Digital

October 07, 2007
Bought this as I was switching from PC to Mac. Transferred EVERYTHING over to it, sold PC, bought MacBook Pro, plugged drive in; DEAD. Light comes on, drive's not recognised, then light goes off after about 10 minutes.

I've lost over 9,000 photographs, my iTunes library (inc. some purchases) and untold other stuff. Really upset as I thought WD was a brand I could rely on for this task. I must say though, that they have been very good about arranging a replacement.

So, if you have important data backed up, my advice would be, no matter which backup drive you have, also make backups to DVD, tape or another external drive.