Firewire External Hard Drives Backup Hard Drives, Seagate External Hard Drives, Western Digital hard Drives

1. 

   G. Moffitt
   October 13th, 2009 - 01:45

   If you like having the wool pulled over your eyes, don’t pay attention to the big sticker on the packaging that says ‘320 GB’. It’s not. It’s 298 GB. After looking around the WD site a little, their footnote in listing it’s supposed 320 GB capacity is this:

   “This capacity is reported using the decimal numbering system (1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes and 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes). Both Windows and Macintosh operating systems use the binary numbering system, which results in a lower reported capacity”.

   In my eyes this is just short of false advertising. I’ll take mine back. Not sure how the other hard drive manufacturers do it but I feel swindled. Other than that, it’s a nice little box, very quiet and attractive. But not 320 GB.
   
   Rating: 3 / 5
2. 

   A. Chang
   October 13th, 2009 - 01:56

   I am no computer person, and don’t intend to underate this product at all.
   
   I purchased this item a week ago and right now, the machine is doing the backup through WD’s own backup program. I know some of ‘hightech’person here suggested not to use it, but I just don’t have time to figure out such a complecated process to avoid this software. Quite modern design which remins me of all apple-like product grabs my attention, but that’s it. The noise it produces is very annoying. Most of all, it takes too much time to read. I was very debating between Maxtors Turbo III and this, finally decided not to sweat on the casche speed. Maybe I was wrong.No matter how I am not fully satisfied with this product, I have to stick with this because I got several video projects to go.
   Rating: 3 / 5
3. 

   Samantha B. Cozort
   October 13th, 2009 - 03:28

   I ordered this product and ended up having them recalling it because the shipping address was wrong and they were unable to change it.
   Rating: 1 / 5
4. 

   Jeremy Salzman
   October 13th, 2009 - 04:23

   do not use the usb connection though. the fire-wire connection is more reliable.
   Rating: 4 / 5
5. 

   I. M. Reider
   October 13th, 2009 - 06:19

   I bought the WD “My Book” external hard drive because it was on sale and it had SO MUCH memory. I didn’t expect the thing to go buggy on me right away. The first thing WD’s “My Book” did was to “drop” itself from my PC. It was always wandering off somewhere where my OS couldn’t find it. I kept on having to disconnect it and connect it just to use it. The drive has decided – after these many weeks of losing itself in the ether – to stick around. How long will it stay? That’s impossible to say.

   “My Book” (when its working) is noisy. It’s as if the drive wants to be a turbojet when it grows up. It does get quiet between its tantrums, however, which is, I suppose, a redeeming quality.

   In addition, “My Book” has a nasty tendency to embed itself so deeply into the inner workings its host PC that the user can hardly do anything without it “spinning up.” Even surfing the net can be negatively impacted by “My Book.” Files are often directed without the user’s volition or knowledge to this blue-eyed cyclops. Considering the data retrieval times associated with the drive, depositing critical files in the beastie is not a good thing.

   WD’s “My Book” can be best described as a noisy vampiric tumor. It invades its PC host and degrades its performance. Still want all that memory?
   Rating: 1 / 5

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