pretty quiet. fast FW800. mostly problem free
Previously I had an OWC 1TB drive as back up for my iMac. It was in RAID-0 and also FW800 so it was fast. But loud! And I would only turn it on for backing up data.
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xtreme storage
Way better than the older freeagent external drive it replaced so far. It’s smaller and lighter and the software to turn off the drive light actually works in Vista x64 now. What I really like is how the light stays off even when the power is completely off until you switch it back on. [...]
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What in the hell is wrong with Western Digital
If you are just looking to add an additional drive for storage, don’t buy this new version of My Book Essential. Especially if you plan to buy more than one (which you of course should unless it’s purely a backup drive). You will regret it unless you [...]
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Hp pocket media drive is awesome
Recently bought an HP pavilion slimline tower and wanted to backup my computer. Hard drive slides right into the expansion bay. Easy to use, comes with Roxio backup my pc software pre-installed on drive. Great product.
Update (9/4/2010): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. [...]
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Great drive, less guilt!
I just got this drive so I could backup all my music and pictures and so far I love it! I researched this drive and was quite happy to see all the steps the company took to reduce waste and power consumption. Its not quite as attractive as it looks in the [...]
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Western Digital Passport - A Great Value In Portable External HDs
The Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Midnight Black) is the largest capacity in the portable essentials line-up. This comes in a variety of colors including Pink, Real Red, Artic White and Intense Blue. They say that this [...]
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Useful for going from SATA to eSATA
This is very useful if you machine does not have an e-sata port but where the machine has a regular sata port. SATA is much faster then USB 2.0 or Firewire 800. It provides a work-around where you do not have USB or Firewire capabilities, as is [...]
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SmartDisk - you rock my world
(Footnote - I recommend the FireWire Firelite over the USB one, simply because of better performance - however, all of their drives seem great)
As a filmmaker, I depend heavily upon Final Cut Pro and editing footage
I beat the heck outta my external drives —- I store all of my film [...]
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Poor backup option in image mode
If you purchased this drive and software (as I did) to restore after system crashes you may be in for a rude surprise - the included Safetydrill software does not (as claimed) delete older versions of backups as required to make space for newer ones, instead it MOVES them to [...]
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Does the job
This drive is exactly as advertised. It is a bare drive, no cables or mounting gear included (although you probably don’t need either). It does not include instructions either; so you should know what you are doing if you are buying this hardware. It is an excellent choice for an older computer.
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