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WD MY BOOK ESSENTIAL 2 TB USB 2.O DESKTOP EXT HD
By Ward Fantroy on Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2010
I bought the hard disk despite some of the negative comments that I read on Amazon. I found that most, if not all, of the negative comments found on Amazon regarded issues with the HD that had been resolved; and the HD and the improvements provided through program updates made this customer very happy and totally satisfied. I simply followed the installation instructions and answered the questions asked during the installation process so that the product performed the functions for which I purchased it, which is to act as an external back-up hard disk drive for the data and programs stored on my computer. The purpose for buying the product was to ensure that such data is not lost if my computer crashes for some unfortunate reason and is not lost if some virus manages to get past my virus protection software. The installation was easy and took several minutes but the time was not inordinate and the backup process also was done in a reasonably expeditious time, considering the amount of data to be backed up. After the backup was completed, I chose to disconnect the WD external drive and to reconnect it only when I want the backup program to run. By doing this, the program is not running and using processing space that slows down computer operations when I am doing routine work. When reconnected, the program automatically picks up where it left off, scans all computer drives and discovers any changes made to the data and programs on the hard disk on my computer and then updates the data previously backed up on the external drive; and that is exactly why I purchased it. Thanks to WD, my needs have been satisfied completely.
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Cost effective offline storage, but not for everyone
By Kyar Kano on Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2010
First let me say I'm an IT professional, so I'm more comfortable with hardware than the average consumer. I'm working with a data archiving project and this 2TB usb drive is a cost effective solution. I have four of these so far and plan to purchase more of the same as needed. The first thing to note about this is that of the four I've received, two were not aligned in their casing on arrival, so the power and usb cable ports didn't line up with the holes in the casing. One snapped into place with a little fiddling and the other is just horribly misaligned, but I was able to get them all up and running. Given the apparent 50% "failure" rate on being properly mounted in the case, I'd recommend against this drive if you aren't comfortable with having to adjust it. Once connected to the PC, each unit appears as -two- drives, one for their read-only software/firmware and one for the 2TB of storage. Windows does still allow safe usb removal for both drives as one item. I don't use manufacturer supplied backup software, so won't comment on it. Appearing as two drives isn't going to be a problem for typical -offline- storage where you just need to backup your data as I'm doing and disconnect, but it could be a problem if you want to keep many such drives online as it will eat up available drive letters. If you are comfortable adjusting hardware and need 2TB of usb storage for offline backup purposes, its a decent drive. Otherwise, you'll want to look elsewhere.
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