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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | 
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| Category: CE
Buy New: £94.00
New (22) from £94.00
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 169
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 1000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5
Model: WDH1U10000E
UPC: 718037122724
EAN: 0718037122724
ASIN: B000W9RNOA
Release Date: October 7, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 Stay away from this one!! October 12, 2008
Abu Musa (London)
I bought this just over a few days ago. Transferred over 500 gb of data (documents, videos, music files etc). A few days later, I wanted to add more data to it but when I turned it on it was not being recognised by the PC. Blue light was on, disc was spinning but not appearing on the desktop. tried it on a friends computer and his laptop but still no success.
I have owned the 500gb version for a year or more and it NEVER gave me any problems. You want 1TB? Buy two of the 500gb ones!!! OR face the risk of files being lost...NOT WORTH THE RISK!!!
 Useful piece of kit. September 23, 2008
S. Bonnage (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This has been a great buy for me, I have managed to get the kids to dump all their music, movies and 12 megapixel photographs on this to free up space on our PC.
I still have a small issue to resolve, my PC keeps trying to boot off of this before the main hard drive but if I get time to sort this out it will be perfect.
Steve
 An external hard drive that actually looks nice. September 20, 2008
James Drake (UK)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Okay, there are a lot of reviews for this product already and a lot of misinformation so I thought I'd try to clear the air a bit and lay down the key points for external hard drives:
* You will not get 1TB of storage on this product. The industry measures 1TB as 1000 GB, but your computer measures it as 1024GB. The same goes for GB into MB. The true capacity of this drive when formatted will be in the region of 930GB.
* It comes with a multi-plug. Follow the instructions to clip off the USA plug and clip on the UK plug. No tools are required (except fingers) and most children of 5 could complete the task.
* The drive turns on and off with your computer and 'sleeps' when inactive to reduce power consumption and heat. In sleep mode it uses less power than your mouse, but if for whatever reason you want to turn it of simply right-click the drive icon and select 'safely remove'.
* Don't let the 'I lost all my files' reviews put you off. Some hard drives do fail. This is the same for all manufactures and cannot be avoided. Valuable data should always be backed up on two separate devices.
* If you are planning to store video on the drive it would be a good idea to format the drive to NTFS straight out of the box, don't worry about overwriting the files that come on the drive, you don't need them.
Compared to other drives on the market this one is nicer to look at, and thanks to it's sleep mode, quieter and cooler than most. Getting (nearly) a Gigabyte per pound isn't too bad either!
Great piece of hardware. September 2, 2008
Edmund Hughes (N. Ireland)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have now got four of these drives. That should be all that needs said. I bought my first one of these terabyte drives over a year ago and have never had the slightest problem with it. The drive works great as soon as it's plugged in. I use these drives to store music, videos, photographs and software and have never had a problem or lost any data. The lack of a cooling fan is very good as it lets the drive run almost completely silent. The drive spins down after a few minutes of idleness but takes only a few seconds to get back up to speed. Only has about 930GB of space but it's normal to not get the full capacity that's advertised.
A few pointers to get started with it though -
- Reformat the drive before using it (to NTFS if you want though not nessecary can be handy when dealing with dvd files etc).
- Don't bother with the software provided with the drive. It works just fine with both Windows XP and Vista with no additional software.
- Keep it in a fairly well ventilated or open spot as without the coolng fan it can build up quite a bit of heat which can damage the drive.
So Far, So Good August 4, 2008
Reader
Been going a fair few months now with no problems (touch wood). It stores most of our DVDs and gets used daily. Cool, and more importantly, quiet and the fact that it sleeps and wakes with your computer is excellent.
Will certainly look at Western Digital again when it's time to upgrade.
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