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Western Digital Elements 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | 
 enlarge | Category: CE
Buy New: £57.99
New (8) from £57.99
Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 277
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.1 x 1.7
Model: WDE1U5000U
UPC: 718037119588
EAN: 5051749307931
ASIN: B000OS54TA
Release Date: March 25, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Box Content
- External 3.5" USB 2.0 hard drive
- 6 foot (1.8m) USB 2.0 certified interface cable
- AC adapter with power cord
- Quick Install Guide
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| Customer Reviews: Read 59 more reviews...
 Western Digital External Hard Drives October 8, 2008
Mrs. Marion Smith
I have bought 2 external hard drive from Western Digital. The 1st a few years ago & the 2nd quite recently.
I have had absolutely no problems with either & would highly recomend theWestern Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive it installs easily & has no sound.It is also value for money.
 Not Good October 6, 2008
Benny92 (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i purchased the 250gb model and for around 5 months it was great, stored everything I wanted with speed and efficacy, then one day it started making a clicking and churning noise then two days later became unreadable and I lost all of my data after asking a computer repair man if he could retrieve anything he said that it was unlikely and would cost 100 more than the product cost to begin with!
Excellent! (...It's not always the drive that's the problem). October 3, 2008
GB (Surrey, U.K.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm just about to purchase my third one of these drives. The other two have given faultless service over the past 18 months.
I connect the drives to my PC using a 4 port USB2 hub and have encountered some of the problems from earlier reviews (drive not recognised, failed to power up, etc). However, a little patience and thinking things through revealed things such as:
- faulty USB lead
- fuse blown in the plug(!)
- loose USB socket on PC (probably from over-use...hence the hub I now keep permanently connected
- USB lead not connected properly (just remove...leave a few seconds and then try again)
I did not re-format my discs when purchased and they worked straight out of the box...no problem. There may be faster external drives out there, but key for me is reliability. And these have been 100% reliable.
Do not buy October 2, 2008
Ian (Wales, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.
Plenty of people have left great reviews for this drive and if I had left one after a month, I would have left a great one too. However, having used it for a year and after having umpteen problems with it, I would heartily discourage anyone from buying it.
The drive seems to have an in-built design fault that leaves it susceptible to I/O errors and partition failure. Your computer will fail to recognise it as a hard drive and will think it is just a piece of USB hardware. This prevents it appearing in Drive Management and in My Computer. Western Digital appear useless on this and their Support cannot help.
The only positive thing I can say is that it has a two-year warranty. However, isn't it disappointing that the best thing I can say about it is, when it breaks, you can return it and get a refurbished one from another chump instead?
I must be a 'dimwit' September 29, 2008
D. Smith (Doncaster, S. Yorkshirs United Kingdom)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Had I reviewed this drive within a month of purchase I would have given it 5 stars. Unfortunately it has recently become a cold block of metal without a sign of life. Fortunately I was only using the drive for backup so I still have my files and records on my Mac's HD and I can purchase a different backup drive.
Apparently I am a dimwit because my drive is now inoperative but having lingered over the fair number of google links, advice sites and the WD home site no one seems to be able to shed any light on this problem. I guess that, not being a professional photographer, I just can't understand all of them really big words wot get used on dis internet thingy.
Anyone want to buy a doorstop?
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