Technical Details
- Form Factor - 3.5"-External
- Dimensions WxDxH - 124.68 x 36.14 x 203.82 mm
- Weight - 1.02 kg
- Physical Dimensions (W x L x H):
- -- 4.90 (+/- 0.010 inch) x 1.42 (Max) x 8.02 (Max) Inches/ 124.68 x 36.14 (Max) x 203.82 (Max) mm
Product Description
WD Elements USB 2.0 external hard drive is an easy-to-use,reliable way to add more storage to your PC or Macintosh.Simply plug it in to a USB port and start saving or backing upyour photos, music, video, and files. Its preformatted forimmediate use so theres no software or CD to load. Thecompact, durable metal case provides extra data protectionhelping keep data safe from loss. Certified for use withWindows Vista.
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Customer Reviews
"Another case where the power adaptor failed" 2009-12-13By
Dem (Greece)
This external disk worked flawlessly
for twelve months. Then on the thirteenth
and just when the one year warranty had expired
like in many others the power supply failed
Thank a god, the hard disk itself had no problem
so I was able to recover my data.
I am still using the disk as a backup in a new casing
with a new power adaptor.
"Power supply goes bad. Do not buy this." 2009-11-23By
mvdmWe bought three of these and in 2 out of 3 the power supply failed within a year.
"Do not buy this or any Western Digital Product!" 2009-11-08By
Chuck (Texas)
If you haven't figured out already from the other reviews....definitely don't buy this model specifically and I'd say don't buy anything made by Western Digital.
I had this up and running about 9 mos...used it to clean off an old computer. Accessed it maybe 6x over that 9 months, then when I went to use it again...wouldn't power up.
I did not even leave this plugged in all of the time...but power supply still went bad.
Like all other negative reviews you will read, customer service was not responsive only saying that I was past the 30 day warranty.
They did offer to sell me a new power supply (yes they were apparently in stock as of 11/6/09) for about $19 delivered...but when I asked they said this new power cord had 'no warranty' of any type.
So...my solution was to go out and buy a new housing with it's own power supply ($30)and transfer the guts of the hard drive to it's new home. Hopefully the HD itself won't go bad or all my data will be gone.
"Obsolete adaptor" 2009-10-14By
Leah C. ShaverNot only does this run warm..but after I had this for 1 year---(but in all I only used it for about 1 MONTH)--the adaptor went. At least i hope it's that. I am waiting to get it in the mail---which you can ONLY order through WD Elements. No other pc stores, radio shack, etc...even carry a power pack with this cord. And, after writing and telling them I saw all the reviews and chat rooms on how this adaptor is defective, I still had to pay for it.
On top of it all--the guy on the phone was trying to sell me another external to back up my external!? REALLY? i told him I would never buy from WD Elements again and the guy laughed!
Buyer beware!!!!!!
"WESTERN DIGITAL = LOSE YOUR DATA" 2009-09-18By
David C. Cobb (Los Angeles, CA)
I will never, ever buy a Western Digital external hard drive product ever again. Here's why.
I bought two Western Digital MyBook 500gb external hard drives in mid-2007 (not the model pictured, but a previous version -- I'll get to this Elements model in a minute, they're part of the story, too). Less than a year later, they had a slew of problems (which have subsequently been reported all over Amazon and other review sites), overheating, powering down with no warning (even in the middle of data transfers!), intermittent unmountability. They were used in an average home office with typical usage, with plenty of air circulation to keep cool -- but they routinely glitched, crashed, and became useless not only for daily data use, but even occasional backups.
I ended up buying two new WD Elements drives to replace them, and managed to transfer all the data to the new drives (which are the ones pictured here). They seemed to work great, and they were reasonably priced, so I bought two more Elements drives for additional project archives and music/photo media. Meanwhile, while all four of those were in use, one of the MyBooks completely died and wouldn't mount (after sitting unused for months, mind you), and the second became so glitchy it was pretty much unusable.
Two bad MyBooks, sure -- but I'm happy with the four Elements drives, right?
No, because something downright infuriating happened. ALL FOUR of the new replacement WD Elements drives ended up having problems, as well. The power supplies on ALL FOUR of them died within weeks of each other, right after the one-year warranty expired. And get this -- WD wanted to charge me twenty dollars per power supply for replacements (not including shipping!).
Thankfully, it's just the power supplies that are faulty -- the actual drive units inside the cases still work, and my data is still on them, so I bought *one* new power supply, and am now transferring each of those drives to a new Drobo with four 1.5tb Seagate drives inside. After they're transfered, I will wipe them clean, crack open all of the cases, and maybe try to salvage the internal drive units with other aftermarket cases. Ironically, it seems in all of the reviews I've read elsewhere, WD's basic internal drive products are fine -- it's the external cases they make that have problems.
THE BOTTOM LINE: SIX WESTERN DIGITAL DRIVES BECAME UNSTABLE AND UNUSABLE, ALL WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASE.
SIX drives, folks. Not just one or two. Over six-hundred dollars spent on totally, completely unreliable products in just about two years. I've heard that second wave of re-engineered MyBooks currently on the market are a much better product -- but I'll never be buying WD drives ever again after this experience. Not only should Western Digital completely get out of the external USB hard-drive business, they should have a class-action lawsuit brought against them.
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