Reliable Inexpensive Data Storage
I’ve heard some complaints about this line of external drives, so let me address those first. Yes, there is a slight “hum” or high frequency vibration. But I have several of these drives in different capacities and some hum a little, some not so much. Bottom line is that [...]
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“Free-fall sensor - As an added layer of protection, if the drive (or the system it’s in) is dropped while in use, WD’s free-fall sensor detects that the drive is falling and, in less than 200 milliseconds, parks the head to help prevent damage and data loss.”
Model: WD3200BJKT HAS this sensor [...]
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Easiest Hard Drive to Install
This thing is great!! Due to the 137GB thing on WIN XP I opted for this 120GB drive. Pulled out the old one. Plugged this one in. Started computer–BIOS recognized the drive at full capacity– Did not need the Western Digital install program because the drive is less than 137GB– no [...]
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Western Digital 640GB SATA HD Green Power WD6400CSRTL
This HD is for auxiliary use. The specs and rating for WD HDs are generally good, so I decided to purchase this drive. Only time and use will verify its reliabilility, so I will reserve that analysis till at least four years is up. However, the WD reputation [...]
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Very good
It was easy to format and install Ubuntu 9.10 on this drive. It’s very fast and quiet. Picasa imported 49,000 photos at top speed. It’s currently storing 60 GiB with no errors.
The drive was healthy with no bad sectors. It passed the extended self test. All SMART data was in the green.
Packaging was a [...]
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V2.0 Of The My Book Series Is Out - Will It Be More Reliable Than V1.0?
[Update: 3/2009: It's been more than a year since I wrote this lengthy review and I wanted to return and let people know how these drives are performing.
I have a total of ten of these drives - four [...]
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Good, roomy backup drives
I bought this drive and it has not failed on me so far (knock on wood). It is spacious, with 250 gigabytes of space.
I had a Maxtor drive which broken down one day.
I guess that a small percentage of all drives - regardless of manufacturer - have a high chance of failing.
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Reliable Inexpensive Data Storage
I’ve heard some complaints about this line of external drives, so let me address those first. Yes, there is a slight “hum” or high frequency vibration. But I have several of these drives in different capacities and some hum a little, some not so much. Bottom line is that [...]
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WD 500GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive for Mac (Black/Silver)
I really love it!! Not only does it feel like I have an endless amount of space, but it was also so easy to set up! Just hook up to your computer and follow the directions. Everything that I was looking for in a Portable Hard [...]
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Excellent har ddrive with blazing speed
I built computers as a side-business and I have owned HD’s from all the maor companies. So, I know what a good hard drive has. This one is superb. The speed is astoundidng due to the sata 300 and the 16mb cache, reliability is excelelnt and its whisper silent. Definitely [...]
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