500GB SATA, 16MB, High Speed Internal Hard Drive with Full Feature Backup Software - CAIS00500

First the pros: great product, great price, fast and reliable with a good 3 year warranty. Once you get it installed, it is quiet and fast. Now the suggestions for improvement: how about a Vista version of Data Lifeguard Tools? There were no screws with my drive and the backup disk looked like a cheap copy of a disk. Make sure to download the Quick Install and Full Install Instructions from the web-site as they aren't included. Same for the Data Lifeguard Tools. If you have Vista, or even for an older OS, use the Disk Management utility available in Control Panel to initialize and format the drive.
 
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Other than a little setup - no instructions included, fantastic value - Nice speed up too!!!!
 
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This is great! Upgrading from two 80 Gig hard drives to this 500 Gig. LOADS more room. And the 16 MB buffer makes it that much faster too.
 
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Drive was offered at a great price. Great drive, was quick to format and easy to use. I did not use the software due to the previous recommendations. My only beef was the time of delivery; took too long considering what I paid for.
 
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Great HDD - good price. I didn't use the backup software - just the drive. Came with power and data SATA cables.. So exactly what I needed
 
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All the needed parts were there, installation was straightforward, and so far it's been working perfectly (for about a week). Backup software seems useful as well.
 
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Haven't had the drive long but so far been a solid drive. I've had similar ones from the same type in the past and they have all been rock solid. The "backup" software packaged with this partiular model is a joke and should not be taken into account in the purchase price. Although it could be considered almost a beta version the fact that it was printed on a CD-R with a paper label does not inspire confidence.
 
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Roomy and speedy hard drive. Had it for a couple of months now and have no problems. Love that it comes with the SATA cable which OEM packages don't have.
 
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This item is plug and play! Out of the box and into my G5 tower drive bay was a snap. OS X 10.39 recognized it and initialized it right away. I installed 10.5 on it. It runs perfectly; it is very quiet too. I threw away the Windbloze backup software.
 
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No issues. Works great. Not loud. Came with a power cable that converts old power to new mini power. The cable has one old inlet and two new outlets. It also came with a red SATA cable. I didn't use either of these, and I haven't tried the software that it came with. I ran Vista on it and then formatted it for XP. I'm very pleased with it.
 
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This was a very good buy, and was very easy to install with no problems
 
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Great disk at a great price. Just plugged it in and ran Acronis' TrueImage to restore an image backup taken on my old, much smaller disk.
 
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Easy to install. Came w/all the connectors needed. No problems in setting up and formatting. Have been using w/WD for quite a long time now w/o any failures.
 
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The drive is nice. To get the 500GB glory, you will have to partition it using the WD Data Lifeguard software (not included, available from WD as a free download). If you are installing this drive on a Sata 1 motherboard, you will have to put a jumper on pins 5,6. Can't beat the price on this drive. The drive came securing packaged with all the necessary cables. Overall, it's a great buy.
 
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Great Hard drive. Delivered VERY quickly and well packed. PERFECT, No Hassles, Thanks
 
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Easy to install, given all the cables necessary. Just remember to turn on the BIOS to which ever port you plugged it into on the Motherboard. Its quiet, noticeable when you pull up something huge sound wise. (still not that loud) Other than that its pretty quiet most of the time. Its also a very fast drive. Overall very happy with the performance and quality. Works Great, Great price. And its WD!
 
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Good price, fast delivery, lots of storage. No problems!
 
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my original order got lost in shipping but they replaced it right away. Works exactly as expected and software is pretty good too
 
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I compare this one with Samsung hard drive. It's best internal hard drive.
 
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