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Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition - Triple Interface (USB 2.0, eSATA & FireWire 400) External Hard Drive - WDH1CS5000N

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Product Summary
Manufacturer: WESTERN DIGITAL
Mfg Part#: WDH1CS5000N
UPC: 00718037121208
Buy.com Sku: 206209144
Item#: C34SYP
Buy.com Sales Rank: 191
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Your baby's first step, your wedding in Bali, all your important milestonesall captured in digital photos and video. What could be more important? Store them safely and keep them backed up on My Book Home Edition external hard drives.

  • Easy to set up, easy to use - Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in.
  • Automatic backup - Save a copy of your photos to an online sharing service, duplicate your e-mail and contacts to your iPod, and back up all your precious files to your My Book. Set it and forget it; every time you save something it's automatically backed up.
  • Flexible triple interface - USB 2.0 -- For convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. FireWire 400 - A high-performance interface thats perfect for Macintosh computers. eSATA 3 Gb/s -- The ultra-fast eSATA interface gives you speed comparable to a state-of-the-art internal hard drive.
  • Fits right in - Takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf.
  • Capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your drive. (Works with the USB and FireWire connection only.)
  • Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer and Safe Shutdown prevents the drive from being powered down until all your data has been written. (Works with the USB and FireWire connection only.)
  • Designed to keep the drive inside cool - The My Book enclosures heat dissipating design with Morse Code prevents heat buildup a notorious data killer. How cool is that?
  • Environmentally friendly - Our environmentally-friendly drive is designed to save power by going into standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. When youre ready to use it, it wakes up automatically.
     
  • Features
    Ideal for:
    Continuous and automatic backup of your important digital assets
    Extra storage for your computer
    Archiving the music stored on your MP3 player
    Adding plenty of space for digital video capture and editing
    Saving and organizing your digital photo collection

     
    Tech Specs
    Performance Specifications
    eSATA Serial Bus Transfer Rate: 3 Gb/s (Max)
    FireWire 400 Serial Bus Transfer Rate: 400 Mbits/s (Max)
    USB 2.0 Serial Bus Transfer Rate: 480 Mbits/s (Max)

    Physical Specifications
    Capacity: 500 GB
    Interface: Triple Interface

    Physical Dimensions
    Height: 6.5 Inches (Max)
    Length: 5.4 Inches (Max)
    Width: 2.1 Inches
    Weight: 2.5 Pounds

    Environmental Specifications
    Operating: 41 F to 95 F
    Non-operating: -4 F to 149 F

    Electrical Specifications
    AC Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC
    AC Input Frequency: 47-63 Hz

    Warranty
    Warranty: 3 Years

     
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    Customer Reviews
    Value 5
    Performance 5
    Ease of Use 4.5
    Overall Satisfaction 4.5
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    5 of 5 Just What I Needed Wednesday, June 04, 2008
    Mark from Tulsa, OK  

    I was looking for a external hard drive that would not only provide backups for my desktop and laptop but would also provide more disk space for transferring documents and video other files from DVD storage to being more accessible. The WD My Book was perfect. After converting the hard disk from its default format (FAT32) to the partitionable (NTFS) format (which was pretty simple), I made partitions for the desktop backup, laptop backup, and for regular hard disk use. Now everything is backed up, I've been able to move files from my laptop hard drive (which was getting pretty full) to My Book, and I've got room to spare! The drive has worked flawlessly. It seems to be as fast (using firewire) as the internal drives, and it is very quiet! It came with backup software, which enables password protected backups almost automatically. (The software says it is trial version when you first load it, but WD sent the product key with the drive so that the software can be loaded permanently.) I wanted a drive that could connect via USB for flexibility and portability and via firewire for speed. This drive fills that bill and also connects via eSATA which might be useful in the future should I upgrade my desktop. So far (I've had the drive for about two weeks), I am extremely satisfied with it and would recommend it to others.
     
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    5 of 5 review on 500 gig drive...my book type Tuesday, May 27, 2008
    malcolm morehead from batesville ms  
    I am talking out of the box, on to my drive shelf on my desk and plug the ac and usb in and started to transferring files with windows explorer....absolutely no hitches, no worries.;.would highly recommend this drive to anyone and will probably get another one soon....digital photo files from my studio are getting bigger and bigger...
     
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    5 of 5 Works great! Sunday, March 23, 2008
    Tom from Clearwater, Fl  
    I use it with Microsoft Vista's complete system backup and it works very well. Since Vista has all of the backup functionality built-in, I don't use the software that came with the product. You'll need to order a SATA cable if it's your desire to go that route, as the SATA cable doesn't come with the package... USB cable does. Also, you'll need to reformat to NTFS for Vista backup.
     
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    5 of 5 Great, But Where Was The Product Key? Wednesday, March 12, 2008
    Customer in CT from Waterebury, CT  
    The Western Digital external hard drive I bought is performing very well. It was easy to install and backed up my internal hard drive quickly. It continues to back up my data automatically. One minor, but annoying problem: The included software, which automatically installs itself, asks for a product code, which it tells you is on the box. It is not there. I had to call WD and the software company twice before a live person was able to assist me. The code, it turns out, is at the bottom of a sheet of paper in the box. Why didn't I see it? Because the sheet of paper is the one which contains information about the hard drive in numerous languages, but not English, so why would I go there? The English instructions do not have the code attached. Aside from that minor glitch, I am very satisfied with my purchase.
     
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    3 of 5 Drive is great, backup software no so good Friday, March 07, 2008
    keith.dunlap@juno.com from Greenwood, IN&nb