Western Digital My Book Essential Edition Hard Drive - WDG1U800N
Western Digital My Book Essential 80GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Mfg Part#: WDG1U800N
UPC: 00718037116297
Buy.com Sku: 202367711
Item#: C3NCGL
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Click here for a Interactive Demo of the Western Digital – My Book Essential Edition.

Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.

Ideal For:

  • Simple add-on storage for your files, music, photos and movies
  • Adding virtually unlimited storage with multiple USB 2.0 external hard drives
     
  • Features
    Easy to set up, easy to use -- This drive is all about simplicity. Plug it into your computer’s USB 2.0 port and start saving.
    Intelligent drive management features — The My Book drive turns itself on and off with your computer
    Smart design — The elegant case, iconic of a book, takes up less space on your desk, stacks horizontally, and allows two or more drives to stand neatly together like volumes on a shelf.
    High quality hard drive — Inside the case is an exceptionally fast, ultra quiet, cool-running hard drive from Western Digital.
    Free Google™ software — Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software.

     
    Tech Specs
    Performance Specifications:
    Rotational Speed: 7,200 RPM (nominal)
    Buffer Size: 2 MB
    Average Latency: 4.20 ms (nominal)
    Read Seek Time: 8.9 ms
    Track-To-Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms (average)
    Serial Bus Transfer Rate: (USB 2.0) 480 Mbits/s (Max)
    Physical Specifications:
    Formatted Capacity: 80,026MB
    Capacity:160 GB
    Interface: USB 2.0
    Warranty: 1 year limited warranty
    Physical Dimensions:
    Height: 2.250 Inches (Max)
    Length: 6.710 Inches (Max)
    Width: 5.55 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
    Weight: 2.90 Pounds (+/- .10 lb)
    Environmental Specifications:
    Operating: 41° F to 95° F
    Non-operating: -4° F to 149°
    Electrical Specifications: (current requirements)
    AC Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC
    AC Input Frequency: 47-63 Hz

      
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