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Western Digital's My Book Home is the latest evolution in their long history of back up devices. This 1TB drive has a triple interface for maximum connectivity. The USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 interfaces allow you to connect to virtually any modern Mac or PC. If you need maximum data transfer rates then you can attach the drive to your system through the eSATA interface.
A capacity gauge on the front panel lets you know how much room you have left on the drive when it is connected to either a USB or FireWire port. The rest of the housing is designed to vent heat away from the drive to keep it cool and save your data. The auto standby mode will save your power bill by kicking in after 10 minutes of inactivity but will be ready to spring back into action immediately.
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First time WD has disappointed me.
- Pros: Price--1 Terabyte at less than $250.00? Sounds outstanding to me. And throw in that it is a Western Digital? Gravy.
- Cons: I want to preface this by saying that I've exclusively been using WD HDDs since I started working with PCs. I have purchased many drives in that time, all of them WD. I've never returned one until now.
About a year ago, I had purchased a My Book Essential Edition 500 GB, and it worked beautifully, still does. I wanted to up my storage space, and purchased this drive. Apparently, some aspects of the design have changed, and I don't mean the (annoying) flashing light show on the front of the unit.
The unit is prone to overheating when there are extended periods of hard drive activity. This thing gets hot, FAST. And when it gets too hot, it freezes. When it freezes, your computer will not recognize it.
Further, rebooting your computer will not solve the problem because the drive is still frozen. You can't turn the drive off because the it will not respond to the power button because it has frozen.
- Other Thoughts: The only alternative once frozen is to unplug the unit from the power source, then plug it back in (after allowing it to cool down, of course).
This is unacceptable for me. I will not be keeping any important files on this unit if it is prone to overheating like this. I have it in an area with plenty of ventilation, in which my other My Book has operated optimally for a year.
While the My Book Home Edition is significantly less expensive than similar offerings from other drive manufacturers, remember: sometimes, you get what you pay for.
Preserve Your Precious Memories
- Pros: One single hard drive with a terabyte of storage capacity. Triple interface allowing connection to nearly any type of computer. Non-obtrusive white LED slowly moves up and down (1-2 of the 4 LEDs lit up traveling back and forth). The charging cable is all one piece instead of the two cords plugged into either side of a transformer. Comes with a USB and a FireWire cable so it is ready to connect on arrival.
- Cons: If you plan to use the eSATA interface you will need to purchase this cable separately. The connection cords provided with this model hard drive are more than a foot shorter than the provided cables of previous models.
- Other Thoughts: The hard drive initially connected onto computer[1] through the provided FireWire cable, no hassles. A few days later it connected to computer[2] with the provided USB cable, no hassles. I traveled back and forth between these computers again, no hassles. After having the drive for about a week I connect it to computer[3] through the same provided USB cable. This time the computer would not recognize the device. I tried again to no avail. I attempted to connect the device to computer[3] with the provided FireWire cable and it worked with success. To my knowledge there is nothing wrong with the drive itself, but computer[3] has trouble with USB connections to external hard drive (had similar difficulties with two other external hard drives on this computer through USB interface).
| Model | WDH1CS10000N |
| Interface | USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / eSATA |
| Capacity | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
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Only good for a paper weight.
- Pros: You can take the drives out and use them elsewhere.
Price was ok especially for 1TB + the external casing.
USB interface works fine.
- Cons: Case holes around eSata port are so small I had to shave the sheathing around my eSata connector to get it to fully seat. (I had 6 cables to try and used the smalled ones) I purchased 2 of these for use with eSata. Firewire functionality is flaky at best even after trying to upgrade firmware. USB works fine but is uber slow. eSata functionality is horrid. The drives constantly hibernate and when they wake up they will either lock up my system or they become undetected by the pc. You have to hold the power button in until they shutdown and only then power them back on and have a 50/50 shot at them being redetected. I have a AMS Venus T5 on the same setup and it works flawlessly. I've tried connecting them directly to the MB and to a seperate controller card. No dice. I hate these things.
- Other Thoughts: I figured I would try something different but alas it didn't work out. The hard drives are great, WD makes a quality HD, too bad they have a terrible follow through with the My Book casing. I have 2 Vantec casings and just ordered 2 more after the My Book disaster. I'm an associate IT professor and my knowledge of how to troubleshoot these things is vast. Avoid thse unless you just want USB connectivity. I'd love to take them outside and spike them like a football but I'll be returning them in order to pay for my new Vantec enclosures.
Buy something else.
- Pros: Large amount of space, cheap, multiple interfaces.
- Cons: If left connected during a cold boot, seems to take forever for the BIOS to probe it (independent of the computer it's being used on). eSATA is flakey, one out of eight times my Gentoo installation won't be able to probe the drive and give up. Tried re-flashing the firmware in Windows XP, but the program didn't believe that the drive was connected via USB. The sounds it makes on bootup make me a little nervous.
- Other Thoughts: Doesn't come with an eSATA cable (they're inexpensive, though). I think I'll keep this disconnected in a safe, cool place and use for once-monthly backups. Afraid to do anything more with it.
i love it and it works fine.
- Pros: -has about 930gb of space which is still more than enough space for me. i dont know where the other 70 went to..
-simple design, just looks like a thick black book.
-quiet. i keep it under my desk so i don't hear anything
-transfer rate is fast, i use usb.
-i've had it for over a year now and it still works great
- Cons: One thing that annoys me however, is that when it's not in use for about 10 to 15 minutes, it goes to sleep or idles. So when I go from just surfing the web and then I go to My Computer to this hard drive or pick a song on iTunes that is stored in this hard drive, you have to wait for the hard drive to "wake up" or load. Really bothers me sometimes.
- Other Thoughts: Other than the slow reaction this thing has to waking up to my call when its sleeping, I have no issues with this hard drive. It's a really good product and I had it over a year without it failing on me.
| Model |
| Brand |
Western Digital |
| Series |
My Book Home |
| Model |
WDH1CS10000N |
| Performance |
| Interface |
USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / eSATA |
| Capacity |
1TB |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Dimensions |
6.5" x 5.4" x 2.1" |
| Weight |
2.5 lbs. |
| Features |
| Features |
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.
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 enclosure’s 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 you’re ready to use it, it wakes up automatically. |
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Reviewed By: BitBucket on 6/4/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
