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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
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Great External Drive
- Pros: Great dependable drive made by an actual hard drive manufacturer.
It has a very simplistic yet functional design. The hard drive is contained within an aluminum shell which helps to dissipate some of the heat as well as give it a much sturdier feeling. The drive lays horizontal on rubber ends which help reduce vibration and noise as well as keep the drive from being pushed around.
Laying flat also eliminates the risk of accidentally knocking the drive over as is the case with most external drives.
The indicator access light is not too bright and out of the way so it won't be flashing in your face when you are trying to sleep.
- Cons: No eSATA, but that's only a minor con in this case.
- Other Thoughts: I've run this drive for over a year now and have had no troubles. It's very reliable as one would expect from a major hard drive manufacturer. It has even saved me from total data loss as I was able to copy everything over from a failing drive before it kicked the bucket a few months later.
I hope WD continues to use this design more instead of their "my book" design. Sometimes simplistic is better.
Just a perfect backup/dump drive
- Pros: I have been using this drive as a backup/dump drive everyday since Sep, 09. It is sitting behind my monitors and is totally out of sight. I don't hear while it is operating so it is completely quiet to me. It feels just a little bit warmer than body temp when backup is running; otherwise, it sits idle and nothing seems happening to it. It powers down when the computer is down or in sleep mode. It powers up when the computer is powered up.
Running daily backup onto this drive cannot be simpler. I use robocopy (free from Windows 7 ultimate, or free download from MicroSoft) and Windows 7 scheduler. I simply shutdown all apps and let Windows 7 goes to sleep. Scheduler wakes up at 5:00am and backups the data, then goes back to sleep. Totally painless operation.
- Cons: As a backup device? No con.
- Other Thoughts: Robocopy command to mirror a dir:
robocopy "D:\LocalLibraries" "z:\LocalLibraries_backup" /MIR /V /NP /R:10 /W:30 /MT:2
/MT:2 tells Windows 7 to fork 2 threads to copy files. Max 128.
/MIR is to mirror
A Fantastic External HDD, Especially For The PS3
- Pros: This drive is the absolute fastest accessible external HDD I've ever owned and I've had a plethora of them - Buffalo, WD Passport, Iomega, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Acomdata, etc. It has the most durable, cool casing I've ever seen and it's much better than the newer WD Elements models. It never gets hot like many HDDs and I keep it on for days without any issues as I hot swap it between computers.
- Cons: It doesn't have a power button because it's automatic. However, I like to have both as most of my HDDs have had both options, but it's not a deal breaker.
If you have the power supply with the detachable prongs, make sure you go to Western Digital's website and request a replacement via email. The detachable one is faulty by design and needs to be replaced. Even though they say it's provided free for those who've purchased their WD Elements drives within the past 60 or so days, they will still send you a replacement free. It is after all defective and their responsibility.
- Other Thoughts: I primarily use this drive to play movies through my PS3 and it is the fastest drive I've plugged into it. Usually it takes a few minutes for the movies and folders to appear on the XMB of the PS3 but this one appears almost immediately after the USB symbol that the drive is recognized shows up. I can pretty much instantly play video files that I have on the drive and it never hiccups like many drives I've owned before it. Steer clear of Seagate drives! They are disastrous! You can't go wrong with highly reliable Western Digital Drives. They are are brand you can count on and customer service that is top notch and highly professional.
| Model |
| Brand |
Western Digital |
| Series |
Elements |
| Model |
WDE1UBK10000N |
| Performance |
| Color |
Black |
| Interface |
USB 2.0 |
| Capacity |
1TB |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
1 year limited |
| Labor |
1 year limited |
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Reviewed By: DiGITAL on 1/27/2010
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year
