Western Digital Elements 1TB Desktop External Hard Drive

Pros: This puppy holds all my movies and it is GREAT! Fast transfers and low heat. No noise at all and pretty rugged. Wires can wear out if heavily played with but that is with anything. Take care of it and it will work forever!

Cons: none!

Pros: Never any issues!, no connection/recognition issues.

Cons: Zero

Other Thoughts: Owned 3x 2tb's before I decide to buy this one for my girlfriend. Loaded it up with her favorite movies and keep by my smart TV. She plugs it in anytime she wants to watch a movie. Works great.

Pros: This has been running well for over a year, no bad sectors, good transfer rates and solid casing.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Newegg customer service has been horrible for the past 2 years. It took me 4 months of constantly calling back supervisors who never return calls or take care of issues to get my problems resolved, and they still aren't after all this time and a settlement. I have not received what was promised, and my issue was resolved after almost a half a year. It has become a hassle getting through, every call takes a half hour to get through, then no ONE WANTS TO HELP OUT IT'S RIDICULOUS.

Pros: Works great!

Cons: I wish it was not a mini USB connection on the drive.

Pros: I got it on a rebate a while ago, great price, good capacity, very reliable

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Highly recomended

Pros: It works as advertised.

Cons: A bit slow on the read/write but you get what you pay for.

Pros: Works well. Plug it in, and you are in business.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Very satisfied.

Pros: Cheap for the size

Cons: Only lasted one year...we lost everything on it. No one can tell us what happened to it, it worked one minute and didn't the next. We have taken it to 2 different places and we are getting ready to send it off for data recovery that will cost at least $700.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the Western Digital 1 TB Elements Drive, as this is not the typical experience with the product. It is unfortunate that your drive failed, and you had precious data on your drive. That is one of the many reasons that we always recommend having a working backup of your data at all times. The following link provides information on different backup solutions and assistance with these solutions.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1055
Unfortunately, as a hard drive manufacturer, we do not provide data recovery services, however we do have a list of data recovery companies that we can recommend for your needs. These companies may provide the following services at their discretion of course: discounts to Western Digital customers, free quotes for pricing and evaluation of the recoverable data, and free trial data recovery software, so that you may attempt data recovery more directly at your convenience. A list of our recommended data recovery companies can be found at the following link.
http://support.wdc.com/recovery/index.asp?wdc_lang=en
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: Works great, I use it for backing up one of my PC's.

Cons: None

Pros: Big, fast, stable. Nice thing about desktop sized external backups is that they have their own power supplies, so no worries "does my USB port have enough power" or any of the associated flakiness sometimes coming w/ self powered laptop size external drives.

Western Digital reliability.

Cons: Big physically. Only USB2 in a world that is moving to USB3.

Other Thoughts: At this point, if you are buying a desktop (3.5in) drive for external backup you are probably buying larger than 1TB, since you can get a laptop 1TB external for about a hundred dollars when on sale.

So probably you should have a reason to get this for (1) you prefer a desktop size drive and/or (2) its on sale for a really good price.