Pros: Worked well when it did

Cons: None of my computers would recognize it after only days of actual use. One day, while I was trying to store my music, it suddenly disconnected by itself. It has not been working since then.

Pros: Great value and size for the cost. Good for backing up those important digital photos and videos. Doesn't drop off the USB connection requiring constant plug and unplug like other drives I have had

Cons: It will fill up eventually and I will need another

Pros: Hmm...not quite sure

Cons: This is definately an EXTERNAL hard drive...not what I would consider a backup hard drive as the software that comes with it to run automatically is only a 30-day trial...must purchase the automatic backup software at $30/yr. NOT HAPPY. Purchased this for mother so her computer would automatically back up...NOT SO. Thought this would save time..now we have to drive over to backup for her.

Other Thoughts: Would buy same brand I presently own next time as we have no problem with the one we purchased at local office supply store and have nothing negative to say...Good price here...not really

Pros: WD brand, Nice casing, Great value (when bought)

Cons: No power button/switch, Lacks SmartWare software

Other Thoughts: Bought this under the notion that it included WD's SmartWare backup software. Came to find out it doesn't. Otherwise, the price for the capacity was great (not so much at full price) and it's WD so it's a decent brand. Would use again unless backup software was required.

Pros: Excellent hard drive, I thinks it's a great feature that it self parks.

Cons: none

Pros: Large capacity

Cons: Slow data storage rate compared to my other removable hard drives.

Pros: Always heard great things about WD drives and now I confer. I would recomend this drive to all.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Simply a great product.

Pros: Great price...

Cons: Drive hangs and dramatically slows the system (XP Pro) while attempting to write files of any type. When the hang times out, it then it disables and dismounts from system. When reconected, reenabled and reinstalled to system, computer management displays drives as unknown possibly corrupted.

Other Thoughts: Purchased two of these drives for two systems as a place for the pictures and music. Cannot get this device to accept ANY type of file, this is after several reformats, and the other various and sundry tasks to make a disk drive usable. Placed call to WD. No help there. Overall WD was, and maybe still is, my drive of choice. This is after my very bad experiences with recent Seagate drives.

Pros: This device uses less then 1 watt when its not on (many routers, computers, other devices use 2-7watts when "off" but plugged in)

The harddrive turns on and off with your computer/device.
Great power savings and no need for a power switch. With a long USB cord (comes with a medium, about 18inch cord) you can jam this way out of the way and not worry about having to reach it to turn it on or off or unplug it to save power.

Data transfer rate is better then average, only mild heat after heavy use. Not much sound, need to look at the light to see if its being used.

I think it was around 14watts when transferring files.

Good price for size.

Cons: A little wide I guess, warranty is a little short.

Didnt use the included software, but heard it was a trial only. There are decent alternatives online.

Other Thoughts: Bought this to install linux on co-workers PS3 cause his internal 40gig was full of poorn.

Formatted 30gigs ext3 for Linux, rest for FAT32, 3 gigs on PS3 harddrive for swap file.

The big fat32 partition shows up and works great on the PS3, in linux on the PS3, or on his laptop so he can have his poorn anywhere.

Ubuntu linux on his PS3 is able to rip his poorn DVDs to the FAT32 partition as long as no scene is larger then 4 gigs (he said non are).

This external drive auto-shutdown-startup when he turns on/off his PS3.

Pros: Great enclosure with lots of ventilation holes but needs a little stand to mount it on, does not get at all hot.unit can
hold a lot of interesting stuff..do'nt buy a cheap back-up for
your prized collection!!

Cons: whats with the fat 32 mess and bloatware-first thing I
had to do was learn how to reformat it to NTFS and I ain't
no computer genius !!!

Other Thoughts: GREAT DEAL_GOOD PRODUCT AND PRICE