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WD My Book Premium 500GB USB 2.0 / Firewire400 3.5" External Hard Drive WDG1C5000N
- WDG1C5000N
- USB 2.0 / Firewire400
- 3.5"
- 1 year limited
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The Western Digital My Book Premium is a clear leader in the race for the peak of external desktop drives. Its 500 GB runs at 7200 RPM with up to 100 MB/s transfer rates. Its breakthrough 16 MB cache makes this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle both data-intensive applications and high-end multimedia applications. It offers average latency of 4.2 ms with an average seek time of only 8.9ms, resulting in both greater efficiency and safer data transfer.
My Book Pro includes EMC Retrospect software for Windows and Mac, which backs up the data, and also allows easy recovery, scheduling, and encryption, to help you hold onto the memories you entrust to this disk. It has Intelligent Drive Management software to enable automatic power-up and shutdown procedures. Using this software you can very easily manage your photos. It’s also shipped with free Google software, which catalogs each and every file in your computer for helping you locate it as and when needed. Think of this as the ultimate answer to all those boxes of photos and slides!
My Book Pro includes EMC Retrospect software for Windows and Mac, which backs up the data, and also allows easy recovery, scheduling, and encryption, to help you hold onto the memories you entrust to this disk. It has Intelligent Drive Management software to enable automatic power-up and shutdown procedures. Using this software you can very easily manage your photos. It’s also shipped with free Google software, which catalogs each and every file in your computer for helping you locate it as and when needed. Think of this as the ultimate answer to all those boxes of photos and slides!
The Western Digital My Book Premium is a clear leader in the race for the peak of external desktop drives. Its 500 GB runs at 7200 RPM with up to 100 MB/s transfer rates. Its breakthrough 16 MB cache makes this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle both data-intensive applications and high-end multimedia applications. It offers average latency of 4.2 ms with an average seek time of only 8.9ms, resulting in both greater efficiency and safer data transfer.
My Book Pro includes EMC Retrospect software for Windows and Mac, which backs up the data, and also allows easy recovery, scheduling, and encryption, to help you hold onto the memories you entrust to this disk. It has Intelligent Drive Management software to enable automatic power-up and shutdown procedures. Using this software you can very easily manage your photos. It’s also shipped with free Google software, which catalogs each and every file in your computer for helping you locate it as and when needed. Think of this as the ultimate answer to all those boxes of photos and slides!
Smart DesignThe elegant WD My Book Premium WDG1C5000N looks just like a book and takes up less desktop space, stacks horizontally and allows two or more drives to stand neatly together like volumes on a shelf.
Versatile InterfacesFeaturing both FireWire (IEEE 1394a) and USB 2.0 interfaces for hot swappability, speed and flexible connectivity, the WD My Book Premium WDG1C5000N works with both Windows and Macintosh systems.
Performance You Can UseThe Western Digital proprietary hard drive inside delivers super-fast, ultra-quiet and cool-running performance with a 500 GB capacity, 7200 RPM spindle speed and 16MB L2 Cache.
Intelligent Drive ManagementThe Intelligent Drive Management function enables automatic power-up and shutdown of the Western Digital My Book drive, while Safe Shutdown ensures data is backed-up prior to shutdown.
WD Backup SoftwareThe included WD backup software simplifies data backups. Set scheduled backups for all your data files or only your picture and music files; or simply save them to the WD My Book Premium with the simplest of operations.
Smart DesignThe elegant WD My Book Premium WDG1C5000N looks just like a book and takes up less desktop space, stacks horizontally and allows two or more drives to stand neatly together like volumes on a shelf.
Versatile InterfacesFeaturing both FireWire (IEEE 1394a) and USB 2.0 interfaces for hot swappability, speed and flexible connectivity, the WD My Book Premium WDG1C5000N works with both Windows and Macintosh systems.
Performance You Can UseThe Western Digital proprietary hard drive inside delivers super-fast, ultra-quiet and cool-running performance with a 500 GB capacity, 7200 RPM spindle speed and 16MB L2 Cache.
Intelligent Drive ManagementThe Intelligent Drive Management function enables automatic power-up and shutdown of the Western Digital My Book drive, while Safe Shutdown ensures data is backed-up prior to shutdown.
WD Backup SoftwareThe included WD backup software simplifies data backups. Set scheduled backups for all your data files or only your picture and music files; or simply save them to the WD My Book Premium with the simplest of operations.Warranty & Returns
Warranty, Returns, And Additional Information
Warranty
- Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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Return Policies
- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
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- Support Phone: 1-800-275-4932
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