Binding: Electronics
Brand: Western Digital
EAN: 0718037120928
Hard Disk Size: 500 GB
Label: Western Digital
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of the product.
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Model: WDH1U5000E
Publisher: Western Digital
Release Date: November 25, 2007
Sales Rank: 64
Studio: Western Digital

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Accessories:

• Hama Universal Case for External Hard Drives, size L, Black
• Hama Universal Case for External Hard Drives, size M, Black
• Hama Universal Case for External Hard Drives, size S, Black

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Rating: - lasted 12 hours....
I got my 1tb My Book on Monday, it lasted a whole day and then started smelling of burnt electronics. Contacted Amazon, they were excellent and sent me a replacement Thursday, started it up, backed up some files. Got home backed up some more files from home pc then suddenly it died. It lasted 8 hours.

Thankfully Amazon seem really good about replacing dodgy products but why stock them in the first place.

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Rating: - Quality Product
This is a relatively small, sleek external HDD. I've had a 250GB WD My Book for over 2 years and it still works perfectly so there was no doubt about buying WD again. This drive is smaller in size than the 250GB and has a glossy plastic finish and is extremely quiet. The only real difference is the addition of an extra light which flashes constantly when the drive is in use (i.e. playing an mp3 file) - it seems unnecessary.


The drive comes with pre-installed trial backup software ... Read More

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Rating: - "Failure rate of less than 1%"?
I ordered one of these drives about a month ago, deciding that although lots of people had warned against it, there were probably just as many satisfied customers who didn't bother to leave a review. Just like I'm doing now, probably most people only leave a review when they've had a problem with a product.

Unfortunately the light on the front of the drive just kept flashing and it just wouldn't connect to my Mac. I emailed Western Digital tech support and they suggested I returned it as it ... Read More

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Rating: - Very Poor Longevity
I've not got this specific model but I've had a 500GB WD external hard drive for just over 18 months and it has died. There is no help from WD because of course it's out of warranty. If this is the longevity of their products then it's very, very poor for something that just sits on a shelf and should be available when disaster strikes. I for one will not be entertaining WD products ever again.

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Rating: - After a while the drives of WD become unreadable
Well I thought that WD was a reliable brand in hard drives and external hard drives. I was mistaken. My first external hard drive was on WD 500GB MyBook, it died after 8 months of use. I managed to save most of my data into another WD external hard drive that I bought, this time 1TB. This one died just 3 months after the purchase...

The worse is that I own a third one WD 1 TB external drive...It has not failed me yet, but after reading all those reviews in the net I do not believe that it will ... Read More

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