- Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility
- Connectivity today; speed for tomorrow
- Up to 3x faster transfer rates with USB 3.0
- Automatic, continuous backup
- Hardware encryption, password protection
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WD MYBOOK ESSENTIAL3.0 2TB BK
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Compatible Drive Bay Width: 3.5",Form Factor: External,Color: Black.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By hans
This is an awful product. It's one goal is to store computer material and it couldn't even do that. Mine worked fine for a total of like 2 months then start running extremely slow, wouldn't let me add anything to it, wouldn't let me take anything out. It was basically a paper weight.
I spent a solid 3 months dealing with the idiots at customer service which sucked because the return email for their site doesn't work. They finallllllly agreed to replace it and when the replacement came they didn't even include a return slip or address so I had to go out and pay for postage to fix THEIR mistake.
I am mostly venting right now, when the hard is running 100% it is great but it doesn't work 100% and dealing with the Western Digital Clowns almost gave me a heart attack from the stress.
Don't make my mistake
I spent a solid 3 months dealing with the idiots at customer service which sucked because the return email for their site doesn't work. They finallllllly agreed to replace it and when the replacement came they didn't even include a return slip or address so I had to go out and pay for postage to fix THEIR mistake.
I am mostly venting right now, when the hard is running 100% it is great but it doesn't work 100% and dealing with the Western Digital Clowns almost gave me a heart attack from the stress.
Don't make my mistake
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Tom
This drive is functioning properly for me, but it tries to install extra proprietary drivers when I plug it into the USB2 ports on my Windows 7 PC. I have another USB 3 external drive and it does not do this.
This drive is advertised as a USB drive and one of the great things about USB is that it is a widely supported standard: I can plug USB drives into any computer (or even a tablet and phone now) and they will work without any special drivers. This is particularly useful when it is not your computer so you don't want to make any changes to it.
I should point that I have been able to get it to work without the extra drivers, so it is capable of operating as a normal USB2 drive on Windows. I have not been able to find any explanation for why it wants the extra drivers and what I lose by not installing them.
This drive is advertised as a USB drive and one of the great things about USB is that it is a widely supported standard: I can plug USB drives into any computer (or even a tablet and phone now) and they will work without any special drivers. This is particularly useful when it is not your computer so you don't want to make any changes to it.
I should point that I have been able to get it to work without the extra drivers, so it is capable of operating as a normal USB2 drive on Windows. I have not been able to find any explanation for why it wants the extra drivers and what I lose by not installing them.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Jefflix
I bought this hard drive 3 months ago. This week it started to make weird noises so I immediately started to backup everything on it onto another disk I have. Too late. The disk stopped turning, blinking light still flashing and no copying. After many tries, I finally made it to backup the essential but the disk is less and less stable every hour! I ran a Drive Genius scan and it showed it had bad blocks. This means my disk is diing.
WD used to make quality products, only a few years ago when 500GB was the big thing. Bigger cords, firewire and usb compatible, that disk lasted 4 years. But the second I opened the My Book Essential 2TB, it immediately felt cheap. Indeed.
At the most, this disk can be used as a cheap backup drive but even that could be too much for it too handle.
Very disappointed. Do not buy.
WD used to make quality products, only a few years ago when 500GB was the big thing. Bigger cords, firewire and usb compatible, that disk lasted 4 years. But the second I opened the My Book Essential 2TB, it immediately felt cheap. Indeed.
At the most, this disk can be used as a cheap backup drive but even that could be too much for it too handle.
Very disappointed. Do not buy.
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Most recent customer reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
OK ...does what it says....
I buy mostly from Amazon.....Very well shipped before given date....Good Shipping...So i am happy.
Also it requires special driver - and brouchure does not say in the QUICK... Read more
Also it requires special driver - and brouchure does not say in the QUICK... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Deven Parmar
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great product, Great price
I've been using this product for about a month now and it works well. I got the 2tb version because it was $10 more then the 1tb version that was available in local stores. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Madelaineh
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good for Backups
I needed more storage space for my Apple Time Capsule and this USB external hard drive works just fine complementing the TC.
Published 1 month ago by Keinnon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works Great without any conflict
This works great and rexonized drive right away, If you are using 32 bit and Windows XP like I am that you can only use a maxium of 2TB hard drive thats all the portion drive will... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Glen Peters
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bien, mais USB 3.0 trop fragile
J'aime le produit lorsqu'il fonctionne bien. La prise USB 3.0 est trop sensible et je perds parfois la communication avec mon WD.
Published 3 months ago by Sebastien
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very satisfied.
Very satisfied. This products alows me to store all my photos and videos, love it very much and use it on a regular basis.
Published 3 months ago by Annick
4.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for back up storage
This works for what we needed it for, back up storage of pictures and videos. Unfortunately I can't get it to connect to my TV but I think that might be my TV, not the unit.
Published 5 months ago by tleader
4.0 out of 5 stars
So far so good
Just dumped 260Gb of files on this drive in about 3 hours, which gives an average of 24Mb/second transfer rate, while I was multitasking on other things. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jean-Philippe Allard
1.0 out of 5 stars
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bought this product (2nd one) to back up my hard drive on the computer. Got it ready and the My Book began backing the hard drive. Half-way through it stopped. Read more
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