Western Digital Corp. Hard Drives

The Bottom Line: The Western Digital My Book World Edition is a fast, plug and play simple-to-use NAS server that unfortunately lacks many features and has subpar remote access performance.

Specs: 1 TB

The Bottom Line: The Western Digital My Book World Edition is a fast, plug and play simple-to-use NAS server that unfortunately lacks many features and has subpar remote access performance.

Specs: 2 TB

The Bottom Line: The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition is a compelling choice for an external drive, delivering excellent value, good performance, and two hard drives for added data security. For anyone looking for an external USB 2.0 drive, the My Book Mirror belongs on your shortlist.

Specs: 1 TB, Internal

The Bottom Line: The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition is a compelling choice for an external drive, delivering excellent value, good performance, and two hard drives for added data security. For anyone looking for an external USB 2.0 drive, the My Book Mirror belongs on your shortlist.

Specs: 2 TB, Internal

The Bottom Line: Whether you use a Mac or a PC, the 320GB Western Digital My Passport Studio is the perfect compact external drive with a low cost per GB, a compact design, decent performance, and a surprisingly lengthy warranty.

Specs: 320 GB, IEEE 1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB

The Bottom Line: Whether you use a Mac or a PC, the 320GB Western Digital My Passport Studio is the perfect compact external drive with a low cost per GB, a compact design, decent performance, and a surprisingly lengthy warranty.

Specs: 250 GB, IEEE 1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB

The Bottom Line: Whether you use a Mac or a PC, the 320GB Western Digital My Passport Studio is the perfect compact external drive with a low cost per GB, a compact design, decent performance, and a surprisingly lengthy warranty.

Specs: 160 GB, IEEE 1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB

The Bottom Line: The Western Digital MyBook World Edition is a simple-to-use NAS drive that makes remote access and file sharing easy for even beginners. Only its slow data transfer speed gives us pause.

Specs: My Book World Edition NAS server, 500 GB, PC, Mac, 4 pin USB Type A, RJ-45, Standard, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet

The Bottom Line: Western Digital's Passport Portable External Hard Drive lets you take a lot of data on the road for a low price.

Specs: 160 GB, Hi-Speed USB, 2.5", 2 MB, 12 ms, 5400 rpm

The Bottom Line: Western Digital's Passport Portable External Hard Drive lets you take a lot of data on the road for a low price.

Specs: 80 GB, Hi-Speed USB, 2.5", 2 MB, 12 ms, 5400 rpm