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User reviews
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12 out of 14 people found this review helpful
1.0 stars
"DOA - This Product Does Not Work"
Pros: Small and Fairly Light for 500GB
Cons: Cheap plastic case; functioned for two days only
Summary: This drive was too good to be true -- 500GB e... read more
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
Pros: Small, Stylish, Quiet
Cons: Non-Removable HD
Summary: I've owned a few external drives and this is ... read more
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
5.0 stars
"Owning 10 of these drives can't be a bad thing!"
Pros: Price, and very low heat generated,
Cons: None that I can think of.
Summary: Over the last year, I've purchased ten of the... read more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
0.5 stars
"be far avay from wd essential externel drive, really"
Pros: big, so you can't take it with you all the time. mean; no responsibility
Cons: not safe, hard to open case, enough slow
Summary: 1. main directory is not clean, full of some ... read more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"AWESOME - I own 4 of them and no problems!"
Pros: Great Capacity - Low Cost - Good Speed!
Cons: 500 GB is really 465 GB - I'm running out of USB ports!
Summary: I download/upload a ton of items directly to/... read more
Where to buy
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition external hard drive (500GB):
$116.44 - $125.00
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$125.00 | Yes |
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