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Western Digital 750GB My Book Essential USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, WDH1U7500N | 
| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $271.47
Buy New: $135.99
You Save: $135.48 (50%)
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 569
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 750
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
nv:Capacity (GB): 750
Interface: USB 2.0
Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
Buffer Memory: 16MB
Average Seek (msec): <8.9
Track-to-Track Seek Time (typical read, ms): 2.0
Data Transfer Rate on USB 2.0: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Temperature, Operating (C): 5 to 35
Temperature, Nonoperating (C): -40 to 65
Type: Retail
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WDH1U7500N
Model: WDH1U7500N
UPC: 718037120812
EAN: 0718037120812
ASIN: B000XRI034
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Includes - External hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter and Quick Install Guide | | • | Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer | | • | Saving and organizing your digital photo collection | | • | USB 2.0 Serial Bus Transfer Rate - 480 Mbits/s | | • | System Requirements - Available USB port, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later |
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Product Description
This elegant external hard drive, reminiscent of a book, is the perfect storage solution. It takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. A USB 2.0 simple connection offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Dimensions - Height 6.5 x Length 5.4 x Width 2.1 Weight - 2.5 Pounds
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 RELIABLE - A GOOD DEAL August 28, 2008
Pigs (Indianapolis)
I just ordered my ninth one of these drives - they're perfect for use with the DISH Network HD receiver as external storage for recorded movies - 9 drives - no failures!
works well, July 27, 2008
Jean Allis Notte (san diego, ca)
I haven't had any problems with it yet. I do wish it had an on/off switch like some of my other external HDs.
 Excellent drive, but may cause USB conflicts July 27, 2008
Dr. G. C. Corynen (San Francisco)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Due to increased photographic work, I needed an additional backup drive. After about two days of research, I limited my choice to Western Digital (WD) and Seagate. Given that Terabyte desktops are operating near the technological envelope, I reduced desired size to 750 GB. By pure coincidence, I happened to meet a WD engineer while on a beach in San Simeon(CA). He convinced me that his company's "WDH1U7500N Essential USB 2.0" was the best choice(surprise?), and I bought it.
Installation was easy and the disk was promptly recognized by my Windows XP SP3 system. Considering that backup software packaged on such disks - not only WD's - have been found to be generally unreliable, I decided to perform backups manually, and I immediately reformatted the disk into four NTFS sub-disks, thereby throwing away the included software.
Reading from and writing to the disk went well.......until I plugged in an additional USB 2.0 peripheral into one of the computer's OEM ports. The machine no longer recognized the WD disk until I unplugged the additional device and rebooted the system. All attached USB peripherals are OEM devices available at most computer stores. I spent more than two hours investigating the possibility of IRQ or memory conflicts, but I could not find any. I did notice, however, that system disk and peripheral names and labels had been changed, possibly causing a conflict there.
I should note that the additional USB device referred to earlier is a USB Hub with several USB outputs. One conceivable explanation is that this machine-driven hub is causing an electrical overload, or that the names and labels of its multiple outputs conflicted with the WD drive.
Based on poor opinions of WD support, I decided to remove the hub, and everything returned to normal. In an abundance of thoroughness, I should probably call the engineer who recommended the disk.
Dr. GC
Easy setup, performs as described. July 26, 2008
Greg Coleman (Montana - USA)
Hard drives seem to have become a commodity with speed, failure rates and cost per GB being the important factors. I am pleased with the drive, it works as described. The one issue I'm having is with the automatic on/off feature. I'm using the drive with my dish network DVR. The drive senses when the computer is turned on and off to turn itself on or off. It does not get the message from the DVR and remains on. There does not appear to be a physical on off switch so I have to unplug the drive to turn it off. I would not buy this drive again for this DVR application. I believe it is a good value for a computer drive.
Excellent Deal July 25, 2008
Romulo Reyes (Santo Domingo, R.D)
excellent seller, great item, so quick shipping everything great. Great Deal no doubt bout it
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