Product Description

Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WDH1U10000N
• Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
• Hard Disk: 1000GB

Features

• Easy to set up, easy to use: Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install.
• Automatic backup: every time you save something it's automatically backed up.
• Interface: USB 2.0
• Fits right in: Takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf.
• Environmentally friendly: Our environmentally-friendly drive is designed to save power by going into standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. When you'’re ready to use it, it wakes up automatically.

From the Manufacturer
Are you running out of hard drive capacity? Do you need to archive some important digital documents, photos, or music? The Western Digital WDH1U10000N My Book Essential Edition 2.0 1 TB external hard drive, which takes no more space than a paperback book, is the perfect solution. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf.

My Book Essential Edition 2.0 is easy to set up and easy to use. Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. This external hard drive also turns itself on and off with your computer. It's ideal for anyone who needs instant storage for their important files or a digital photo collection.

A USB 2.0 connection is available for convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. The drive is also PC and Mac compatible: You can use the My Book Essential Edition with both PCs running Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista and Macs running OSX 10.4.8 or higher.

The My Book Essential Edition is backed by a 1-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
WDH1U10000N My Book Essential Edition 2.0 external hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter, and quick install guide.

Customer Reviews

HugesStorage in a small quiet package
Since I'm sure you understand the basics of an external hard drive so let me make this brief. This drive worked perfectly right out of the box. It is quiet, it is fast, the software provided is garbage trial-ware but you don't really care because you're going to delete it all when you reformat the drive to NTFS anyhow. 1TB for this price is fantastic. I've had the drive a month and it's great.

Best of luck to you.

Well Worth It
This is my second WD drive and I must say they have not disappointed me one bit. The quietness and durability of these drives are awesome in my opinion. I have own them for over a year and no problem whatsoever. If you really need a large storage external drive, WD is the way to go.

If I need another drive, I would not hesitate to buy another external hdd from WD again. Go Western Digital !!

Frustrating
I got this for use as a backup drive using third party software. I've had a couple other WD drives which I liked fine. This one was a problem from day one, however. There were two major issues:

1) The drive would just randomly unmount/disconnect after a few hours.

2) The drive was painfully slow.

Unfortunately, I had some travel and was past 30 days when I returned. I tried several things -- too many, really -- to try to fix this without success. When I have time, I may remove the drive from the casing and see if it can be salvaged.

Meanwhile, I ordered a SimpleTech drive and it works like a dream, much faster with no complications, for the same price. I will be using SimpleTech in the future.