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Western Digital Elements 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | 
| Category: CE
Buy New: £59.99
New (8) from £57.99
Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 272
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.1 x 1.7
Model: WDE1U5000U
UPC: 718037119588
EAN: 5051749307931
ASIN: B000OS54TA
Release Date: March 25, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Box Content
- External 3.5" USB 2.0 hard drive
- 6 foot (1.8m) USB 2.0 certified interface cable
- AC adapter with power cord
- Quick Install Guide
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| Customer Reviews: Read 59 more reviews...
 Western Digital External Hard Drives October 8, 2008
Mrs. Marion Smith
I have bought 2 external hard drive from Western Digital. The 1st a few years ago & the 2nd quite recently.
I have had absolutely no problems with either & would highly recomend theWestern Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive it installs easily & has no sound.It is also value for money.
Excellent! (...It's not always the drive that's the problem). October 3, 2008
GB (Surrey, U.K.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm just about to purchase my third one of these drives. The other two have given faultless service over the past 18 months.
I connect the drives to my PC using a 4 port USB2 hub and have encountered some of the problems from earlier reviews (drive not recognised, failed to power up, etc). However, a little patience and thinking things through revealed things such as:
- faulty USB lead
- fuse blown in the plug(!)
- loose USB socket on PC (probably from over-use...hence the hub I now keep permanently connected
- USB lead not connected properly (just remove...leave a few seconds and then try again)
I did not re-format my discs when purchased and they worked straight out of the box...no problem. There may be faster external drives out there, but key for me is reliability. And these have been 100% reliable.
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