| Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black | 
| Brand: Western Digital
Category: Personal Computer
Buy New: £54.95
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Rating:  220 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 1000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 1.9 x 6.5
MPN: 0718037751832
Model: WDBAAU0010HBK-UESN
UPC: 718037759463
EAN: 0718037751832
Release Date: September 21, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Great drive ! February 21, 2010
i.pod (London)
85 out of 85 found this review helpful
I Have 3 of the previous model and they have not been a problem once - So I picked up one of these new version's and it worked out the box and so far it's been 100% reliable and I'm very happy with it. If you're after some cheap extra storage then I would recommend this Drive - 1TB is more than enough for 90% of everyday users
Quiet, cool and unobtrusive November 22, 2009
A. Hopkinson
308 out of 312 found this review helpful
I bought this hard disk primarily for use with Apple Time Machine from two Mac laptops - a Macbook and a Macbook Pro. The drive comes formatted for Windows but a reformat only took a few seconds. Usable space on the drive is 931.5GB - I have the drive partitioned, 600GB for Time Machine and 330GB for general usage.
The drive is very smart, with a textured top and glossy sides and has rubber feet. Both connectors (power and usb) are at the back, next to a white activity light, so there's nothing flashing at the front. The power lead is fairly compact (compared to my Lacie FA Porsche drive), with the transformer built in to the plug rather than halfway along the lead. Even the USB cable is well designed, with moulded easy-grip ends.
The drive is almost completely silent and runs very cool despite having no fan. I've probably moved about 1TB on and off it over the last 24 hours and it's never even been warm. Transfer speeds seem to be around 1GB/minute for both large files (a 200GB SuperDuper sparseimage) and many small files (my 50GB iTunes library), which is about standard for a USB hard disk as far as other reviews say. This equates to about 130Mb/s - USB is apparently capable of 480Mb/s, but I've never seen those speeds.
The drive has a two year warranty in the UK/Europe, which I think is the same as other drives in the WD range (although the My Book Elite has 3 years).
All in, for a budget external drive this is a great buy with solid build and performance to match any decent USB drive.
WD 1TB USB March 9, 2010
Mr. Keith L. Young (Peterborough, UK)
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
A very robust box which performs silently.
Implementation is immediate and does not affect the performence of the laptop.
I am very pleased to own one and have found further uses than the ones I bought it for
Excellent Value Drive March 20, 2010
Ethanfox
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Felt compelled to write this review to tell people who MAY be interested in buying one of these that mine, bought on the 18th March 2010 DID come with a UK power adapter. It is a simple drive but excellent value for a 1TB drive. I just plugged it in and it worked. I used Microsoft SyncToy to back everything up.
A solid piece of equipment March 24, 2010
Inspector Gadget (On the trail of Doctor Claw)
37 out of 40 found this review helpful
Hard drive space has always been a big problem for me. From my old computer, to my new-ish laptop and my measly 40GB PS3 I have always struggled to make space for big files. And when your into sound mixing and saving MP3 files at massive bitrates you'll be surprised how quickly an ordinary hard drive can fill up.
This sleek, little black box from Western Digital Elements holds a whopping 1TB (a terrabyte; a thousand gigabytes). Hard to believe. In a few years this kind of memory space will probably be the norm but for the moment it blows my mind. It also transfers files pretty fast so don't worry about waiting for ages like you do with USB sticks or media players.
A lot of people here have complained that the drive comes with a European two-pronged plug. Mine's didn't. Maybe it was just the first batch or something. If there was a problem with the plugs it has been sorted. And since UK/Euro adapters are for sale for £1 in nearly every hardware store in the country it wouldn't have been that much of a deal in the first place.
The drive, however, is only compatible with Windows or Mac. It might be possible to make it work with Linux through trickery but I wouldn't take the gamble. Just make sure you don't place it somewhere where it will overheat (there is no fan in this device) and don't let the lower ratings and negative reviews put you off.
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