Media:Electronics Autographed:No Memorabilia:No Fragile:No Batteries Included:No Operating System:Microsoft Windows 2000 Hard Drive Size:500 Shipping Weight (lbs):7.1 Dimensions (in):9.1 x 11.5 x 6.7 nv:Form Factor:Desktop Compatible RAID Levels:1 Total Storage Capacity:1.0 TB Hard Drives Included:2 Spindle Speed (RPM):7200 USB Ports:1 RJ-45 Ports:1 Communications Description:Network Adapter Interface Type:RJ-45 Data Transfer Rate:1000 Mbps Data Transfer Rate:100 Mbps Data Transfer Rate:10 Mbps Protocols:TCP/IP Built-In Network Services:FTP Server Networking Standards:IEEE 802.3i 10Base-T Ethernet Networking Standards:IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet Warranty:3 years warranty
Product Description Add this unique remote-access storage system to your wired or wireless network and you'll have a surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share data and photos at home, in the office, and anywhere in the world - even when your local computer is off.PRODUCT FEATURES:WD Anywhere Access - This storage system and all the files on it are always accessible when you need them, even when your local computer is turned off;Easy to set up, easy to use - You're up and running in a few simple steps. Wizard software steps you through RAID configuration and network setup is a breeze with our unique, powerful remote access software;Data OnHand - From any PC, use Windows Explorer to securely browse through folders on My Book World Edition. Open, edit and save files as though they are right there with you;Extra data protection with RAID 1 - For extra data protection, dedicate half the capacity for mirroring, and automatically and instantaneously back up data every time you save it;Extraordinary capacity - With up to 1.5 TB of storage in an elegant, small footprint design, you have plenty of space to store an entire digital photo library, your HD movie collection and hours and hours of DV video;User serviceable - Easy access allows you to open the case and replace a drive. No need to send the entire system in for service;Gigabit Ethernet Connection - High-performance 1000/100/10 compatible Ethernet connection;EMC Retrospect Express backup software - Easy-to-use software for scheduled or on-demand file backup;UPnP enabled - Makes network configuration easy and convenient;Capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your storage system;Quiet and cool - An efficient convection cooling system and a thermostatically controlled fan keep this unit reliably cool and remarkably quiet.
This drive is a piece of junkNovember 17, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had this hard drive for several years. I returned the first one I bought because I could not get my computer to recognize the drive after I connected it up. Thinking it was a bad drive, I exchanged it for another one and this time after much effort, I was able to make my computer recognize the drive. Since my OS was the new Vista at the time, I attributed my problems to a faulty driver. However, after running this external hard drive for several years, I find the drive runs very hot and then the loud cooling fan kicks in ... and I mean loud. At least once a day and sometimes several times a day the drive gets so hot it shuts down. When it does I have to disconnect the electrical power from the drive as well as the USB and let it sit for fifteen minutes or longer to cool off before I can reconnect it. Also, I have found many of the movies I record seem to lock up and release, lockup and release to the point I have to delete the movie. From watching the monitor on the front of the drive, it appears that the drive reads the movie file, and then stops for a while and then reads the movie file again and then stops..etc. I run a virus check on my computer once a day and this generally shuts my drive down before it completes reading the entire drive. The bottom line is I think this drive is a piece of junk.
Six months? That's it?November 16, 2008 This hard drive was storing thousands of family photos, some as from as far back as the late 1800s. The photo library I entrusted to this piece of junk included parents, grandparents, great-grandparents... family from around the world.
I'd been scanning them for years, making repairs to the oldest and storing them all.
And six months after I got it, it died. EVERYTHING GONE.
In a panic, I did a search for any of the pictures I'd lost... and found them all on another drive. Seems one of my backup programs had grabbed the entire library even though it wasn't supposed to. Everything that had been added to the library from the time the backup grabbed a copy of the library to the time the drive failed was still stored on my camera and on my phone.
The luck. It's absolutely staggering how unbelievably lucky that was.
It still left me with a hunk of useless, six month old crud. I sent it back into WD and they replaced it with a refurbished one that I don't trust as far as I can throw it. See the current price up there? WD held the full, original retail price against my credit card until the failed drive arrived at their end... and they made me pay for the shipping.
This drive was: - Kept in an air conditioned environment. - Never moved, dropped, or damaged - Free from spills, debris, and moisture - Free from vibration and magnetic fields - Plugged into a UPS
This isn't the first WD MyBook hard drive I've bought that has proven unstable under similar conditions. I will never buy another WD product.
__________ *Moral: Keep backups of your important data. I've never heard of anyone getting so lucky that their irreplacable data was accidently backed up before, and I doubt I ever will again. I've the data on two drives now - yes, one is the refurbished drive, and I trust it so little I'm in the process of putting everything onto DVDs.
Completely unreliableNovember 8, 2008 Don't bother using this storage in anything but mirrored configuration. I bought three of them, and only 1 that works properly.
WD Anywhere Access is a joke. Completely pointless, unnecessarily complicated, and did I mention pointless. Spare yourself hours of misery, and just use Live FolderShare for the Windows users out there. You need a PC running it on the network (so it doesn't run on the drive) but works a billion times better.
Talking about unreliable. The one 1TB has died completely. Powering on just results in a irritating ticking sound (probably a drive failure). On my other 1TB I get the now infamous "Drive B Failed" status message, which indicates that the software thinks there is something wrong, but amazingly - I can still use ALL the storage. I am now moving everything off this 1TB onto a third 1TB, which is currently still OK.
Really disappointed, as this drive has so much potential. I love the idea of NAS storage, and sadly there just aren't that many good options out there. This is yet another one to skip.
Western Digital Unit OverheatsOctober 28, 2008 I have only have owned this for a few months and now is overheats, you can work around all the other issues this unit has except this one. the device even has a fan, but it does not stay on long enough to keep the unit from shuting itself off and it its overheat mode. Seems this is a common issue and many other users have had this happen to them as well. I will not buy another Western Digital Storage device.
FIne NAS Server with a few drawbacks.October 16, 2008 File sharing on the LAN works fine. Any computer that works with SMB/CIFS will work with this on the LAN. That means Windows, Mac, Linux and even BeOS... The Mionet software is windows only, but that's totally unnecessary to use this device. The global access is a nifty but very limited feature. It's not for me anyway.
The big drawbacks to this device, and what makes me give it three instead of five stars is that if you blow a drive, you must replace it with one from western digital. The second one is that the drives don't power down when not in ues either, which means that life span is going to be a bit shorter ( granted when not accessing data the drive isn't doing much anyway ).
It's a good device, and the people on here who are giving it bad reviews because are for the most part people who just don't understand networking.
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