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Editorial Review:
The Elements external hard drive is the perfect storage solution, designed for file sharing and archiving. Thank to its built-in 500 GB memory capacity, the Elements external hard drive can store audio, video and photo files in a flash. Its USB 2.0 connection offers a high data transfer rate and is entirely Plug & Play. The Elements external hard drive is the perfect high-performance storage unit for all of your data.
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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Easy set up and storage I found WDE 500GB easy to setup and use. the transfer time was not a problem, although I did only transfer up to 80gb of video and photo's in one go. It has rubber shrouds either end to protect it from being damaged and didn't get hot whilst in use!
Doesn't stay the course Bought this device just over 6 months ago and it worked brilliantly, data transferred quickily and easily and then one day I booted up my pc and discovered this drive was not showing, went through all the logical procedures, checked the cables were properly connected and checked the fuse... I even tried connecting it to a different computer but still nothing!
Fortunately Western Digital accepted that it was still under warranty and have agreed to check it and if necessary replace it, but with a... more info
ok so far Only used it for the first time yesterday and it has done a few odd things. It appears to have crashed while transferring data a couple of times. It seems to have also removed some of the icons from my ibook g4, though the data is still there and not that difficult to put them back. On the positive side, it is small and light and has certainly transferred the data from my mac which was one of my concerns. I haven't needed any extra cables for this. I wanted to get one that definitely worked with... more info
Can't really fault 25p a gig Just plugged it in, you don't have to do ANYTHING. Straight away an icon pops up and literally 10 seconds later you can just be pulling files across. I bought it because I was completely wiping my comp (had a particularly nasty virus) and starting again. Copied my entire music collection onto it in one go (20 odd gig), as well as loads of video files and other general stuff. Nothing went wrong, it all copied, wiped comp, rebooted, dragged everything back across, done. Conclusion: happy, fast,... more info
