Western Digital My Book™ Essential Edition™ WDG1U2500N 250 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive

pros: nice price.

cons: faulty product. accident waiting to happen.

do not waste your money

this is terrible product. i bought and used it for just past the warranty period. the unit made nois... See Full Review

pros: Um....everything???!!!!!!

cons: Can't really think of any...I LOVE the cool green power ring!

Excellent HD!

I find it amusing that a common complaint has been the lack of documentation or instructions that ac... See Full Review

pros: nice concept, convenient

cons: defective product

Stay away from this drive

I have been a fan of Western Digital hard drives for many years, but that ended with this product. I... See Full Review

pros: size, price, ease of use

cons: user manual on board not paper

western digital 250 external hard drive

i bought one of these last year as i needed extra space to store all my stuff on. i have found that... See Full Review

pros: Served me well(and my pocket) for 9 months

cons: a little noisy and slow

Western Digital-250 GB, Slow and steady, noisy but does not wake up my wife.

Hi How are you? Got this 9 months back and has been doing very well. I have used its capacity to abo... See Full Review

pros: Seems to be well-built hardware Lot's of storage for the $$

cons: Very poor support website Very poor manual

Not the Book for Me

Wanted an external Hard Drive after brother's recent experience with corrupted files saved by his ex... See Full Review

pros: A good price, a good looking unit, and a good performing hard drive.

cons: Doesn't have firewire connectivity, thus daisy-chaining is out of the question.

Western Digital - A hard drive with a green-lighted ring

Introduction: Only in recent days, I have received my Dell Dimension 4600 computer from my time livi... See Full Review

pros: Small, capable, inexpensive, easy to install and use.

cons: Weak and confusing installation instructions.

Indeed, DO Buy the Book

I've had an 80 GB external drive for several years, and I've used it for (somewhat irregular) backup... See Full Review

pros: Simplicity personified, relatively attractive, small, inexpensive.

cons: That light ring is annoying! No software CD. No paper manual. Slightly noisy.

Buy The Book

Intro - After installing a 160 gig Seagate a while back, I figured I wouldn&#146t need another har... See Full Review