Western Digital Elements 1TB 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive

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Great difficulty cost-free and large volumes of space none

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Quiet, stays cool. I was skeptical when I initial got the unit since there is no ventilation anywhere. Unit gets a tiny warm after an hour or so of continuous usage (transferring files, streaming videos/music to my htpc) but that's it. Not what you would anticipate from a unit with no ventilation. I am really please with the unit so far. None. Its a tiny slow but that's to be expected from an external HD. It was a fantastic deal. I am pleased with the unit so far.

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Got this on sale for $100, it was a steal at that price.

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Excellent out of the box. Plug it in and it goes. Quiet with a clean look. Other than speed, operates for me. usb 2.. Activity light is on the back, where I have placed on my desk, I can see the light against my wall.

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Operates as intended shop a buncha files and such on it. For the cost its great no problems at all with it. None at all. My Rig:Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA875GMT-UD2H Socket AM3Processor: AMD Athlon II 250 x2 6000+ @ 3.4ghzMemory: G.Skill 6GB 1600mhz DDR3Video: EVGA 9800 GTX+ 512 GDDR3

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+ Quiet+ No vibration+ no super bright blue LED on the front that blinds you+ fashionable+ stackable+ pretty strong - short energy and usb cables- no energy switch WD made a good product as usual.

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It's a good external hard drive that has a lot of room that's pretty reliable.

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Extremely quiet. No annoying lights, no obsessive vibration, top quality feel, extremely basic look, and solid overall performance. I use it as an extension on my VIP 612 DVR from Dish. None so far I personally like the way it looks and I love the fact that the tiny LED is at the back of the drive. It operates perfectly for my desires.

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Completely Silent-nice appear for any desk. Decent speed from USB 2.- external powers supply and USB to mini cable included. EADS inside drive case, fantastic drive. Personal 6 of them, no concerns. Heat- Drive gets close to 45 degrees when transferring huge amounts of information. To me 45 degrees is unacceptable. ALL of my tricky drives are in coolers (heatsink style) or have cooler fans attached to them. 1 drive out of 40+ drives have gone bad on me in the final 15 years-coincidence? I will most most likely be taking the drive out and placing it into a superior cooler or modding the WD box- I will most likely destroy it by attempting to take away the drive but I guess we'll see. Activity light on the back? Not positive the reasoning behind this but at least there is 1. No energy switch as mentioned- not a huge deal but I believe these HD organizations must genuinely go the extra mile and devote the ũ and inclue a straightforward on/off switch on their external boxes.

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It works. Slow transfer speeds of about 25MB/s on average. Saw the 1.5tb drive a week later for ฟ more :/

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Extremely solid case, nothing rattling like other external drives. Fantastic value and has been extremely reliable. I travel with a lot of gear and this is one particular of the most sturdy external hard drives I've observed. none I'd like to see producers make the power cords permanently attatched to the devices. The seperating power cords usually get mixed up with cords for other devices unless you label them.

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Functions great. I had it for a even though now, under no circumstances gave me trouble. I dont move it though and i have practically filled it up with stuff and still no complications. Operates wonderful as a paper weight also :). None

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1TB massive storage, just what I wanted. Abysmally slow, takes too extended to commence up and locate files. I wouldn't reccommend this drive for anything other than backing up files. It's too slow to function for programs and HD stuff.

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Speedy and quiet None

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Use this drive as media storage for my very old desktop. Share the drive on my network and have had no problems with it. Easy to use right out of the box and is a very quiet drive with a sleek design. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a quality build.

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Functions good. I've been employing it to back up data from numerous computers so it hasn't seen heavy use but its quiet and stable. The real test for a challenging drive comes with age so we'll see how it does more than the following years. It has a flashing white light that is a bit annoying but this is very easily fixed by creating confident its out of sight.

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worked nicely for a month. worked well for a month and then it died....

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Its a fantastic difficult drive from a good firm. It works Possibly they could have the indicator light on the front and the connections on the back.

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its a excellent backup device, None i was able to move five,000 plus photos onto this drive, its a wonderful bargain for the cost

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Made by Western Digital so it is quality build. The case is simplistic, only one small LED on the back.Wish I could have found a drive with eSata for faster transfer speeds. Decent price for the make and size.

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I got it in the mail, unpack it, plug the energy and usb cables in and its prepared to go. You can't get much far better than that! This is an upgrade I've been wanting obtain for a even though, and I need to have accomplished it sooner! Fantastic job Western Digital! As of but, none at all

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Just want to have an external hard drive for backup, and this one just fit the bill. Everything work just out of the box.

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Newegg is great, fast shipping fantastic price. The drive on the other hand is terrible. I have advised a couple of of these drives to my shoppers, and I bought one too. Of 3 drives, 2 failed. 1 was DOA 鸴GB two.five") the other ƑTB three.five") worked for the initially connection just fine, then moved to an additional laptop or computer (the wrapping is still on it!) And it does not spin and is not recognized by the computer. But hey the light blinks steadly.Not worth its weight in Elephant dung. BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE I have worked with hundreds of drives, WD has always been great. But it appears that the Elements line is not up to their commonly reputation.

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plus and play works really simply. non that i can believe of but other than it requirements to be plugged in an outlet to function excellent obtain for a wonderful price.

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- runs cool, and quite quiet - takes a though to spin up I used this with my airport express to network access to my media files and although it does the job, it takes a bit for the drive to spin up immediately after just sitting there for a even though, which makes browsing it annoying.Plex and XBMC don\'t forget what they found on it just before anyway, so soon after it was set up, this was just a mild annoyance.