Western Digital My Book Essential 3TB USB 3.0 Black

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Massive drive.USB2 now with my iMac, but it's nice to know the USB3 is there for the upgrade down the road.Using it for Time Machine (local HDD and FW attached Drobo). There is a bug when you boot back and forth in Boot Camp. You have to disconnect the cable to get the drive to mount back up in OS X. WD support says Win7 SP1 will fix the issue. Massive, reasonably quickly and perfectly fits my will need.

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Extremely fast with USB three.. This drive when utilized with USB three. has quicker r\w times than my internal HDD which is a Seagate Momentus with 7200rpm. I did my tests with CrystalDiskMark on my HDD and the MyBook connected with USB two. and 3. employing the Kingwin USB 3. ExpressCard. Employing USB 3. created the r\w times three times faster. To keep the drive from falling asleep you require to install the WD SmartWare. It does permit you to just install the "drive settings" so you dont have to install all the automatic back up software program but even when the pc is coming back from sleep mode it takes a little too a lot time for my liking to wake back up. For the quantity of space you get for the cost this drive is excellent and if you use it with USB 3. it is quicker than my notebook HDD

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Fast shipping, 2.72 TB of space when formatted, powers down when not in use (takes about two-three seconds to energy up), USB 3. compatable (if you have usb 3. you'll enjoy it), comes with a usb 3. to usb 2. cord, fast and straightforward setup with no hassle and looks nice sitting on my desk. None as far as I'm concerned. Properly worth the dollars I spent, would acquire another one if I required more space.

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Lots of storage space and very quiet. Can't play ripped DVDs from the drive via Windows 7 Media Center. Other players could play the DVDs without problem, but I prefer to use the integrated player in Media Center. Difficult drive was recognized by Windows 7 x64, and I could write files to it and copy from it. Regrettably, Media Center couldn’t play ripped DVDs that resided on the drive. Moving the DVDs to other removable drives and to the internal difficult drive were playable. I was able to duplicate this problem on two other Windows 7 PCs. When trying to play DVDs from this drive, I was either presented with a black screen or I could get to the DVD's menu but it would freeze when I attempted to play the movie. I am not sure what the concern is, but this drive is unsuitable as a DVD repository for my HTPC. I will be replacing this with a two TB external drive.Giving two stars given that it appears to work, just not for my purposes.

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Works terrific as a backup storage unit. Drive is plenty quick sufficient and at a superior cost. Really silent. I'll acquire yet another. A small slow starting immediately after sitting in a wait state. Backing up massive amounts of information takes time. The USB two. interface is not bad at all. USB 3. if very excellent. I would not use this for heavy use, but for backup and storage of files that are not utilised typically is quite very good.