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Carry your music, video, and photos in style with WD’s My Passport Essential Portable Drive. Big capacity in a small elegant design.These elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter - they are powered directly through the USB cable. Works with Windows and Mac, they allow you synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security.
Customer Review: WD 320GB My Passport
I have used a couple of these Portable HDDs in the past and everyone of them are still in great shape, and serve their purpose very well. Another nice point to bring up is they do not require a power cable, they are powered by the USB connection.
Customer Review: Great device
Bought for my husband for christmas. He needed one of these portable harddrives. It’s very compact, nice looking with it’s piano finish look, and good quality. Great price for this device. Worth every cent. Buy Here

WD Caviar SE Serial ATA 7200 RPM hard drives have the features and capacities ideal for next-generation computers and low-end enterprise storage. Users benefit from large capacities, 8 MB cache, a data transfer rate of 150 MB/s and improved cabling that enables greater system design flexibility. Cool-running, quiet operation, superior performance, and industry-leading reliability make these next-generation WD Caviar SE drives the perfect hard drives for desktop and enterprise storage. FlexPower - connector technology that accepts power from both industry-standard and new SATA power supplies Point-to-point bus configuration - utilizes the full bandwidth of each drive interface in a networked environment Hot plug support - ability to swap out a hard drive without having to power down the system or reboot promotes system design flexibility, data availability, and serviceability Backplane compatibility - promotes expandability and flexibility in system architecture 1 year limited manufacturer’s warranty
Customer Review: dead
I have tried to make thi thing work in three computers. It is never recognized in POST. I don’t hear it spin with mechanic’s stethoscope. I have been able to get other models (later) to work in those machines. I am certain it is in the hybrid, or “older” power coupling as it does not look like later versions of the SATA. I was unable to return as I had a Ultra-ATA/SATA form factor issue until I purchased a IDE-SATA card which took me past the warranty. The new Intel mobo with native SATA for my “build your own” and my new Dell don’t see it.
Customer Review: Good
Hard drive is what was ordered good packaging etc. the Installation kit is unnecessary if it is a replacement and drive. there should be a note that the drive needs to be formatted for first use. Buy Here

WD Elements USB 2.0 external hard drive is an easy-to-use, reliable way to add more storage to your PC or Macintosh. Simply plug it in to a USB port and start saving or backing up your photos, music, video, and files. It’s preformatted for immediate use so there’s no software or CD to load. The compact, durable metal case provides extra data protection helping keep data safe from loss.
Customer Review: Great deal
The price and delivery were excellent. The hard drive installation was very easy, and it works great. Very satisfied.
Customer Review: Really great external drive
Haven’t really got into using this drive yet. It is a good old brand name and was purchased for the size and price. I thought it was unbeatable. Buy Here

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Life in a desktop computer doesn’t compare to the extreme environment in an always-on, high duty cycle RAID system. What’s needed is a drive engineered to thrive in a high-intensity RAID system while still offering traditional low cost-per-capacity desktop value. That drive is the WD RE. Designed and manufactured to enterprise-class standards, WD RE drives provide enhanced reliability in a 24×7, continuous duty cycle environment.
Customer Review: Brick House
Solid, fast, reliable… I think that’s all I need in a hard drive. Very nice product at a great price. Buy Here

Product Description SPECIFICATIONSCapacity 10GBSize 3.5″Interface IDE/ATAItem shipped could be WD100, WD100BA, WD31000 or WD102AA model. Please state preference when ordering if you have one. Buy Here

A luxurious soft-touch finish makes these drives easy to grip, comfortable to hold, and beautiful to show off to your friends. Combine that with mega-capacity that fits in your pocket, plus a whole host of powerful features and you’ll understand why these little drives are called Elite.
Customer Review: passport
Outlet was the best internet seller I’ve ever have had to deal with. They called me on Sat. to tell me they were out of stock of the color I ordered and I received the hard drive on Mon. coast to coast after I changed my color selection. Buy Here

WD Caviar SE16 drives combine 16 MB cache with 3 Gb/s transfer rate for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop and workstation applications. Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise and cool drive operation and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it. 400GB holds Up to 114,200 digital photos; Up to 100,000 songs (MP3), Up to 10,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality); Up to 30 hours of Digital Video (DV); Up to 170 hours of DVD quality video; Up to 48 hours of HD video Buy Here

Hard Drive Case is well constructed to provide protection during hard drive transfer from location to location. Fits hard drives up to: 9″ x 6.5″ x 1.75″. Compatible w/ WESTERN DIGITAL WD Elements Desktop / Caviar / VelociRaptor / RE3 / RE2-GP Series. Model #s: WD1000FYPS WD1001FALS WD10EACS WD1500BLFS WD2500AAKS WD2502ABYS WD3000BLFS WD3200AAKS WD3202ABYS WD4000AAKS WD5000AACS WD5000AAKS WD5000ABPS WD5002ABYS WD6400AAKS WD7500AACS WD7500AAKS WD7500AYPS WD7501AALS WDE1U5000N
Customer Review: Perfect for my WD Essential 500GB External Hard Disk
This case fits my WD Essential external hard disk, power supply and the USB cables without any hassle. Extremely useful when transporting you HD around wherever you go. The hard case and the internal foam support provides adequate room and protection keeping your data and equipment safe from normal impacts. The zipper seals the case shut and repel splashes of water like rain. I highly recommend this case if you have the WD Essential HD. Buy Here

WD RE2-GP enterprise SATA hard drives make it possible for large-scale data centers to increase storage capacity without exceeding available power, and in many cases actually reducing power consumption. WD RE2-GP drives help combat the four major challenges large data installations face - total drive slots, maximum capacity, power allotment, and financial constraints - while lowering the total cost of ownership.ment, and available operations expense budget - while lowering the overall total cost of ownership.
Customer Review: Mine works well
I bought one of these for my HTPC, which seems like a perfect use for it. The drive offers a balance between performance and power consumption, plus it is very quiet.

You should know that this drive is not intended to be as fast as a true 7200rpm drive; power savings and quieter operation result from taking the speed down. If performance is more important, there are faster 1TB drives; look elsewhere.

In installed mine and it worked perfectly, and still does, as I expected it would. The system performance does not suffer in ways that I notice, but on the HTPC ultra-fast disks is not a priority.

UPDATE: I bought a second one for 2TB on my media/HTPC … it also works well.
Customer Review: When it works!
First drive failed Diagnostics. Second drive from WDC, not the Vendor, was DOA (Drive was referbished, and just off the (re)assembly line. If you yell loud enough, WDC will swap out a NEW one not another referb. As they say, Third time is a charm. Works great, saves power. I don’t notice the reduced performance over a straight 7200 RPM Drive. The Vendor was not to blame in any way for the drive problems. WDC needs to clean up their act, quality control is very poor on these drives. Buy Here