WD Hard drive Blog

Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. These drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter - they are powered directly through the USB cable.Installation is a snap because you don’t really “install” this drive; you just plug it in and it’s ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in. Powered by the USB bus, so no separate power supply needed. This ultra-portable drive fits easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces and holds tons of valuable data.
Customer Review: Absolute garbage
Absolute garbage. I’ve had two out of three of these go bad. WD makes some of the worst drives I’ve ever seen. Don’t go anywhere near these. Garbage.
Customer Review: Failed in Three Months, No International Warranty
This drive worked great as long as it worked — and then suddenly it stopped working. None of the troubleshooting or support on the manufacturer’s site helped — and I cannot get this replaced since Western Digital India does not stock this product. I bought this on a visit to the US. Buy Here

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The sleek CAUP Series features a lightweight aluminum case that can fit in your shirt pocket to take your important data wherever you go. Powered by USB cable alone, it defies the normal boundaries of an external hard drive. Indeed, even as the veritable definition of portability, the CAUP makes no sacrifice in storage space this powerful 2.5 drive is proof that good things come in small packages.

The CAUP boasts exceptional heat dissipation without a fan for near-silent operation. It is also remarkably durable, with state-of-the art shock absorption. The stylish enclosure is constructed of solid aluminum, keeping the hard drive operating at a safe and cool temperature while protecting the data within. Buy Here

Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB Hard Drive WD Caviar SE16 7200 RPM next-generation SATA hard drives feature up to 640 GB of storage and a 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance. Yes, these reliable drives are fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. Designed for high-performance computers, multimedia and gaming systems. 16 MB Cache Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with up to 300 MB/s transfer rate make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC with a fast processor. Cool Operating Temperature WD hard drives are designed to have the lowest power consumption of any high-capacity, desktop-class hard drive which lowers the operating temperature for enhanced drive reliability. Buy Here

Western Digital offers WD Caviar SE Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives with features and capacities that are ideal for next-generation computers and low-end enterprise storage. Users benefit from a data transfer rate performance roadmap that begins with 150 MB/s and extends to 600 MB/s, as well as improved cabling that enables greater system design flexibility. Designers of enterprise storage systems and servers are increasingly using desktop-class, large-capacity SATA hard drives because of the advantages that the SATA interface provides. Buy Here

High capacity storage!This Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500SB IDE hard drive packs 250 GB of storage capacity witha 7200 RPM spindle speed and an 8 MB buffer! An UDMA/100 transfer rate, 4.20 ms latency, and 8.9 read seek time ensures smooth and reliable operation. Order today! Buy Here

Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. These drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter - they are powered directly through the USB cable.Installation is a snap because you don’t really “install” this drive; you just plug it in and it’s ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in. Powered by the USB bus, so no separate power supply needed. This ultra-portable drive fits easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces and holds tons of valuable data. Buy Here

Take a leap forward when expanding your computer’s hard drive storage. This Western Digital WD800JBRTL Caviar Special Edition Hard Drive adds 80 GB of additional storage to your desktop PC. Ultra ATA100 data transfer rates of up to 100 MB per second, 50 percent faster than Ultra ATA/66 8MB Buffer Data Lifeguard - Exclusive hardware, software and services designed to protect your data Hard Drive Cable Included 1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty Comes with a Cable Select compliant 40-pin, 80-conductor IDE interface cable, mounting screws, jumpers, installation poster, installation guide, and Data Lifeguard Tools installation software and utilities
Customer Review: Two WD800 HD failures at 2.5 year mark
I must concur with the previous negative reviews of this HD. My husband bought a Western Digital 80G HD in spring 03 and the motor failed Dec 05. My computer came OEM with a Western Digital 80G in Summer of 03 and it failed 2 wweeks after the other one. Motor again. Drive had 20+ gigs of wedding and baby photos. Irreplaceable. Both computers were UPS protected and medium to light use. Mine was 100% original, used only for email and photo storage (and a little solitaire). No power robbing add-ons, no ventilation issues.

If your data is important to you DO NOT BUY this drive, and I would question any WD product if this is how they handle a defective product. I have no axe to grind other than the failure of these two hard drives.
Customer Review: Two Failed WD80 GB HDD in one Year
For many years I used and recommended the WD products. I can no longer offer any such advice but would recommend that anyone looking for a quality HDD look elsewhere — Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung, Hitachi are all superior drives and far more reliable.

Both drives simply suffered meltdown failure of the motors, shorting out the computer Power supply until removed– two different computers at two different times, both being used moderately, not “heavy office” or workstation use. Western Digital was useless and insisted that such failures are rare and likely due to abuse. They know that the 80 GB Drives are faulty and they refuse to “fess up.” The government should order a recall and everyone should get a credit to buy some other brand of drive. Even when HD drives were delicate in the early 80’s, I never had any just burn up like these bits of WD paperweights. My current favorite recommendation is the new Seagate 160 GB and 250 GB drives, fast, quiet and reliable. Buy Here

Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. These drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter - they are powered directly through the USB cable.Installation is a snap because you don’t really “install” this drive; you just plug it in and it’s ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in. Powered by the USB bus, so no separate power supply needed. This ultra-portable drive fits easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces and holds tons of valuable data. Buy Here

Cool, quiet operation, superior performance and industry-leading reliability make these SATA drives ideal for desktop, business, and consumer electronics storage. Buy Here