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

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  • Capacity: 250 GB
  • Interface: USB
  • Enclosure: External
  • Spindle Speed: 7200 RPM
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Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.

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

byrated-r Jan 15, 2007
78 Helpfuls 79 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
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.
Recommended it? Yes

Introduction:

Only in recent days, I have received my Dell Dimension 4600 computer from my time living around the South Bend, Indiana area. I did a lot of music with my Nephew, and that filled up my 80 gigabyte drive in a serious hurry. I was down to about 7% hard drive space, and needed... Read full review »

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Buy The Book

byAhab1973 Nov 13, 2006
32 Helpfuls 33 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Simplicity personified, relatively attractive, small, inexpensive.
Cons That light ring is annoying! No software CD. No paper manual. Slightly noisy.
Recommended it? Yes

Intro - After installing a 160 gig Seagate a while back, I figured I wouldn't need another hard drive for a while.

Unfortunately, I managed to quickly accumulate about 60 gigs of stuff I wanted to keep. Since I have a bad habit of getting Windows all out of whack every now and then... Read full review »

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Indeed, DO Buy the Book

bylsander Jan 10, 2007
7 Helpfuls 8 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Small, capable, inexpensive, easy to install and use.
Cons Weak and confusing installation instructions.
Recommended it? Yes

I've had an 80 GB external drive for several years, and I've used it for (somewhat irregular) backups of My Documents. It's not big enough any more, so I looked around for a larger alternative. Buy.com had this 250 GB drive on sale for under $100, and the reviews looked pretty good, so I bought it... Read full review »

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The Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U2500N 250 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive is fully compatible with PC, Mac systems.The Hard Drive connect by: USB 2.0 for External utilization. Spinning up to 7200 RPM and offering capacity as large as 250 GB

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Western Digital WDG1U2500 My Book Essential Edition 250 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

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Product Details and Features

Product MPN

MPN WDG1U2500NW

Key Features

Capacity 250 GB
Interface USB
Enclosure External
Spindle Speed 7200 RPM

Technical Features

External Data Transfer Rate 60 MBps
Seek Time 8.9 ms
Average Latency 4.17 ms
Interface (Detailed) USB 2.0
Buffer Size 8 MB

Other Features

Platform PC, Mac
Brand Western Digital
Package Qty. 1

Dimensions

Height 2.25 in.
Depth 6.71 in.
Width 5.55 in.
Weight 2.9 lb.

Warranty

Warranty 1 Year

Miscellaneous

Product ID 30835456
UPC 718037116327

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