WD My Book Essential
Published on December 16th, 2009.
Got a new external hard disk not too long ago. Yes, I'm my computer is running out of storage fast with all the pictures, music and videos accumulating at an exponential rate ^_^; . Especially HD videos.
This is Western Digital's My Book Essential edition which is meant to have basic storage functions with a basic backup software included if backup is what you intend to use the drive for. Drives come in a few flavours for capacity. The one I got is 1TB.
The box. WD has certainly put in a lot of effort and idea into making a cool looking and user friendly box. Easy to unbox =D
What lies in the box - drive and another box containing the standard accessories.
Nope you won't find any CDs here. Only cables. I'll explain further below.
Grill design on the top of the device. For heat dissipation purposes I assume. Looks quite different to that of my Mirror Edition external hard disk.
As I have said earlier, the hard disk does not come with any physical disc drivers. Why you might ask? The answer is simple really. WD has implemented a nifty feature of creating an image of the driver disc in the hard disk itself so you won't ever have to worry about misplacing that disc xD
WD chrome logo.
Rear connections of the My Book Essential. DC in and USB port. The power button is not flushed out so it takes a bit of getting used to pressing it. I had some amount of problem getting to press the button properly ^^;
With the LED status indicator showing how much free space is left on the drive. You have to install the WD software in order for the bars to light up and work.
Oh and the included software also allows you to password protect your drive which explains that lock logo below the status indicator which is plus if you bring your drive around with you and use it on public computers. Software included also makes backing up files less of a chore since its pretty user friendly.
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