Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Western Digital 160GB Elements External USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive

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Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: Western Digital EAN: 0718037120683 Is Fragile: 0 Label: Western Digital Manufacturer: Western Digital Model: WDE1MS1600BE Publisher: Western Digital Release Date: 2007-07-12 Studio: Western Digital
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: easily worth five stars, providing it stays reliable Comment: same old story; hard-drive's getting full, due to itunes. absolutely no other option than to buy an external hard-drive. i knew 160gb would be enough for my needs, so, that, along with price, narrowed the search considerably. showing the worth of customer ratings (hence my wanting to send my own review), i plumped for this little baby. i have a knack of computer stuff not going quite as you think it would, but, i've gotta say, this is a piece of cake. plug in to your usb, quick format and you may as well consider it tucked away in your laptop. copy stuff as you would from two folders on your c:. as an aside and hopefully of assistance, pertaining to copying your itunes music to an external hard-drive, it IS as easy as right-clicking and copying your itunes music folder, pasting it into the new drive, then, in itunes, going to 'edit' - 'preferences' - 'advanced', then changing the new folder location to that new drive. oh and there is no manual, but, seriously, you just don't need one. as i say, if it stays reliable, i would highly recommend. a lot. if you're having to succumb to the perils of extra storage space, this will provide you with no problems (or perils) whatsoever. good stuff. Customer Rating: Summary: WOW Comment: Worked as desribed; plug and play with instant access to store files. Runs just as quickly as a USB memory stick. It's practically silent but there is vibration and heat generated after excessive use. I particularly like the rubber padding on the ends of the device as this raises the actual drive off of my desk which is usually covered in some sort of rubbish. The small blue light is also groovy. The silver casing is quite attractive (the picture displayed makes the device look white. I'm unsure if the colours vairy but mine was silver) The USB cable is short, about half the length of your average camera cable. I dont know if its just my USB ports on my laptop but the cable does move around alot when connected causing a possible disconection of the device. I havnt experianced the connection problem that some others have said about. I have XP and as long as you keep the 'Elements' window open there shouldnt be a problem. Overall a great product! Definatly consider this! Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic! Comment: This arrived VERY quickly and ,even for an idiot like me, it was SO easy to use. I did have a hiccup installing it (as I went to make a cup of tea and came back to a black screen). I just began again,and whatever had happened resolved itself (vista is good at this)and the installation finished off installing itself. I tested it by doing a backup and everything works fine. I just wish everything to do with computers was so easy! I'm a wrinkly, so I don't find this sort of thing too easy normally. BUY THIS and you won't be sorry. Customer Rating: Summary: very good~~ love it Comment: after considering space vs price vs brand vs reviews/ratings vs looks/dimension vs weight, i ending up buying this. i know anyone would've considered these factors too and i highly recommend this particular hard drive. have been using it for about a month now. first time it arrived, it was literally plug and play. no hassle at all. very light and the surface wouldnt be easily scratched (a bonus feature which i never considered before). makes no sound at all and doesnt get hot even after been plugged for hours.. worth the money (which isnt that pricey after all)! Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic ! Comment: Just plug in to USB and off you go! Does the same job as a memory stick! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The Elements external hard drive is the perfect storage solution designed for file sharing and archiving. Thank to its 160 GB in-built memory capacity, the Elements external hard drive can store audio, video and photo files in all ease. Its USB 2.0 connection offers a high data transfer rate and is entirely Plug & Play. The Elements external hard drive is the perfect high-performance storage unit for all of your data.