Product Description

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. Easy to set up, easy to use -- This drive is all about simplicity. Plug it into your computer?s USB 2.0 port and start saving. Intelligent drive management features ? The My Book drive turns itself on and off with your computer Smart design ? The elegant case, iconic of a book, takes up less space on your desk, stacks horizontally, and allows two or more drives to stand neatly together like volumes on a shelf. High quality hard drive ? Inside the case is an exceptionally fast, ultra quiet, cool-running hard drive from Western Digital. Free Google? software ? Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software. Package Includes: USB 2.0 external hard drive USB cable AC adapter with power cord Quick Install Guide

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12882 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WDG1U3200E
• Released on: 2006-04-11
• Dimensions: 2.25" h x 5.55" w x 6.71" l, 2.87 pounds
• Hard Disk: 320GB

Features

• 320 GB capacity external hard drive is easy to use and providees plenty of room to back up and save valuable data, music, photos and movies. Features automatic switch on/off with your computer and includes free Google software. USB 2.0 connectivity.

Manufacturer's Description
Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug this drive in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies.

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Customer Reviews

So Easy! Plug in and go
I am a graphic designer so natuarally I produce a lot of work. I currently use a iMac G5 with 250gb hard disk space but it is hardly enough as I have a habit of saving everything. I also wanted a external hard drive for backing up files incase the worst should happen.

I, like yourself, read the reviews from others for this item and read ones for other hard drives. I reviewed many other hard drives some with more space i.e. 500GB and some with less, the prices varied but their reviews were less than convincing. If I am correct, the Western Digital 320GB still retains its 5 star rating. This is telling you something!

When received, I connected the cables and pluged into my iMac and immediately, the device appeared on my desktop- easy easy easy.

Although the Western states 320GB it is in actual fact about 300GB, because of pre-loaded software but obviously this is the same with all of them.

If you also have a laptop like myself, you could connect both computers to the Western Hard drive at the same time so sharing the hard drive, you will need a peripheral switch (available from PC World at 24.99) and a couple of USB cables (available from tescos at 2.47each). This means if you want a file from the other computer, you go into the hard drive and drag it out. So less messing around.

Although connected to the computer(s) it doesnt make noise, only when you upload or download from it and then slight noise. It is slim and can go anywhere, looks quite good too.

I will buy another one of these when I need one, how can you improve on perfection? You cant!

Cool in more ways than one
This drive has been running now for around five months on my PC. It works OK straight out of the box, but it is worth the time reformatting it as NTFS if you have XP. I was surprised how quiet is was - I don't even notice it's there. Despite being dropped twice it still works fine. I've almost filled it with photos and video and it's time to look for a new drive - I'd definitely buy another one of these.

Western Digital Does it Again!
I've had this hard drive for about 3 months and it works like a charm. Automatic on & off function is perfect for a hardcore user as you don't have to disconnect the drive manually. I've found it to be more quiet than most of the other brands as well. Converting the file system to NTFS is recommendable as the drive comes as a FAT32. Great value for money. Just go for it!