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Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000 Hard Drive

Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000 Hard Drive
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Product Description: Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000

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.

Product Specification: Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000

Capacity:500 GB
Interface:Hi-Speed USB
Rotational Speed:7200 rpm
Access Time:8.9 ms
Type of Drive:External
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    No driver

    By DIGITAL  Nov 5, 2006 | 16 out of 17 found this Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000 review helpful

    Pros: large harddrive

    Cons: no driver for Windows XP

    My harddrive worked fine for the first two weeks. Then it stopped working. My computer only recognizes it as an unknown USB device and tries to find a driver for it. I searched the manufacturers website and there is no driver for windows XP becaus...e it is a "plug n play" device. I have tried eveything, even restoring my entire computer. After a week with no success trying to solve this with tech support, they offered to replace my harddrive. I would replace my hard drive if I didn't have 300gigs of information on it. I have decided to keep it and one day find a way to fix it. Read more Less

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    By Constantino  May 19, 2007 | 6 out of 7 found this Western Digital My Book Essential Edition WDG1U5000 review helpful

    Pros: Transportable hard drive

    Cons: Quit working

    I also regret buying my WD Passport 160GB hard drive. Like the posters above, it worked for a few days but it now produces the error "Unknown USB Device." I have tried it on several XP machines with no luck. I cannot get to the data on my d...rive. It has now become an expensive paperweight! The Western Digital site does not offer ANY help even though I am reading about the same problem so many people are having with their WD external hard drives. Read more Less

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