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WDH2Q10000N Western, WD admits there is a..

WD admits there is a firewire “technical limitation.”
I have been using the WD Studio II 2TB on my 2008 iMac OSX 10.5.6 for two weeks. Connection: firewire 800. Today, it did not mount when I booted the computer.
Checked the WD Website Knowledge Base.
Discovered two things:
1. Knowledge Base Answer 1697: “This issue is caused by the [...]

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ST305004FDA1E1-RK, An Astonishing Experience:..

An Astonishing Experience: Three Drives Purchased - Three Drives Failed
I was truly astonished by the bad experience I had with this particular drive. I picked up three of them intending to use them for backing up data and was truly shocked to discover two were confirmed DOA by Seagate Technical Support right out of [...]

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Targus PACD010U USB 2.0, Exactly what I needed

Exactly what I needed
No extra AC power cord needed. My DVD player in my laptop went out and the laptop manufacturer wanted $450 for an in-case proprietary replacement. I use the DVD player a lot on the plane and unless I’m in first class, don’t have power. This one runs off the [...]

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ST315005FDA2E1-RK, Mac OS X 10.5 and your..

Mac OS X 10.5 and your external drive…
I ordered this drive because of the capacity and the price figuring that when it arrived I would simply reformat it as HFS+ and plug it into my Macintosh Network. The problem was that every time I tried to use Disk Utility to reformat it I kept getting [...]

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WDH1CS7500N Western, Excellent for Dish Network..

Excellent for Dish Network ViP Series External HDD
This product was purchased for exclusive use as an external HDD for Dish Network’s ViP 722. The “Home Edition” of the WD My Book has 3 ports: USB 2.0, Firewire, and SATA. This makes this HDD extremely flixable should it be decided to use the HDD [...]

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ST305004FDA1E1-RK, An Astonishing Experience:..

An Astonishing Experience: Three Drives Purchased - Three Drives Failed
I was truly astonished by the bad experience I had with this particular drive. I picked up three of them intending to use them for backing up data and was truly shocked to discover two were confirmed DOA by Seagate Technical Support right out of [...]

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ST310005FJA105-RK, Quiet, Quick, and Easy

Quiet, Quick, and Easy
The Seagate FreeAgent Deks 1TB for Mac (ST310005FJA105-RK) is a 1TB external drive Seagate is marketing for the Mac fanbase (though the drive could be re-formatted for Windows). I purchased the drive because my iTunes Music folder had soared to 120GB in size, and I needed to move the folder permanently [...]

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WDXMS2500TN Western, Good drive but does not..

Good drive but does not work on some computers
This might be a good drive, but it is not usable on some computers. To power up, drive requires ~ 650 mA, which is more than USB on my HP laptop can provide.
USB 2.0 Power Booster cable can be used to solve that problem. It combines power [...]

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The SAT3510U2V Infosafe, Very nice drive enclosure

Very nice drive enclosure
I bought this enclosure with a Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Green SATA drive. The aluminum case is well made and the drive fit well into the brackets. There are no internal cables, the drive plugs directly onto the circuit board in the case. Everything went together in about [...]

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WDXF2500JBRNN Western, Good, roomy backup drives

Good, roomy backup drives
I bought this drive and it has not failed on me so far (knock on wood). It is spacious, with 250 gigabytes of space.
I had a Maxtor drive which broken down one day.
I guess that a small percentage of all drives - regardless of manufacturer - have a high chance of failing.
So [...]

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