Western Digital 500GB My Book Premium

Bought a Western Digital 500GB My Book Premium ES Edition { USB 2.0 & eSATA } External Hard Drive for my PC
Holy Cow, this is a great storage device, paid $143 US delivered from Buydig.com.
So nice to get my files off my little portable hard drive and PC hard drive and on to this puppy. Was really easy, just plug it in, 5 minutes later I had another 500gig's
just thought I'd post what I thought is a great product for a great price.

Yes they are! Even the basic ones are nice. Target is going to have them for $87 on Black Friday

Wow, think I'll grab another one at Target for a back up backup to throw in the fire resistant safe....nice

thatkatmat wrote in post #4281794
Wow, think I'll grab another one at Target for a back up backup to throw in the fire resistant safe....nice

Might want to hold off if you can.

Looks like day after Thanksgiving, the 500gb My Book will be $89.

cowboylife wrote in post #4283723
Might want to hold off if you can.

Looks like day after Thanksgiving, the 500gb My Book will be $89.

Where are you guys getting the pricing on stuff on sale for Black Friday in advance?

avwh wrote in post #4284035
Where are you guys getting the pricing on stuff on sale for Black Friday in advance?

www.bfads.net

Thanks, cowboylife - just what I wanted.

avwh wrote in post #4284231
Thanks, cowboylife - just what I wanted.

No worries. Kinda nice because it lets you start to do some price matching now.

WOW! I've heard the smaller gbs from walmart are good but I never thought I could get a 500 gb that affordable. lol. My desktop has 160gb and my laptop has 200gb so i could store everything thats on both computers onto this 500gb drive and still have a lilttle bit of room.. heck yes! thanks for posting this!

Yeah, it's real nce to get those files off the hard drive...I mean, for $143? Why not

thatkatmat wrote in post #4284456
Yeah, it's real nce to get those files off the hard drive...I mean, for $143? Why not

Agree, I've got 2 of the 500GB Essential editions and ordered two more yesterday". They go for £75 GBP each, here in the UK.

Yup that's what I have, I do have a question, anyone have any issues disconnecting it from their laptop/computer? Mine keeps telling me that it's being used when nothing is running to make it be used. The MyBook is supposed to shut down when your computer shuts down which it does but I prefer to plug it in an out whenever I choose too and I prefer to do it where I can "safely remove the device" in the task menu.

nutsnbolts wrote in post #4286135
Yup that's what I have, I do have a question, anyone have any issues disconnecting it from their laptop/computer? Mine keeps telling me that it's being used when nothing is running to make it be used. The MyBook is supposed to shut down when your computer shuts down which it does but I prefer to plug it in an out whenever I choose too and I prefer to do it where I can "safely remove the device" in the task menu.

Yes, mine sometimes acts funny too. I click on "safetly remove hardware" or whatever, and it says it's being used.

I'm happy with mine, got a good deal on it and it saved me lots of grief when my PC crashed this summer!!!

_aravena wrote in post #4281763
Yes they are! Even the basic ones are nice. Target is going to have them for $87 on Black Friday

To be precise, the Target BF ads are for WD 500gb external drives. However, these are not their My Books.

You will find that Seagate and WD hard drives are almost compatable performance wise, however Seagate offers a 5 year warrenty against WD's 1 year. I know what one i'd buy.