Western Digital WD Elements 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBAAR5000ABK-NESN
Western Digital WD Elements 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBAAR5000ABK-NESN

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Brand: Western Digital

List Price: $82.99
Buy From Amazon.com New: $63.97
as of 9/4/2010 01:03 CDT details
You Save: $19.02 (23%)



Seller: RossLLC
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars reviews

Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Size: 500 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5 x 3.1 x 0.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: WDBAAR5000ABK-NESN
Model: WDBAAR5000ABK-NESN
UPC: 718037750453
EAN: 0718037750453
ASIN: B002CZQ4GU

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Features:
   Easy to Use - Just plug it in and it's ready to receive your data
   USB Powered - These drives require no power adapter
   Compact Design - Weighing in at only a few ounces
   Reliable - All WD drives, even our most basic products
   All WD drives, even our most basic products, are designed to protect your data
   Compact Design - Weighing in at only a few ounces, these tiny drives fit easily into pocket or purse.
   Easy to Use - Just plug it in and it's ready to receive your data.
   USB Powered - These drives require no power adapter--they are powered directly through the USB cable.
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Product Description
Simply plug it in to a USB port and start saving your photos, music, video, and files. The Western Digital WDBAAAR5000ABK Elements Portable External Hard Drive is the right answer for simple, reliable add-on storage. Clean lines, no frills and WD quality make WD Elements external hard drives an easy, modern solution to your data storage needs.



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4 out of 5 stars Small and Easy to Use   August 31, 2010
Luke Mckinley
My old hard drive with less memory was twice the size of this. I was impressed by its small size and simple matte finish. I use it with time machine on an iMac 20". It works great. Easy set-up. My only complaint is the short length of the included mini-usb cable. Why is it so small? It's 12 inches long which is much shorter than the cable on my old drive. Aside from that i'm very happy with it.


5 out of 5 stars Backup is fundamental!   August 30, 2010
NineToez (Los Angeles, CA)
Got on a smokin' deal on this, the primary purpose for me was to format it FAT32 and use it with my PS3. Since it's very roomy, I can transfer files between work and home, Mac to PC, PVR to PS3 and beyond. Self powered USB bus means no more separate power "brick" to hoist around too, which is huge to me. I have Western Digital hard drives in just about anything that'll take a 2.5" drive, so I do like the brand, value, and reliability. If you too are planning on grabbing a HD for your PS3 to backup to, have a look at my blog post for help on formatting to FAT32: [...]


5 out of 5 stars Simplicity is king   August 29, 2010
Paul C. Huang (Arcadia, CA)
There is more than what meets the eyes with this drive. One word: Simple.

The cardboard packaging uses a minimal amount of materials and therefore reduces waste.
The injection-molded plastic allows the users to open and reassemble the internal components easily.
There is not a single screw involved in this unit.

Inside of this drive is a WDC Scorpio Blue drive with the standard SATA connector. This is not to be confused with the WDC Passport Essential. The Essential aims for smaller footprint, so instead of a standard SATA, the printed-circuit board on the hard drive only provides a direct USB 2.0 socket plus a few leads for SATA connection. However, if components on that PC board malfunction, then you'd have to find an identical drive and 'borrow' or 'harvest' the working PC board just to get your data off.

The Elements, if the USB 2.0 bridge is bad, the drive doesn't go down entirely. You can easily pop the drive out and put it into a USB 2.0 enclosure and read your data. This is a good side effect of having a slightly bulkier footprint.

Voiding the warranty or not, no one in the right mind would use a brick (refurbished) provided by the manufacturer as a warranty swap, so I highly recommend those who are still using 320GB or smaller to pull this drive and install it internally, and take the 320GB or smaller out of the notebook and put it into this case and use it as a backup drive.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent Product   August 28, 2010
Sassy Girl (Atlanta, GA)
I was debating between this Western Digital portable and the Toshiba Canvio, but I end up buying this one because it was on sale. It's compact, easy to use, and it is cheaper than the Toshiba Canvio. The speed is moderate, works wonderfully, very happy with purchase.

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