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Back up entire internal HD. Great external HD. Dont have yo worry about crashed anymore.
That saves some power and keeps the noise down.I plugged it in (eSATA), formatted the drive and it was in business. It does not have a fan, it uses the case as a heat sink. (If you use the eSATA connection the speed is 3000).I have not had to touch it since I connected it. I have been in the computer world for 40+ years.I have had external drives since they first came out. I actually used tape drives for backups before external drives were available.This is a very good drive. My backups take far less time then it used to take with my FireWire 800 drives.
I went to Walmart and got the WD My Book for a cheaper price. I got an RMA and returned it (I HAD TO PAY MY OWN SHIPPING), they sent me a new one pretty quickly. I bought this item, it worked great for a month, then it started making clicking sounds trying to turn on. It sounds very physical like something is trying to engage over and over again. It is now making the same clicking sounds and I am sure will go out any day now.
I am using it strictly as backup for movies and photos. This external drive is one of the least expensive of 1 Tb drives currently available. So far (one month), so good.
I am super paranoid about loosing my pictures and videos so I keep two copies of all my important stuff, one on each drive. I bought two of these units. So far they seem fast and reliable.
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