Western Digital 500 GB My Book Premium ES (WDG1SU5000N)

by Western Digital

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 2.2 x 6.8 inches ; 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NA28LG
• Item model number: WDG1SU5000N
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,218 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004

Product Description

Connect today and be ready for the future with this dual-interface external hard drive from WD. With the popular USB 2.0 interface and the ultra-fast eSATA 3 Gb/s interfaces on board, the My Book Premium ES Edition external hard drive offers near-universal connectivity and unbeatable performance in one high-value external drive. Works with both Windows and Mac computers and includes powerful EMC Retrospect Express backup software.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WD 500 GB My Book Premium ES - Great Drive with Options, May 30, 2007

By 

John D. Hillmer (Waukesha, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Western Digital 500 GB My Book Premium ES (WDG1SU5000N) (Personal Computers)

I own five WD External drives and have not had any issues with any of them (the oldest is over 5 years old, is connected 24x7x365, and it's still working fine). My most recent two purchases have been a:

"Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - 7200rpm"

and a

"Western Digital My Book 500GB Premium ES Edition Hard Drive - 7200rpm USB 2.0 & eSATA Dual Interface External Hard Drive"

The "WD My Book Essential 500GB USB 2.0 Ext HD" - just has a UDB 2.0 connector (no eSATA or Firewire) but it works great and if you shop the sales, the price for 500 GB can be close to $100-140 (summer 2007).

The "WD My Book 500GB Premium ES Edition HD" has both a USB 2.0 & eSATA connector on the back (use either one). Note, not many PCs today (2007) have an eSATA port on them. ESATA is faster than USB 2.0, but if you don't have a connector for that externally on your PC, then don't pay extra for it. (You can get after market external eSATA ports for a PC but there are different kinds, and depending on your PC, you need to get the 'right kind' for your PC, assuming you even have room in your PC to add one).

Both of these drives came with easy to install instructions - just plug in the power, and then connect them to your PC, and away you go. Both came with USB 2.0 cables. The Premium ES Edition with eSATA did 'NOT' come with an eSATA cable. Both came with their own power cords - nice long ones too.

Neither of these two can be connected directly to a network, but if your PCs are part of a home network, or small business type network, as mine are, then I just plug them into one of the main PCs and I put a "share" on the drive so that any PC on my network can access it.

If you have important information on your PC, back it up! And if you are like me, previously my backups were stored right next to my PC (not good!) So, now, I use one of these 500 GB drives as the primary backup drive for my PCs, and I keep that right next to one of my PCs. But then weekly, I use the other 500 GB drive to backup the backup drive - and then I keep that one in a fireproof / waterproof safe. You can get these for $30-100, depending on their size, at office stores or online. I like the Sentry line of products.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a breeze ..., July 19, 2007

By 

Mens Sana (Albuquerque) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Western Digital 500 GB My Book Premium ES (WDG1SU5000N) (Personal Computers)

Using Norton Save & RestoreNorton Save & Restore [Old Version], I was able to image my 320GB C: drive to this eSATA II (and verify the image) in under 2 hours. The resulting image, at normal compression, was 59.5GB. This eSATA is just like having an internal SATA II. NOTE: the package does NOT include an eSATA cable or connection bracket!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mass storage goodness..., November 29, 2007

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A. Palomba (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Western Digital 500 GB My Book Premium ES (WDG1SU5000N) (Personal Computers)

The WD MyBook works great! I definitely recommend it. If you do get
it do not delete the autorun directory where the icon is located.