Western Digital My Book Office Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Disk Drive

by Western Digital

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 2.1 x 6.5 inches ; 2.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WBMU2I
• Item model number: WDH1B5000N
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 24, 2007

Product Description

500GB USB 2.0 Remote Access-Protect your business assets and access them remotely with this easy-to-use combination of reliable storage and automatic backup features. Windows operating system required for remote access.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product., July 28, 2008

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L. G OHara "Joy" (Sedona, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a great product. I plug it into my Belkin usb hub and then into my laptop. It comes on every time I turn on my computer. The software is very handy and backs up every time I save something on my computer. A previous opinion misunderstood the software and thought it was only for 30 days. Not true, you have to register it with the the product number on a sticker with the instructions. I did call them once and they were helpful. It comes with 30 days of phone in help.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Remote Part Confusing, February 29, 2008

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C. Cherry "ed" (tn usa) - See all my reviews
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Great drive, my second one. I bought it in an attempt to set up a remotely located backup on one machine for two others machines, no luck. I can't figure out the software, and the WD assistance in even more confusing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WD 500GB Book External HDD, July 12, 2008

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Mr. William L. Harvey "William Harvey" (Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Western Digital My Book Office Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Disk Drive (Personal Computers)

The Western Digital 500GB Book was received from Amazon on time and in excellent condition.

Works well with my AMD Athelon Computer System (actually, should have gotten the 1TB Book).

Only "downside" is that the packaged Software shipped with the Book does not seem to be completely compatible with my Vista 64-bit OS (as to the "Button Manager"), but my OS recognizes it and having an extra 500GB of storage is great.