i got my external hard drive a couple of months ago, and i has not put a foot wrong since. Its a stylish black western digitel 500gb hard drive and i love it! now, im not even sure ill ever fill the 500gb but i own a home recording studio and it has certainly taken the strain off my laptop! the hard drive itself is an apealling gloss black with a blue led on the front. it comes bundled with useful window and mac tools. I had absolutely no problem installing this hard drive, it was effortless, a credit to W.D. The driver was installed in second and i had it connected! Just pluged in the dc adapter and usb! Now its not tiny but for 500gb its great! i wouldnt complain about taking it anywer! as for speed the drive reacts quickly, reads quickly and never complains about moving large files to it! Now i am able to to save my almost scratched (beyond repair) dvds and store all my pictures, music, recordings(wav) without even batting an eyelid about my laptops performance! 5 stars for this hard drive!
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I may need to get an external HD soon, so I'm always looking for good info.