External Hard Drive Recommendation

Posted At : May 19, 2007 2:38 PM | Posted By : Dan Wilson
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The Western Digital WD5000C032 500 GB external hard drive gets a big thumbs up!

I purchased this drive a few months ago for backing up my laptops. I wanted a HUGE drive for less than $250 and this one fit the bill. I purchased it from Amazon.com and it arrived a few days later. When I opened the box I was impressed how nice the drive looks. Finished in a black enclosure and adorned with a single light in the front, the drive is attractive and very easy to use.

I recommend this drive because it is durable. Very Durable! I had this drive plugged into my computer and the disk was spinning away when I decided to clean off my desk. Like a moron, I picked the drive up by the USB cable to move it and it fell.

Did it fall on the nice, soft carpet? No. It fell 4 feet and hit the wooden baseboard, bounced into my wooden desk and hit the floor. I cringed as it bounced, and bounced again and was convinced the drive was ruined.

I made the promise to myself that if the drive still worked, I would write a post about it. The drive works fine, I actually have it plugged into my computer right now.

Please do not take this post as an open invite to bounce your own hard drive like a basketball. However, in the world of crappy and undependable computer parts, the Western Digital 'My Book' External Hard Drive series has my respect.

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My desk is four feet from the bed. I was on the bed and wanted to bring my laptop over to it. In doing so, the chord pulled the external hard drive off the desk and it fell sideways onto the rug. Right afterwards, it started whizzing. Now when I start, it makes sounds like it is spinning, but hiccups and stops after a few seconds. Most of the 500gb is filled. I purchased the drive around Christmas, have traveled around the world with it, but it never fell until today. Please let me know what my options are. Thank you.
# Posted By AJ | 10/23/07 11:00 AM
Please help... I have the same hard drive WD 500GB... the same thing happned, but it does not work any more, it make 4 loud noises every time u plug it in but then nothing???...the data was v.v.v important. any one know what i can do..
# Posted By Asad | 4/23/08 3:16 PM
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