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Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II 2TB USB 2.0/FireWire 400 & 800/eSATA External Hard Drive - WDH2Q20000E
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£174.38 / £145.32 ex vat
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Quad interface, RAID-enabled, about 30% less power consumption, formatted for Mac. The My Book Studio Edition II treads lightly on the earth and carries big performance for creative professionals.
Key Features
- The speed you need: Lightning-fast FireWire 800 combined with RAID 0 (Striped) yields the speed you need for smooth video editing, rendering complex 3D objects or special effects and saving huge blocks of data in record time
- Cooler, quieter, eco-friendlier: Designed to use only WD's GreenPower drives, this system uses about 30% less energy than standard systems and runs quietly because it doesn't need a fan
- Formatted for Mac: Works with Apple's Time Machine. Includes software and instructions for reformatting to Windows
- Quad interface: Power your creativity with connections for ultra-fast eSATA and FireWire 800. For flexibility and convenience, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 are also included
- User serviceable: Want to upgrade a drive? Simply open the case and replace the existing drive – no screwdriver needed
- Automatic backup software: Back up important projects to multiple destinations including file servers, portable drives and My Book. Set it and forget it; every time you save a change it's automatically backed up
- Capacity gauge: See at a glance how much space is available on your storage system
- Intelligent drive management features: Automatic power-up, Safe Shutdown, and LED status and activity lights make this storage system especially easy to use. (Works with USB and FireWire connections only.)
Warranty: 5-year limited warranty
General Advice
What is an External Hard Drive?
An external hard drive is the same type of drive you'd find inside a PC or laptop, except that it is mounted in a separate enclosure. It can be used to store data permanently or temporarily, in the same way as a computer's hard drive.
External hard drives (the actual drive itself) come in two main sizes (physical size), 2.5" and 3.5". The 2.5" drives are the same as you would find in a laptop computer, whereas the 3.5" drives are identical to hard drives found in desktop PCs. The difference is in the interface that connects the external hard drive to your computer.
Usually, external hard drives connect to the computer via a USB/Firewire cable and often come with a separate power supply. Most modern operating systems will automatically recognise the hard drive as a storage device and assign it a drive letter.
The fact that external hard drives are simply placed in an enclosure, means you can usually change the actual hard drive itself without too much effort. This allows you to swap drives between enclosures, so you only have to buy one enclosure for many drives of the same type.
The storage capacity of these drives currently store up to and beyond 2TB (TeraByte) worth of data.
When shopping for your new external hard drive, bear in mind the explanations below for common terms used in the products descriptions.
Hard Drive Capacity: This figure, quoted in GB (GigaBytes), indicates the storage capacity of the hard drive. Your choice will depend on your requirements. As a guideline, a 160GB (GigaByte) hard drive will hold over 40,000 MP3 songs or 133,000 digital photos.
Spindle Speed: This refers to the speed at which the drive rotates - the higher the speed the better. The speed will be stated in RPM (revolutions per minute), 5,400RPM is around the average speed of portable drives, whereas 7,200RPM (and above) is common in desktop hard drives.
Interface: This indicates how the hard drive is connected to the computer, usually USB and/or Firewire (IEEE 1394).
