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Western Digital MyBook 3 External 2TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive w/ USB 3.0 Adapter WDBABP0020HCH
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This is one of the fastest external drives ever! The winning combination of a USB 3.0 interface, 2TB of storage capacity and the Western Digital My Book USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, boosts read and write speeds to levels never seen before. The elegant Western Digital My Book USB 3.0 external hard drives features a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface with unmatched speed of up to 5 gigabit per second for the fastest transfer speed available on an external hard drive.
Key Features
- SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface - Accelerate your data transfers with the fastest available interface. Transfer a 24 GB HD movie in 2.7 minutes vs. 13.3 minutes with a 2.0 connection.
- Ideas accelerated - Resource intensive video editing, animation, graphic design, and large media files can be saved so quickly that you no longer have to wait for the technology to keep up with your ideas.
- Included USB 3.0 HBA adapter - The included USB 3.0 HBA adapter allow users to upgrade their PC to take advantage of the faster data transfer speeds available through the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port.
- Sleek, streamlined design - This newest member of the best-selling My Book family of external hard drives features a premium finish that will look great sitting on your shelf.
- Compatible with USB 2.0 ports - Connect the drive anywhere there's a USB port. The USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0 with no additional hardware needed.
- WD quality inside and out - Designed with the same commitment to quality that has made My Book external had drives the number one selling drives in the world.
- Planet friendly - We designed a small retail box from recycled materials to minimise waste. We encourage you to recycle it.
The Western Digital My Book USB 3.0 holds
- Up to 400,000 digital photos
- Up to 500,000 songs (MP3)
- Up to 50,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
- Up to 152 hours of Digital Video (DV)
- Up to 760 hours of DVD quality video
- Up to 240 hours of HD video
* Your performance may vary based on your system configuration. HD movie size approximates a 2 hour movie. 2000 MP3 files assumes a file size of 5MB or total. Transfer speeds were achieved on a system with 64-bit Windows 7, Intel quad core 2.67 GHz, X58/ICH1OR on an ASUS P6T Professional motherboard. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs NOTE: When connected to a USB 2.0 interface data transfers will occur at USB 2.0 speeds.
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).
