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I'd recommend it. nice little hard drive. hasn't failed on me yet so I'm thankful.pricey at the time I bought it.
Other issues I have seen with this drive are transfer rates dropping to 0 and clicking sounds. This would result in hundreds of autorun windows open on my computer. It would go through this cycle for hours if left unattended.
I had issues with the drive not spinning up, though this was due to power limitations on the hub I had it plugged in to. This hard drive requires 1 amp at spin up, most USB hubs provide at most 500mA per port, or half of what this drive needs. When the drive works, it works well.
I had other problems where it would spin up for a few seconds, long enough for windows to recognize it as a drive and ask about autorun, then shut down. I have yet to lose any data and it still works so I can't complain too much. Even USB Hubs that advertise USB 2.0 Compatibility do not guarantee that they will supply the amount of power required by USB 2.0.
This means that this hard drive will not work for you.
The main thing I did like about it, was it got its power from the usb cable. It is a real shame because I lost a lot of important documents. That was nice, I just wish it didn't die. It was pretty good for a while and then it croaked. It lasted for about 2 months and frankly I hardly ever used it.
I am happy to say that I just purchased the 500GB behemoth version.Highly, highly recommended. I had the 160GB WD for several years and found it to be very reliable at home or on the road. Its compact size and "feather weight" make it a must have for laptop users--or other WD portables HDs for that matter.
Very practical and whole lot of memory. This little gadget is amazing. The thing that i like the most about it is its size.
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