A very good Value for money for storage and therefore an automatic backup

What about this hard drive?
- It is quiet and rather class
- The capacity is huge ... 2 terabytes here makes a lot of data!
- The usb3 is the norm and that the next PC hard drive is ready to offer transfer speeds ten times the usb2. However this drive is fully compatible with the current standards
- Videos, pictures and music from the hard drive are perfectly legible through the USB port of my LG TV and navigation is much faster compared to my external drive 2.5 inch Western Digital
- A 3.5-inch disk is not made to be mobile. Besides, it needs a power supply. This has several advantages (a good price / TB, it "pulls" not on diet pc and thus preserves the PC motherboard ...) but has a disadvantage: in addition to being less practice it is more fragile to transport. It is better not to move or at least carefully
- This hard drive turns itself off when the PC or TV connected to it is stopped. Also it is set by default to go off after 30 minutes of inactivity, this period may be modified. It's good for the environment, the electricity bill and the longevity of the hard drive.
- The hard disk has a special port compatible with the Kensington lock Slim MicroSaver - Security cable - black (roughly 30 euros) which ensures that your hard drive will not be stolen ...
- It is compatible with Windows XP, vista and seven (I tested with the 3 OS successfully), but also Mac

While it is not perfect, the preinstalled WD SmartWare software is very convenient because it allows automatic backups of your computer.
Indeed simply run the software from the My Book to make a copy of your data. We've all got to lose data following the crash of our computer. We all know what to do backups but we rarely do ... result? lost photos,
hours to start, regrets ...
The WD SmartWare software enables you to make real-time backups automatically and transparently without us having to think about it. The first time he made a copy, we asked if we want to put a password to secure our data. Then either the external hard drive is plugged permanently on the PC and we save each file is also on the MyBook, or it is time to branch time and our files are saved episodically. The same MyBook can even serve many PC ...
To recover your data or you go for the WD SmartWare.swstor directly in the directory at the root of the MyBook is using the WD SmartWare software. The only downside is that we can not choose
save data by type (images, emails ...) and not by location. It's a pity
If it is possible to protect its automated backup password, you can not open the files if you forgot the password ... only solution? again or format the hard drive My Book
Another little trick practice: we can choose to record the x most recent versions of each file (where x is 5 by default) so it is possible to catch some "nonsense"

A very detailed manual of 80 pages in PDF format (.. \ User Manuals \ My Book Essential \ FRA) answers all possible questions and maybe you will find applications that will be useful