I had long wondered whether I should bring my desktop or rather the Mybook. My decision I do not regret. My running reliably for some weeks now, has the promised capacity and the fan noise of my standing on the desk Pcs drown out the sounds of running WD significantly although already barely audible. Rear can I switch it off completely, but after prolonged non-use also switches off automatically, that is in the standby mode. You awaken from it but then takes about 5 seconds until I then access kann.Also everything as it should be on the data. I use Windows. 7