For personal assessment:
DELIVERY:
the hard disk is delivered with the following components
1x power supply
1x USB Connection Cable 3.0
1x Instructions
Those who wonder dasss no installation CD is as usual here, will be pleasantly surprised that the software has been installed on the hard drive.
The subsequent search of the CD remains therefore a saving, you want to install the hard drive once again.
APPEARANCE:
One must zuegeben - this external hard drive looks simple in design, yet extremely chic. The surface is glossy, the front front slightly rounded.
Also located on the front of a small bar, the lights at startup. To function later.
The hard drive has on the bottom two small rubber feet that are to give their support. This works well in the majority of using good at something careless working at the desk, but it can happen sometimes that the hard drive falls over and lands on the page.
Even that's happened to me one year several times - but the plate has survived it without damage, I can not last credited their good processing.
Minus point:
As the but unfortunately with the chic stuff is so, they are not always practical. Thus, my record on the shiny surface now on several micro-scratches or small dull spots. It turns out that the glossy surface is extremely prone to small scratches and does not look nearly as pretty as on the first day.
Perhaps WD could make improvements here.
COMMISSIONING:
The commissioning of the drive was easy and provides for example, older computer users have no major problems. Just in the back of the plate connect the USB cable and power cord and connect it to the PC - that's it. The connections for this are marked accordingly.
Who would not ever pull out of the power tool, which can also easily on the hard disk and off by a switch on the rear panel.
USB CONNECTION:
The hard drive can be powered by USB 2.0, or even with the faster USB 3.0. The necessary drivers are installed automatically by the provided software for commissioning.
SOFTWARE:
Here the user has the choice. Who wants to do without it and the hard drive simply want to use for backup, the software does not have the mandatory install.
Anyone interested in the installation of "smart goods" decides the hard disk, you can:
'Automatic, continuous creation of a backup - so no need to worry that data will somehow lost, the hard drive takes over the job of the backup completely automatically as soon as new data is added or gändert
'Overview Screen: Here you can view the progress of the backup of the user, respectively, and in what quantities they are the data on the disk. Succeeded I find it the division into categories such as pictures, music, videos, etc. - so you as a user always has a clear overview over all content stored.
'Security through a password (Drivelock): No one can be like looking at the cards, let alone when it comes to sensitive data. To protect the hard disk from unauthorized access, a password can be created. Encrypts the data also by a 256-bit encryption.
USEFUL FEATURE:
Energy-saving:
Built with WD GreenPower Technology 'to reduce energy consumption by up to 30%. Is not connected to the hard drive a long time, this is in addition to save energy in the standby mode. If you use the plate then again, the unit is quickly brought back to the operating mode.
Plug and Play feature:
If one uses the plate at several PC is a software installation is not necessary every time. Just plug in and press play.
Saves a lot of time. How do I find, a successful feature.
SPEED and quietness:
To my mind, the hard drive is fast enough. Uploading or downloading data through very quickly and even when multiple storage processes are running side by side, the unit makes a good impression.
Who uses the hard drive with USB 3.0, can look forward to correspondingly shorter waiting times.
Positive noticed is my quiet running that disk. Even at maximum load could be heard only a slight hum, which was by no means be described as disturbing.
So also ideal for the office or similar applications.
CONCLUSION:
Even after a year usage remains low, which can give rise to complain. The design of the board is simple and elegant. The material is durable. Only the surface is somewhat scratch-prone.
The installation ran without problems under Windows Vista and Windows 7. The user-friendly software, even inexperienced users can use the hard drive without any major problems.
What convinced me the device for its processing speed and smoothness.
So if a faithful companion for the reliable backup of their data examined having to operate with little effort, which is sure to find something in the WD My Book Essential.
From me there is a buy rating and 4 out of 5 stars.
[...]
