WD Elements 3TB External Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 - Black

Title : WD Elements 3TB External Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 - Black
ASIN : B0051EK6MW

Features :

• WD quality inside and out - Designed with the same commitment to quality that made WD external drives the number one selling drives in the world
• Plug-and-play simplicity - Just connect the power and plug it into a USB port to instantly add more storage to your computer
• Designed to save power - Turns on and off with your computer. Enters idle mode when not in use. Utilizes a WD drive with power-saving WD GreenPower Technology and an EnergyStar compliant power supply
• Earth-friendly packaging - Packaged in a minimized eco-friendly, recyclable packaging made from recycled materials
• Preformatted for PCs - Designed for use with Windows-based computers. Can be easily reformatted for use with Macs

List Price : £88.89
Price : £88.89


category: Products
brand: Western Digital
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Rating : 4.2
Review : Does what's needed
I've already got two of the 1TB versions of this, but having just moved to Mac machines, the 1TB were not large enough for Time Machine to backup the system and my files. So I simply purchased the 3TB version without worrying about other brands.

Very happy with the unit, was able to format to Mac OS Extended easily and copy the data over and Time Machine has been backing up without issue now fine.

Small, quite, reasonable speed, more than happy.

Should not I've never used these for live data, just transferring data between machines or backups where the speed was not critical. When these things have occurred I've been happy with the speed, but couldn't comment on how well they handle when you're working off files stored on the units. Don't see why it should be much of an issue though.