Overall Review: I own this and the 3TB WD Live. I keep my wife's laptop backed up on this thing without any issues. If you are going to be backing up your system, look for a better software solution and simply use the drive for your storage. That said, if you are simply using this for a backup of files, knock yourself out. There are better software solutions out there. I understand this Pro is an opinionated one, but I think it is worth taking my time to write it.Ĭons: If I am going to pick on this drive, it would be the software included. Seagates don't have nearly the lifespan, nor the speed on average. I've had far fewer issues with WD drives (HDD) than any other drive out there. but that is a simple fact of life with nearly any HDD. I have seen a few reviews that state DOA, etc. Unless you are going to get serious about a NAS solution, you really can't beat this thing for your desktop.ģ) Reliable. Excellent drive, especially given the price on Newegg.Ģ) Size. But, trying does not help the drive make it through the UPS 6 foot drop. The only reason I took off and egg, was because of the fact that it was not solidly packed by shipping, though it seems they tried. Until they come out with affordable Solid State external hard drives, this is probably the best drive out there for the money. And if it survives the trip to your home, it will probably last for years, as WD drives seem to do that. Overall Review: You really can't beat it now for the price. But, somehow the drive seems to have survived, and continues to function after over a week. So, despite the presence of all that packing material, the inner box still got knocked around. When I opened the box, there was lots of packing material, and the box containing the drive. When I received the package containing the box, which contained the drive, I could feel something flopping around inside it. They want to use up all of your backup space, and they expect things to be where they expect them.

But that is probably a problem for all of the automated backup programs around these days. It is very invasive and rather unstable, and I ultimately found myself back to manually backing up my important stuff. But, I knew that going in, and it is just as fast as most of my internal mechanical drives.Ĭons: The backup software that comes with it is a newer version of the same software that came with my 320GB WD external hard drive which I purchased a few years ago, and is still running. USB 3.0 potential which, unfortunately due to the fact that these are just Winchester mechanical drives on a rope, they can only go so fast.

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