Back-up your Photos with a Western Digital 500GB External Hard Drive

By Editor • April 18, 2007

Western Digital 500GB External Hard Drive Is your digital camera generating more files than you can possibly store on your PC? If so, you should make extra room, back-up the files, and keep them safe on one of the Western Digital’s My Book 500GB external hard drives¹.

The My Book sleek cases resemble a book and take up very little space on your desktop. Plus, they stack horizontally allowing two or more drives to nestle neatly together like encyclopedias on a shelf. Inside the case is a fast (7,200 RPM), ultra-quiet, cool-running hard drive. Around the button on the front of the case is a capacity gauge that shows at a glance how much space is remaining on the drive.

There are four versions available that differ in connectivity:

My Book Essential Edition: USB 2.0
My Book Premium Edition: USB 2.0, FireWire 400
My Book Premium ES Edition: USB 2.0, eSATA²
My Book Pro Edition: USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800

Dimensions (HxLxW): 6.71 x 5.6 x 2.25″

Weight: 2.90 lbs.

OS Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac® OS X 10.3 or later

Installation is easy because you don’t really “install” anything — just plug it in and it’s ready to use. No installation CD is required because all the necessary drivers load automatically from the hard drive the first time you plug it in.

The back-up software³ provided varies with the My Book version. See the Amazon pages for details.

How many photos can it hold? Up to 142,000 digital photos assuming they are high-resolution JPEGs at 3.5MB/photo. That’s a lot!

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² The ultra-fast eSATA (3GB/s) interface gives you speed comparable to a state-of-the-art internal hard drive.

³ All versions come with Free Google software – search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches (compatible with Windows 2000 and XP only).