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Do you mean this one?
Costco - Western Digital 1TB My Book Home Edition
Do you mean this one?
Costco - Western Digital 1TB My Book Home Edition
HR20 Hard Drive Upgrade
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Ramy,
Yes I think thats the one I was looking at, any word on it ?
LDV,
Is there anyway to confirm this info, I'd hate to buy it and then take it back and try to explain that it does work, but not for what I am doing ...
Jimbo
DBSTalk.com has a large thread on the subject, and they discuss the WD drive(s) that doesn't work.
Does this mean ALL WD drives or just a few ?
I will start looking on thier site if I can find it.
IF so, thanks as I was looking to locate it over the W/E, I'll save my money for now if it won't work.
I was hoping that BB or CC would have the Seagate 750 marked down for turkey day, no such luck, it's -50 at 229. on line only today. 299 normally.
Jimbo
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It's not all WDs, I know that--just one very popular that many ended up buying, then realizing didn't work.
I've been looking for the thread you mentioned and cannot find ANYTHING talking about Hard Drives, IM know it's there somewhere, but that site has WAS too many things going on , on it.
So you saying to stay away for this one ?
I have been waiting to see IF Seagate has a 1 TB, but have yet to see that either.
Jimbo
OK, I found it, the thread that is, way toooo long for me to go over tonight, gotta work in the am, but will check it out before I go out and buy.
Thanks LDV,
Jimbo
ANyone tried the new WD 1 TB external My books? The studio version has a 5 yr warranty and both power down when ot in use to generate less heat.
Newegg.com - Western Digital My Book Home WDH1CS10000N 1TB USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / eSATA External Hard Drive - Retail
Newegg.com - Western Digital My Book Studio WDH1Q10000 1TB USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / 1394b / eSATA External Hard Drive - Retail
Newegg.com - Western Digital My Book Home WDH1CS10000N 1TB USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / eSATA External Hard Drive - Retail
Newegg.com - Western Digital My Book Studio WDH1Q10000 1TB USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / 1394b / eSATA External Hard Drive - Retail
Well, for one thing you DON'T want the drive to power down when not in use. DVR drives run 24/7.
It spins back up when called for. What is the problem? Have you tried this model?
I've known BSG Razor was coming on tonight for a couple of weeks... bought a Sata drive today, but no ESata cables around... Oh well...
I too saw the WD My Books you mentioned, but when reading over there It pretty much said that the "Studio" version would not work, over all gave a negative report on the My Books stuff for what we are using it for.
LDV, Can you validate your quote about it not working with a drive that powers down? I saw that and thought that , that would be a real good feature.
Jimbo
Some at DBStalk have reported success with the WD "green" drives that power down when used with the MX-1 enclosure. I would think that this would be an optimum setup generating less heat, and wear on the drive.
I would imagine it would be seeing there is always a buffer available, unless this is done without the use of the HD, although I don't know how it would do this.
Jimbo
The FA I have says it spins down when not in use. Had it for a bit now and its still working flawlessly.
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