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Western Digital WDG2NC10000N My Book World Edition II 1 TB Ethernet External Hard Drive | 
| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $319.99
Buy New: $247.99
You Save: $72.00 (23%)
Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 11703
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.1
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 4.1 x 6.8
nv:Form Factor: Desktop
Compatible RAID Levels: 1
Total Storage Capacity: 1.0 TB
Hard Drives Included: 2
Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
USB Ports: 1
RJ-45 Ports: 1
Communications Description: Network Adapter
Interface Type: RJ-45
Data Transfer Rate: 1000 Mbps
Data Transfer Rate: 100 Mbps
Data Transfer Rate: 10 Mbps
Protocols: TCP/IP
Built-In Network Services: FTP Server
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3i 10Base-T Ethernet
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WDG2NC10000N
Model: WDG2NC10000N
UPC: 718037119403
EAN: 0718037119403
ASIN: B000NKJ2X8
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Simple and secure way to access and share data at home, in the office, and anywhere in the world | | • | Data on the hard drive is accessible even when your local computer is off | | • | Extra data protection with RAID 1 | | • | High-performance 1000/100/10 compatible Ethernet connection | | • | Easy to set up, easy to use |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Add this unique remote-access storage system to your wired or wireless network and you'll have a surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share data and photos at home, in the office, and anywhere in the world - even when your local computer is off.PRODUCT FEATURES:WD Anywhere Access - This storage system and all the files on it are always accessible when you need them, even when your local computer is turned off;Easy to set up, easy to use - You're up and running in a few simple steps. Wizard software steps you through RAID configuration and network setup is a breeze with our unique, powerful remote access software;Data OnHand - From any PC, use Windows Explorer to securely browse through folders on My Book World Edition. Open, edit and save files as though they are right there with you;Extra data protection with RAID 1 - For extra data protection, dedicate half the capacity for mirroring, and automatically and instantaneously back up data every time you save it;Extraordinary capacity - With up to 1.5 TB of storage in an elegant, small footprint design, you have plenty of space to store an entire digital photo library, your HD movie collection and hours and hours of DV video;User serviceable - Easy access allows you to open the case and replace a drive. No need to send the entire system in for service;Gigabit Ethernet Connection - High-performance 1000/100/10 compatible Ethernet connection;EMC Retrospect Express backup software - Easy-to-use software for scheduled or on-demand file backup;UPnP enabled - Makes network configuration easy and convenient;Capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your storage system;Quiet and cool - An efficient convection cooling system and a thermostatically controlled fan keep this unit reliably cool and remarkably quiet.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 48 more reviews...
 excellent backup December 15, 2008
random purchaser
I am not sure I understand the advantage of the WDAnywhere software, but once you wade through the instructions you realize you can install this without ever installing the WD software. Straightforward setup allows you to use this as a RAID 1 disc array, removing some concerns for backing up data. Easy to setup (if you have some level of networking knowledge) and (so far) reliable. Backup software is basic to say the least - but it works....
 Stay away from this piece of junk November 23, 2008
William Ryan
I've had this for a few months now. The installation was reasonably easy, and I have the same complaints about mionet that everyone else has. However, the device simply goes offline intermittently for no reason. When this happens the front on/off switch also stops responding so the only way to reset it is to unplug and the plug it back in. Now it is useless to me as a backup or storage device. My only actions of recourse now are to return the unit or find another SATA NAS enclosure and use the drives that came in it. If I had to buy this device again I never would have.
Very poor option. zero stars if I could November 22, 2008
C. Dahl (Dix Hills, New York USA)
I had this unit a year and have never been satisfied. My goal was to have a common backup location for everyone on my LAN to share The unit always was very slow when reading or writing. More importantly recently I had one of the two hard drives fail . Should have been no problem since I was using RAID to mirror drives. WD did send out a replacement within a few days however after a lot of go arounds with WD tech support it turns out the second drive was also corrupted . I lost a tremendous amount of information I thought was totally secure. Very unreliabile. I would give this unit a zero (0) if I could . Do not rely on for data protection. Also this unit does not stream media files
This drive is a piece of junk November 17, 2008
Robert E. Gillis
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had this hard drive for several years. I returned the first one I bought because I could not get my computer to recognize the drive after I connected it up. Thinking it was a bad drive, I exchanged it for another one and this time after much effort, I was able to make my computer recognize the drive. Since my OS was the new Vista at the time, I attributed my problems to a faulty driver. However, after running this external hard drive for several years, I find the drive runs very hot and then the loud cooling fan kicks in ... and I mean loud. At least once a day and sometimes several times a day the drive gets so hot it shuts down. When it does I have to disconnect the electrical power from the drive as well as the USB and let it sit for fifteen minutes or longer to cool off before I can reconnect it. Also, I have found many of the movies I record seem to lock up and release, lockup and release to the point I have to delete the movie. From watching the monitor on the front of the drive, it appears that the drive reads the movie file, and then stops for a while and then reads the movie file again and then stops..etc. I run a virus check on my computer once a day and this generally shuts my drive down before it completes reading the entire drive. The bottom line is I think this drive is a piece of junk.
Six months? That's it? November 16, 2008
oatmeal
This hard drive was storing thousands of family photos, some as from as far back as the late 1800s. The photo library I entrusted to this piece of junk included parents, grandparents, great-grandparents... family from around the world.
I'd been scanning them for years, making repairs to the oldest and storing them all.
And six months after I got it, it died. EVERYTHING GONE.
In a panic, I did a search for any of the pictures I'd lost... and found them all on another drive. Seems one of my backup programs had grabbed the entire library even though it wasn't supposed to. Everything that had been added to the library from the time the backup grabbed a copy of the library to the time the drive failed was still stored on my camera and on my phone.
The luck. It's absolutely staggering how unbelievably lucky that was.
It still left me with a hunk of useless, six month old crud. I sent it back into WD and they replaced it with a refurbished one that I don't trust as far as I can throw it. See the current price up there? WD held the full, original retail price against my credit card until the failed drive arrived at their end... and they made me pay for the shipping.
This drive was:
- Kept in an air conditioned environment.
- Never moved, dropped, or damaged
- Free from spills, debris, and moisture
- Free from vibration and magnetic fields
- Plugged into a UPS
This isn't the first WD MyBook hard drive I've bought that has proven unstable under similar conditions. I will never buy another WD product.
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*Moral: Keep backups of your important data. I've never heard of anyone getting so lucky that their irreplacable data was accidently backed up before, and I doubt I ever will again. I've the data on two drives now - yes, one is the refurbished drive, and I trust it so little I'm in the process of putting everything onto DVDs.
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