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WD My Book 3TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage
WD My Book 3TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage
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   Shipping Weight:   2.8 lbs
   Part #: WDBACW0030HBK-NESN

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 Features    [ Edit | History ]

The world's number one selling external hard drive features both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 connectivity for compatibility today and speed for the future. Visual backup software and password protection with hardware encryption ensure your data is protected. This sleek drive nestles neatly on a shelf next to other My Book drives.




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Drive Performance  
     Maximum External Data Transfer Rate: 640 MBps (5 Gbps)
General Information  
     Brand Name: WD
     Manufacturer: Western Digital Corporation
     Manufacturer Part Number: WDBACW0030HBK-NESN
     Manufacturer Website Address: www.wdc.com
     Product Line: My Book Essential
     Product Model: WDBACW0030HBK
     Product Name: My Book Essential WDBACW0030HBK Hard Drive
     Product Type: Hard Drive
Interfaces/Ports  
     Host Interface: USB 3.0
Miscellaneous  
     Compatibility:
  • USB 2.0
  • Plug n Play

     Green Compliance Certificate/Authority: RoHS
WEEE
     Green Compliant: Yes
     Package Contents:
  • My Book Essential WDBACW0030HBK Hard Drive
  • USB Cable
  • AC Adapter
  • Quick Install Guide

Physical Characteristics  
     Color: Black
     Depth: 165.0 mm
     Drive Type: External
     Drive Width: 3.5"
     Height: 48.0 mm
     Weight (Approximate): 1.18 kg
     Width: 135.0 mm
Software  
     Software Included:

WD SmartWare Software


Technical Information  
     Features: Password Authentication
     Platform Supported: PC
Mac
     Storage Capacity: 3 TB
Warranty  
     Limited Warranty: 2 Year

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Messages about WD My Book 3TB External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 File Backup and Storage

When will the 4TB version be available? (Blasphemy- Jan 06, 13, 1 Replies) Read this message
WD Mybook 3TB noise (tony33- Oct 18, 12, 0 Replies) Read this message
How many platters are there in this drive? (maldini- Sep 01, 12, 1 Replies) Read this message
WD 3TB Essential hangs Windows on splash scren (Curt_P- Jul 31, 12, 8 Replies) Read this message
Do not upgrade to latest firmware (NaX©- Mar 18, 12, 4 Replies) Read this message
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 Reviews from the Web

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URL: http://mobilemodding.info/western-digital-my-book-essentials-3tb-usb-3
Comment: Benchmarking of the harddrive on USB3.
Posted by: xchg.ca @10/14/12
URL: http://mobilemodding.info/western-digital-my-book-essentials-3tb-usb-3
Comment: Benchmarking of the harddrive on USB2.
Posted by: xchg.ca @09/16/12
URL: http://tbreak.com/tech/2011/08/wd-my-book-essential-usb3-0-3tb-review/
Comment: For the price, there’s nothing in the market that provides this much value for money when storage capacity and overall speed is concerned.
Posted by: Babaghan @08/13/11
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Vladislav_N
05/12/13
Experience: 6 Months
 Verified Owner
It boots, it shows some files and folders, sometimes it even works. But... files and folders disappear without any particular reason.

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Jaway_L
05/02/13
Experience: 4 Months
 Verified Owner
This is a good deal for the price, minus some minor flaws regarding the plastic housing and its' size. (Read More)

maniack
04/20/13
Experience: 4 Months
 Verified Owner
I've bought it in sold, need more space to store film. A very HDD, high speed in USB3 and very hard to broke (my cat push it out of the desk)I recommand it for everone that need more space. (Read More)

Adrian_V
04/14/13
Experience: 4 Months
 Verified Owner
Purchased the drive about three months ago and one day the drive showed up unformatted.

Tried to upgrade firmware - successful (Read More)

Sam_M
03/22/13
Experience: 2 Months
bought this to replace my old samsung drive that had bad sectors, so far so good. Constantly running uploads (Read More)

Jeremy_B
02/25/13
Experience: 6 Months
Bought it planning on using it as easy expansion (all my SATA spots were full). I used it for about a week via USB and it worked fine but I got annoyed with it sitting on my desk. So I pulled it apart and stuck the drive in the HTPC, and that went fine if anybody was wondering (no weird encryption or anything).

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James_W
01/30/13
Experience: 2 Years
Works great for multipurpose backup. Have video, music, photos, and data stored together with no issues. 2MB sequential write rate is roughly 100MB/s as to be expected from USB 3.0 (Read More)

Imad_G
01/13/13
Experience: 5 Days
 Verified Owner
First five days I had this hard drive were fine and dandy ... I was moving data onto this bad boy at USB 3.0 speeds. Then one day I plugged the drive in and BEEEEP, hard drive failed. I lost 1.5 TB of movies and tons of photos :m

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raquine
12/14/12
Experience: 2 Months
 Verified Owner
I pretty much covered everything in the pros and cons. Regarding the software, it was pretty good. However, the backup function looked like it only backed up entire folders such as your Music, Pictures, Videos etc. It didn't let me choose the subfolders so I ended up just copy/pasting what I wanted to backup. It worked like a charm. All in all I was very impressed with what I got for 150$. (Read More)

Blasphemy
12/08/12
Experience: 1 Weeks
I actually got the 4TB version elsewhere so I'm essentially reviewing that one. All I did was transfer large 4GB+ media files to it until it was about 95% full and then installed XBMC in portable mode to create  an epic media drive that can be used on any computer. Used USB 3.0 with Teracopy and saw and average of about 130MB/s, sometimes jumping to 170MB/s and down to about 100MB/s. No need to mess around in Windows Disk Manager before hand (Windows 7), it just worked out of the box. No comments on the software that it comes with as I had no use for it. (Read More)


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