WD Media Center 250GB External Drive (lukewarm)

[Greg04]

After I gambled and lost on a few no-name external drives, its good to see this one. Decent price, and some interesting features - not for everyone, but take a look in you are in the market.

http://www.buy.com/prod/WD_Dual_Option_...nal_Hard_Drive/q/loc/101/10362385.html

 

[mshan]

Product isn't listed as a current product at the Western Digital website.

Anyone know of problems / defects / failures / high noise with this particular external hard drive?

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: mshan
Product isn't listed as a current product at the Western Digital website.

Anyone know of problems / defects / failures / high noise with this particular external hard drive?

Same here.
I've had my eyes in this for the last couple of days but still hesitating to pull the trigger

 

[Robc1880]

Originally posted by: mshan
Product isn't listed as a current product at the Western Digital website.

Anyone know of problems / defects / failures / high noise with this particular external hard drive?

here it is listed on the WD online Store http://www.wdc.com/en/buy/clearancedrives.asp?DriveID=75

 

[videopho]

It's on the WD clearance site meaning it must be a discontinued product.
Nonetheless it still looks like a good buy.

 

[EvilRage]

I have two similar products, the same style chassis but without the memory card reader. I have a 160GB version with no hub, and a 250GB version with one USB port in the front, one in the back, and nothing else (uses firewire for data transfer though). They work pretty well, only had a problem with em once, was with one refusing to turn on/off properly, but after a windows reinstall it worked fine, don't know why that is.

 

[starwars7]

I feel like this is very HOT.