Reviews and Problems with Western Digital My Book Elite (WDBAAH6400ECH / WDBAAH0010HCH / WDBAAH0015HCH / WDBAAH0020HCH)
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Overall 8
Western Digital My Book Elite 2TB
maximum pc
2 March 2010
Summary: Strangely, the average write speed was lower than either a bare WD Caviar Green drive in an external cradle or the 500GB SimpleTech ReDrive, at about 20MB/s compared to
Pros: Good looks; cool display; intuitive backup software; full-disk encryption.
Cons: Write speeds slower than expected; no eSATA.
Summary: The Western Digital My Book Elite 2TB manages reasonable read and write speeds when dealing with both small and large files, but isn't the fastest USB 2.0 external hard
Conclusion: The My Book Elite is surprisingly affordable for a 2TB USB2 disk, but at this price you may want to consider a USB3 disk if speed is important.
Excerpt: The Mybook Elite is a standard external hard disk that connects to the computer using a USB connection. There's one clever feature which is that it has an e-ink screen on...
Excerpt: The Western Digital My Book Elite 2TB external hard drive offers intuitive backup options, 256-bit AES hardware encryption, and an e-ink capacity indicator.