Western Digital My Book Studio II – 4TB (2 x 2 TB) USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800/eSATA Desktop External Hard WDH2Q40000N
Product Description
WD’s My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive, quad-interface external storage system for Mac offers optimum performance for creative professionals. Lightning-fast FireWire 800 or eSATA interfaces combined with RAID 0 (striping) yields the speed you need for fast, smooth video and audio editing, rendering complex 3D objects or special effects, and saving huge blocks of data in record time. Set the system to RAID 1 (mirroring) for the peace of mind in knowing that if one drive in this two-drive system ever fails, the system continues to run and your data is safe. Includes automatic data backup software, user-serviceability, a 5-year limited warranty, and works with Apple’s Time Machine.
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Feature
- Performance for creative pros
- Quad interface
- Formatted for Mac
- RAID 1/0
- 33% power reduction
CustomerReviews
You will be one of those people… Don’t be fooled.
Using Windows 7 (WD website says it’s compatible), HP Pavillion Elite e9270t, using Firewire 800 connection… Installation – horrific. I must have tried 10 different things just to get the WD Drive Manager installed. Copying files from another external drive connected usb 2.0 to this new WD Studio Edition II has been extremely painful. Every minute or so, the drive status from WD Drive Manager states “Devise not found”. Meanwhile, my computer is hung (not CPU or memory constrained either). After copying most of my stuff over I copied it back b/c I don’t trust this drive. Emailed support a few days ago and do not have a response. I have gotten the blue screen a couple times and severe window issues trying to restart since installing this and attempting to copy data back and forth. I am 8 out of 10 in terms of computer knowledge, so don’t think you won’t be one of the lucky ones – if you are, make sure you back this drive up elsewhere. I have lost days of my time due to this drive. Wait until they improve the technology.
Terrible drive
Are you a windows user? If so, this is NOT the drive for you. Installation is tough. The installation software doesn’t work in Vista. You will need to go into the disk tools within the system admin section and create the drive. Not only does the ssoftware not work, but the Firewire 400/800 connection doesn’t work. You’ll need to use the USB 2.0 port. Don’t waster your time and money with this drive.
Works Well – But I Had To Replace A Drive After One Year
I bought this 2 TB drive about 18 months ago for my Mac Pro and about 6 months ago one of the drives began to fail. I tried reformatting and repairing the drive but no luck – it seemed to work on and off for a while but totally stopped about a month ago. It was a little difficult determining which drive failed but by putting the drives directly into my Mac Pro I was able to isolate which drive was faulty. I have now bought a new WD Green drive and swapped it out and now everything is as new again. I hope this is not a indicator of the life expectancy of these WD Green drives as they generally get good reviews. For now I have a working back-up solution again – so as long as I don’t loose another drive I will be marginally happy.
Otherwise the drive is quite and it does work well with Time Machine. I use the drive with the USB port as this is fast enough for my purposes.
Fantastic HD. I also have the 2 TB. Works like a charm with my Macbook. Highly recommended.
I also have the 2 TB. Works like a charm with my Macbook. Highly recommended.
Couldn’t be happier!
I love this new 4TB hard drive. It is very easy to use, has all the connections I could want and transfers data very fast (Using Firewire 800 connection). Truly a plug and play item for my mac, plus it has the full 4TB of storage, unlike certain external hard drives of the past. And being able to daisy chain this with my other firewire drives is great. Can’t wait to get my second one!