Western Digital My Book Essential

My Book Essential is an external hard drive for storing data that has smart backup and storage with visual backup solution that protects your data automatically. It has the capacity of 2TB and occupies just a small space on your desktop, and can be stored neatly on your shelves.

It has WD smartware software which is a visual control centre with single screen view for all your stored data. From the WD smart ware software you can back up, retrieve and secure your files. It has an extra level of security with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. The password protection enables you to set a password so that no one can access your private and confidential data. Sometimes people can tamper with your data or even end up deleting them yet the data might be for clients or for important use. This ensures your data is safe even in your absence.

My Book Essential is an external drive with high capacity storage solution for digital storage. It has easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection that comes as a package to provide beauty, and simplicity together. You can visualize you back up as it happens. It shows the categories and progress of the back up as it takes place. It also has the automatic continuous back up that happens instantly. While it is being backed up then it is sent to the second copy where you can add or change the files when you find the need to. You can easily retrieve your important data to its original location if the data was lost or over written. This gives you the peace of mind since you do not have to start from scratch once you lose the data. My Book Essential allows lets you customize your back up, set the drive security, run diagnostics, and manage the power settings.

The illuminated capacity gauge enables you to view the remaining storage space in the drive. The USB 2.0 interface gives a simple connection that is convenient and compatible with multiple computers. It is designed to save power through the WD green power Technology that lowers internal drive power consumption. The sleep mode reduces power when the drive is not being used while the power-saving feature turns the drive on and off with your computer. This makes it economical and reduces energy bills. The languages supported by this storage device are English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Russian. It is compatible with formatted NTFS, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X, Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard brands. Its package includes external hard drive, WD smart ware software, USB cable, AC adapter and quick install guide.

The specifications for My Book Essential form Seagate Company are capacity 2TB, interface USB 2.0, height 6.50 inches, length 5.3 inches, width 1.9 inches, and weight of 2.60 pounds. The electrical specifications are AC input voltage 100-240 VAC and AC input frequency of 47-63 Hz. My Book Essential is available from Seagate Company and can be bought locally after comparing prices. This will ensure you have peace of mind when storing your important data.

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