There is a fault with the controller card not the drive itself, once used the drive is erased and no chance of recovery of any data as the partition is deleted. [...]Not worth buying if you value your data.

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Faulty; You Lose Your Data; Once Used No Drive

Stopped working after only 6 weeks!!! Lost my data!!! Gutted!! This is the 3rd one I've purchased, but the only one to go wrong. Please buy with caution. I run 2 so I have a double back-up, but it has lost my final week's worth of data.

Western Digital's My Book Studio caters primarily to Mac users, but it can be used on PCs, too. It's a versatile drive, which can be plugged into any computer thanks to the inclusion of four different types of interface connections.

Has eSATA, USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 interface connections; if using USB or FireWire, the drive switches off automatically when the computer is shut down

An eSATA cable is not supplied; the backup software is only a trial version; the drive's enclosure is made out of plastic

The PC in the typical home is becoming the hub for all our media – music, photos and videos, so it pays to have as much backup storage has possible. The My Book range is about at attractive as current external hard drives get.

Huge capacity; plenty of options

Quite expensive

Competitively priced and friendly to use with plenty of connection options

Good price good product

Its price may be daunting, but Western Digital's My Book Studio Edition II offers a massive 4TB of desktop storage, speedy transfers over eSATA and FireWire 800, and user-replaceable drives.

Massive storage space; User-replaceable drives; ESATA and FireWire 800 ports offer speedy transfers for Mac or PC

Pricey; but not unreasonable considering capacity; No eSATA cable included

Western Digital's My Book Studio Edition is quite possibly the sexiest external hard drive we've seen, if we're allowed to call external hard drives that. The powdered silver casing is one of luxury, a single stretched ovoid line lit by white LEDs calmly and serenely tracks back and forth when it's...

No fans; Little heat; Huge capacity; Attractive design; Five year warranty; Fully featured Mac software

Capacity indicator isn't accurate; Not the fastest eSATA drive

The Western Digital My Book Studio Edition allows you to easily stow away precious digital memories without breaking the bank.