Western 250GB Ultra Portable USB Hard Drive - €46

seraphimvc · 04-05-2010 11:37am #1

imo i think it is a very tempting price:)
down from £60 to £40,and it is qualified for free shipping so work out total of about €46

western is known for its quality and apparently the bad VCD problem is solved by western released new update for disable it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B002MG4B1Y/ref=pd_sim_ce_12

quaalude · 04-05-2010 1:09pm

Great, thanks for posting that, just got one.

04-05-2010 3:33pm

Excellent, thanks for that.

GoldBullion · 04-05-2010 4:23pm

Some of the reviews aren't great. I'm no techy but they talk about the sowftware it installs on your PC.

The drive has WD SmartWare built into the firmware of the drive. There is no way to remove this software, the only option you have is to disable it from the operating system on each machine you use it on. WD needs to supply a method of removing this virus / trojan vector from their drives.

TheDriver · 04-05-2010 5:15pm

i have a 500gb version and it comes up as 2 drives: one with the software and then the empty drive. It all works grand to be honest, I reformatted the main part to fat32 to use with a home cinema system, all works grand

Hmm_Messiah · 04-05-2010 5:29pm

GoldBullion wrote: »

Some of the reviews aren't great. I'm no techy but they talk about the sowftware it installs on your PC.

The drive has WD SmartWare built into the firmware of the drive. There is no way to remove this software, the only option you have is to disable it from the operating system on each machine you use it on. WD needs to supply a method of removing this virus / trojan vector from their drives.

I think this solves that problem ?

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdsmartwareutilities

ninty · 04-05-2010 5:44pm

for an extra €19 you can get this 500Gb one Link

Flesh Gorden · 04-05-2010 5:47pm

I've the 500gb WD, all I'll say is be very careful where you place it
they're extremely shiny and slippery and will fly off a table or sofa with little force

seraphimvc · 04-05-2010 7:51pm

GoldBullion wrote: »

Some of the reviews aren't great. I'm no techy but they talk about the sowftware it installs on your PC.

The drive has WD SmartWare built into the firmware of the drive. There is no way to remove this software, the only option you have is to disable it from the operating system on each machine you use it on. WD needs to supply a method of removing this virus / trojan vector from their drives.

which i did say WD has released a solution for that in my OP :pac:

seraphimvc wrote: »

the bad VCD problem is solved by western released new update for disable it.

yoshytoshy · 04-05-2010 8:14pm

Is the fix a permenant one for the drive ,i.e can I use a program to format the drive to FAT32.

nitromaster · 04-05-2010 8:18pm

ninty wrote: »

for an extra €19 you can get this 500Gb one Link

but its got a dead guy on it

Actually might be interested in a 500GB or more Western Digital if anyone knows a good price :pac:

eclectichoney · 04-05-2010 8:43pm

I got a 500GB WD Essentials (not a passport) portable drive last week on Amazon for about €72 delivered. Came in two days!

peckerhead · 04-05-2010 10:08pm

€58.75 delivered?
I bought one of these a year ago for about €95, had no problems so far and it gets toted around a fair bit (albeit in a good case).

yoshytoshy · 04-05-2010 10:10pm

peckerhead wrote: »

£48.90 delivered? I bought one of these a year ago for about €95, had no problems so far and it gets toted around a fair bit (albeit in a good case).

You need a powercable for that ,no ?

nitromaster · 04-05-2010 10:31pm

eclectichoney wrote: »

I got a 500GB WD Essentials (not a passport) portable drive last week on Amazon for about €72 delivered. Came in two days!

Thanks. Think I'm gonna stick to the Passports...bit of a fan since getting my 320GB (was 20 euro short in my paypal for the 500GB

not that patient...)

I suppose 4 250GB drives are about the price of a 1TB one on amazon...meaning that the 1TB is technically cheap also.
Hmm

Ron DMC · 05-05-2010 12:25am

I've had a 320gb WD Passport for years, they are the absolute business. I've had no trouble with it at all.

Would highly recomment the 250gb at that price.

peckerhead · 05-05-2010 12:11pm

yoshytoshy wrote: »

You need a powercable for that ,no ?

Sorry, this is the one I meant and yes, it's about €72 delivered — as eclectichoney said.

In a lot of ways, 2 x 250GB is better than 1 x 500GB.

god's toy · 05-05-2010 1:19pm

Thanks OP! You just solved my 'Need a little more space on the Xbox but could also add some to the network router too' dilemma.
This baby can do both!