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Store data securely on the WD My Book External Hard Drive. An ample 3TB of storage holds a large quantity of documents, photos, videos and more. The 256-bit hardware encryption ensures security and privacy. This My Book is both Windows and Mac compatible for maximum backup versatility. Worry less about losing important files with the automatic backup software.
 
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Watch for Boot Issues
on September 15, 2017
Posted by: bobd
from Alexandria, VA
Verified Purchase:Yes
Like some others, my Windows 7 computer would not boot up after a plug-and-play installation of this hard drive. I tried various fixes suggested online, but the only one that worked was the Western Digital recommendation to re-format the drive using the NTFS format instead of the exFAT format in which the drive is pre-formatted by WD. So, check this out before you save anything on the drive, since a reformat will erase all the data on the drive. And make sure you save the WD software that comes with the drive. If you recopy it onto the drive after reformatting, perhaps the WD Smartware will recognize the drive as a WD drive. I erased that software during the reformat, and so Smartware doesn't see the drive anymore. So I decided to use the Windows 7 backup program instead of WD's program. Otherwise, the drive seems to function well, now that I've resolved the no-boot issue.
My Best Buy number: 0209502220
My Best Buy number: 0209502220
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Store data securely on the WD My Book External Hard Drive. An ample 3TB of storage holds a large quantity of documents, photos, videos and more. The 256-bit hardware encryption ensures security and privacy. This My Book is both Windows and Mac compatible for maximum backup versatility. Worry less about losing important files with the automatic backup software.
 

External power supply? Hard drive not flash memory? Usb 2.0 compatible? Usb 2.0 cord included?.

The drive comes with a power block that plugs into a wall outlet. It does not depend upon the USB connection for its power. The unit is a disk drive, not flash memory. I haven't tested USB 2.0 compatability, but it should work in a USB 2.0 port, but will transfer data at the slower USB 2.0 speed. It comes with what is termed a USB 3.0 cable, which as far as I know should also work in a USB 2.0 port.
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