Western Digital (WD My Book Essential) - 1.5TB

Quick Overview Western Digital (WD My Book Essential) - 1.5TB My Book Essential External Hard Drives 1.5 TB, USB 2.0 Smart backup and storage. The world''s best-selling external hard drive now features a new, smart, visual backup solution that protects your data automatically. Product Description Western Digital (WD My Book Essential) - 1.5TB Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. At last, beauty, brains, and simplicity together. Product Features Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design - We''ve made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, this book-like shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. See your backup as it happens – Seeing is believing. Visual backup displays your content in categories and shows the progress of your backup. Protect your data automatically – Relax, your data is secure. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file. Bring back lost files effortlessly – Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you''ve lost all your data or just overwritten an important file. Take control – Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center. Drive lock - Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. Illuminated capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your drive. USB 2.0 interface - A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Power miser - My Book external drives are designed to save energy. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on and off with your computer. Planet friendly - We designed a small retail box from recycled materials to minimize waste. We encourage you to recycle it. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs - if you''re a Mac user, check out our Mac version of this product. Languages Supported English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian Compatibility Formatted NTFS Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7 Mac OS® X, Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Package Includes External hard drive WD SmartWare software (pre-loaded) USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide