Western Digital MyBook HOME Edition 500GB External Hard Disk Drive

Your baby's first step, your wedding in Bali, all your important milestones…all captured in digital photos and video. What could be more important? Store them safely and keep them backed up on My Book Home Edition external hard drives.

Product Features

Easy to set up, easy to use - Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in. Automatic backup - Save a copy of your photos to an online sharing service, duplicate your e-mail and contacts to your iPod®, and back up all your precious files to your My Book. Set it and forget it; every time you save something it's automatically backed up. Flexible triple interface - USB 2.0 -- For convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. FireWire 400 –- A high-performance interface that's perfect for Macintosh® computers. eSATA 3 Gb/s -- The ultra-fast eSATA interface gives you speed comparable to a state-of-the-art internal hard drive. Fits right in - Takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your drive. (Works with the USB and FireWire connection only.) Smart and energy efficient - Turns itself on and off with your computer and Safe Shutdown™ prevents the drive from being powered down until all your data has been written. (Works with the USB and FireWire connection only.) Designed to keep the drive inside cool - The My Book enclosure's heat dissipating design with Morse Code prevents heat buildup a notorious data killer. How cool is that? Environmentally friendly - Our environmentally-friendly drive is designed to save power by going into standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. When you're ready to use it, it wakes up automatically.

Ideal for

• Continuous and automatic backup of your important digital assets
• Extra storage for your computer
• Archiving the music stored on your MP3 player
• Adding plenty of space for digital video capture and editing
• Saving and organizing your digital photo collection

System Requirements

• Available USB, FireWire, or eSATA port
• Windows® 2000/XP/Vista
• Mac® OS X 10.4.8 or later

Package Includes

• External hard drive
• USB cable
• FireWire cable
• AC adapter
• Quick Install Guide

Performance Specifications

Serial Transfer Rate
	eSATA
	Serial Bus Transfer Rate (eSATA)	3 Gb/s (Max)

	FireWire 400
	Serial Bus Transfer Rate (1394a)	400 Mbits/s (Max)

	USB 2.0
	Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0)	480 Mbits/s (Max)

Physical Specifications
	Capacity	500GB
	Interface	Triple Interface

Physical Dimensions
English
	Height	6.5 Inches (Max)
	Length	5.4 Inches (Max)
	Width	2.1 Inches
	Weight	2.5 Pounds

Metric
	Height	166 mm (Max)
	Length	137 mm (Max)
	Width	54 mm
	Weight	1.15 kg

Environmental Specifications
Temperature (English)
	Operating	41° F to 95° F
	Non-operating	-4° F to 149° F

Temperature (Metric)
	Operating	5° C to 35° C
	Non-operating	-20° C to 65° C

Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
	Power Dissipation
	AC Input Voltage	100-240 VAC
	AC Input Frequency	47-63 Hz