Home > Consumer Reviews > Western Digital My Book Studio II - 2 TB (2 x 1 TB) USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive WDH2Q20000N

I have not had this item for too long but I have had long hours of work which I have had it on for and have noticed that heat wise it is not overwhelming compared to my laptop. I also think it is really nice to know my laptop could get run over and I have two back ups of my stuff and set up if needed. Will admit the light doesn't turn off while connected to the computer but I don't find that really that annoying. Anyways I like it so far and recommend it. I still have tons of room left to fill

I bought this product for 2 reasons. 2TB of hard disk space and support for Firewire. I have HP Pavillion desktop with firewire and this device does not work with HP desktop using firewire cable. I have to use USB 2.0 instead. The WD support page only mentioned issues with formatting the hard drive but even after I formatted using USB cable, it cannot be detected with firewire cable connection. I am still not sure if I should return the product since it work with USB but I was just disappointed that Firewire does not work for me.

I have been using these 2 Tb disk sets for only 2 weeks, but so far there have been no problems and all have worked well.

This is one of the best storage drives I've ever owned.

* It has RAID capability
* Goes into sleep mode when not in use
* Runs quiet
* Doesn't get hot

A stunning industry leading engineering marvel for performance, price, functionality, and design. As close to a PERFECT product as it gets. I spent A LOT of time researching for a new 2TB backup to compliment my brand new iMAC 24" and this product exceeded all my requirements and expectations. I was all ready to purchase the Lacie (because it was less expensive) until I read the abysmal failure rate among reviewers - after reading these I would never trust a Lacie external hard drive (not something you can afford to have a high failure rate)- the fact that this drive is both whisper quite and GREEN makes it even more attractive and less of a guilty pleasure. This same drive is sitting there in all the Apple retail stores for exactly $100 more that what you can purchase it on Amazon for and I had mine on my door step exactly 4 days after ordering on-line....pretty darn hard to beat.