WD Elements SE 750GB Portable Hard Drive $88 @ DickSmith

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  Jabba the Hutt on 22/02/2011 - 14:16

  Hooray, a bargain on the SmartWare-free model. My vote is for the freedom to cleanly partition a hard disk.

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    joeydee on 22/02/2011 - 14:53

    do they even come in the 2.5"

    thought smartware are for my book only, or i may be wrong

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      andolee90 on 22/02/2011 - 15:22

      The SmartWare comes with My Passport models too (2.5"), I bought mine about a year ago and I had to remove it.

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        mrarronax on 22/02/2011 - 17:13

        Hi andolee90, How did you remove it?
        Simply just format it?

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        mustkill on 22/02/2011 - 17:27

        +1

        just format it :)

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        andolee90 on 22/02/2011 - 20:27

        Unfortunately formatting won't remove it, because it is mounted via a Virtual CD in a separate partition (as far as I know). And you don't actually "remove" it, you just disable the auto booting of the VCD.

        Have a look at this link:
        http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3835#firm

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        cakesy on 23/02/2011 - 09:37

        You can easily remove the partition in Windows or Mac, join it back to the main partition, and get that extra space back.

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  jhova on 22/02/2011 - 14:51

  not bad actually….. my sis paid $150 for a 1TB Elements last month at jb hifi

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    vid_ghost on 22/02/2011 - 17:11

    +1

    Jb hi fi have shocking prices for 1TB drives.. u can get them from most stores for $115-120

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    montorola on 22/02/2011 - 17:23

    No offense, but they ripped her off pretty well. I bought one of these last year June from Officeworks for $95!

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      jlien on 22/02/2011 - 19:33

      That'd be the 3.5" model.
      Those are like $65 these days.

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    issh on 22/02/2011 - 17:25

    +1

    yea gotta agree
    you could get 1TB for less than $100(ie. Harvey Norman)

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  mrshorty on 22/02/2011 - 17:19

  +1

  the only problem i have with WD is if it breaks, you have to send it to singapore for a warranty replacement since they dont have an australian office.

  Quite annoying I found when I had to go through this process for my WD hd that broke down

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    c64 on 22/02/2011 - 17:44

    +1

    the only problem i have with WD is if it breaks, you have to send it to singapore for a warranty replacement since they dont have an australian office.

    or get your retailer to handle it, which they are obliged to do.

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      pliukit on 22/02/2011 - 18:53

      Mine was replaced by Officework when it broke down. No send to Spore for replacement etc.

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      Wally on 22/02/2011 - 19:04

      for 12 months

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      mrshorty on 22/02/2011 - 19:36

      +1

      i bought it online from COTD and they didnt do sht for me - they told me to contact WD for warranty replacements when i contacted them for a warranty claim

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  BartholemewH on 22/02/2011 - 17:49

  Does anyone know which drive is inside this? Is it 9.5mm or 12.5mm?

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    Domingo on 22/02/2011 - 18:57

    +1

    I'm guessing you're asking that because you want to put it into a laptop/ps3?

    For a Western Digital WD7500BPVT:
    Metric
    Height 9.5 mm
    Length 100.2 mm
    Width 69.85 mm
    Weight 0.15 kg

    1TB drives are usually 12.5mm, 750 or smaller are all 9.5mm from the 4 or so i have experience with across WD, seagate, samsung

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      issh on 22/02/2011 - 19:01

      yeah 1TB are rarely 9.5mm(hard to find anywhere), which is suited for some laptops and consoles

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    jlien on 22/02/2011 - 19:35

    It's a SE model drive, so there is no SATA interface on the HDD, rather the USB controller is built into the HDD itself.

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      A2Z on 23/02/2011 - 05:20

      THANKS, I was tempted.
      But since I can't use it for update my laptop, I'll pass.
      Checking other sites, it says the same thing.
      ** YOU CAN'T USE THIS TO UPGRADE LAPTOP **
      Someone uploaded a picture of the PCB here.
      http://community.wdc.com/t5/Other-Externals/WD-Elements-750G…
      It is using a Micro-USB , not Mini-USB.
      USB 2 only

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  Dr.Tenma on 22/02/2011 - 18:33

  Is it free postage?

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    issh on 22/02/2011 - 18:53

    nope
    it's $5.95 delivery
    but try your local DSE

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  2023 on 22/02/2011 - 20:02

  damn, just picked up a 320 for $45 a few weeks back, now this comes down in price. :(

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    thushan on 22/02/2011 - 20:55

    +2

    If you wait another few weeks, the 1Tb will hit these prices. Its the state of our industry, we're moving so fast that what you buy today, is already out of date by the time you hand over the cash!

    Look on the bright-side, you got to store all that porn on that 320Gb a few weeks ago so that annoying cousin who visits doesn't find it!

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  [Deactivated] on 22/02/2011 - 21:46

  Are the $97 logitech Z506 speakers any good? worth that much?

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  Serpeant on 23/02/2011 - 09:17

  Are these compatible with a Beyonwiz? ie do they suck more power via USB than what the Beyonwiz can deliver?

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  zeppeybabey on 23/02/2011 - 12:51

  Just picked up one from DSE Liverpool Westfield. There's heaps remaining.

  Copying some junk from my work PC onto it at the moment. I'm very surprised at how small the unit itself is.

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  Lenneth on 06/03/2011 - 18:46

  The dick smith site has it ending today.