11,000/-, those who need a 3TB solution would consider this drive. With the lowest online retail price of Rs. comes with 2 years warranty, whereas U.K./India drives come with 3 years warranty period. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. The format utility comes with XP compatibility mode as well, just do that you know. WD 3TB My Book for Mac Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYCC0030HBK-NESN. The utility backs up only the media data and not the system data (Your operating system and your installed software). The drive came with the same utility as on Western Digital My Passport Essential (WDBACY5000ABK) 500GB USB 3.0 External Storage that I’ve reviewed earlier. Even if any external source has the misfortune of not working one fine day, atleast you can RMA your drive and use the replacement to backup your main storage drive(s) again. Sure, 3 years warranty backs you up as far as the hardware is concerned, but who is backing you up if the irreplaceable data is gone? There’s no fool-proof answer for this, is there? There are times for any unfortunate reason a drive could one day stop working. A lot of people might be skeptical using a single large drive (even as a backup) especially when it contains a lot of irreplaceable data. Here’s my concern: If your 3TB drive is used as your secondary storage rather than as a backup source and once filled the drive will have a huge chunk of data.
