Western Digital Passport Essential Portable 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend These elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter -- they are powered directly through the USB cable. Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security. WD Sync synchronization and encryption software lets you take your critical data… Product details and pricing info |
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389 Customer Reviews Posted
- Only a few things to make it better ...
- ... like putting a connection light/status light on the opposite end of the drive, instead of the end where the cord goes in. Why? Because the USB cord is so short that you can't necessarily see a status light unless you turn the drive to face you. The only other thing I struggle with is that it doesn't seem to connect through a USB expansion port (despite both being USB 2.0).
Other than that, it's pretty cool, sleek, and the pre-loaded software has worked as indicated. Thumbs up all around. - 2008-12-03, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- My 3rd WD Passport and still going strong!
- This is my 3rd of these Western Digital Passport drives, they are great! Have not had any problems with the older version of the passport. They run quiet and are very reliable. I used to carry the old clunky 3.5" external drives with the heavy power supply, now I can carry all my data without breaking my back.
Just in my experience, WD drives are very dependable, I tend to stay away from Maxtor who has failed me 3x. - 2008-12-03, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- The right stuff
- the Passport suits my intended use .I bought it to back up all my files and it worked like a charm .should any of my drives fail or my computer crash ,I still have everything on the WD Passport.It's a good feeling.
M.W.Tuch - 2008-12-02, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Does what a hard drive should
- Picked this up for use as a backup disc for a MacBook using Apple's Time Machine. Runs flawlessly off bus power directly from the laptop. Running without a hitch for nearly 3 months at this point and warrantied for 3 years. Sleek, small, convenient. Have several WD externals and no complaints yet. Well worth it.
- 2008-12-02, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- D.O.A.
- This drive was DOA. I tried using on Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista Home Premium systems and it didn't work on either. I must have got the dud drive and I returned it.
- 2008-12-02, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
