Cheap 2013 Holidays: WD My Passport 1TB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 Black

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Product Description

My Passport offers up to 1 TB capacity in an amazingly small enclosure. It features ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity; compatibility with USB 2.0; automatic, backup software; and password protection and hardware encryption to help protect your files from unauthorized use.

Sleek, compact design
Automatic backup software
Password protection and hardware encryption
Data Transfer Rate on USB up to 5 Gbps
2-Year Limited Warranty
Sleek, compact design,Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 3.0)5 Gb/s (Max)

WD My Passport 1TB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 Black Reviews

1,642 of 1,714 people found the following review helpful

An essential storage backup tool in a digital world, April 24, 2012

Joanna Terrero (N.J. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WD My Passport 2TB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 Black (Personal Computers)

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I'm a computer repair technician, and one issue I have all the time with my customers is, the famous, 'a virus hijacked my computer and those precious pictures are inside'. Yeah, the prom, the honeymoon, or the newborn pictures are usually held without ransom. Most of the time we are dealing with malware of some sort that affects the Windows operating system files, but leaves the data intact. So, before I repair the computer, I rescue the pictures, and any other file they might value. However, not all repair technicians do this, most allege that the files are corrupted, which might be the case, but usually it really means they are too busy to rescue anything, don't know how to do it, or will not do it unless paid big cash.

For one own's sakes, the best thing to do is backing up the data before the computer gets infected, or the hard drive fails. For pictures I recommend backing up the original files into data discs, but for faster everyday files backups (music, movies,... Read more

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260 of 276 people found the following review helpful

Smart form-factor. So-So software, April 5, 2012

LDB (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: WD My Passport 1TB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 Black (Personal Computers)

This is my first experience with a Western Digital hard drive. I purchased the 1 TB Passport drive as opposed to others mainly because CNET awarded its Editors' Choice for the 2 TB model ( which was not available for sale when I placed my order). I am currently using the WD SmartWare (version 1.5.4.5) that comes with loaded the device.

Pros:
Smart form-factor. Very small and sleek for a 1TB drive.
USB powered ( just plug it into your USB port). No need for a power cable or bulky ac adapter. Makes for true portability.
Impressive USB 2.0 speed during my initial back up of 131 GBs worth of files/content.
Automatic file backup feature
One USB cable( supplied)supports both 3.0 and 2.0.
Surprisingly quiet and runs fairly cool too.
Excellent customer support. I called twice and spoke to well trained/professional technicians.

Cons:
WD Smartware software. Surprisingly so-so for this cool little device. Not as intuitive or... Read more

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171 of 181 people found the following review helpful

The PERFECT External Storage Drive For My Macbook Pro, July 29, 2012

Ronald Epstein "Ronald Epstein" (NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: WD My Passport 1TB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 Red (Personal Computers)

Wow. So many mixed reviews here, and like those of you who are pondering over whether it is worth purchasing this Western Digital MY PASSPORT, there may not be a clear answer.

Let me tell you my story.

Recently bought the new Retina Macbook Pro with its 500GB SSD drive. For a person like me who puts a lot of software on my laptop and does quite a bit of movie editing, hard drive space is a premium. So, when figuring out how to handle nearly 200GB of music, I decided it would probably be best to run iTunes off an external drive instead of taking up space on the Macbook.

Again...Wow. Reading these reviews on Amazon was quite unnerving. So many great experiences with this drive followed up by a handful of negative experiences -- many talking of total hard drive failure. It's almost as if you are rolling the dice as to whether you'll receive a drive that works or doesn't.

...then there's the reviews from people who claim they are having... Read more