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Product Specifications
General
BrandWestern Digital
Item Height
15 millimetres
Item Width11 centimetres
Hard Drive
Hard Drive InterfaceUSB 2.0
Technical Details
- Western Digital's smallest portable drive ever
- Drive lock feature
- New updates for SmartWare Software available from Western Digital
- Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs and USB 2.0 interface
- Planet friendly
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The world's most popular portable drive is now smaller than ever. And it's smarter than ever with automatic, continuous backup software and password protection.
Box Contains
- Ultra-portable hard drive
- WD SmartWare software (pre-loaded)
- USB cable
- Quick Install Guide
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
I'm sorry to ay that this drive is not something to go for. Recently it has been re-cased and sadly to its detriment. The USB connector on the drive is now so poor that unless it stays in exactly the right position for the duration of its use, the connection will become unstable and you may lose data or risk corruption.
I have purchased 6 of these drives previously (before the form factor change) and they were great - and highly recommended. Now I am forced to go elsewhere.
Do not buy this drive. You will regret it.
I have purchased 6 of these drives previously (before the form factor change) and they were great - and highly recommended. Now I am forced to go elsewhere.
Do not buy this drive. You will regret it.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
I have purchased a number of Western Digital Passport drives over the last year and the quality has become so bad this will be the last one. There are two areas of concern.
1) The drive now has a micro USB port rather than a mini USB port. The connection to this port is so loose that the cable drops out if the drive is moved whilst it is plugged in. I have checked with other models and this seem to be a design issue with all new models.
2) The drive has WD SmartWare built into the firmware of the drive. There is no way to remove this software, the only option you have is to disable it from the operating system on each machine you use it on. WD needs to supply a method of removing this virus / trojan vector from their drives.
Come on WD don't try and lower the cost of manufacturing to the detriment of quality.
1) The drive now has a micro USB port rather than a mini USB port. The connection to this port is so loose that the cable drops out if the drive is moved whilst it is plugged in. I have checked with other models and this seem to be a design issue with all new models.
2) The drive has WD SmartWare built into the firmware of the drive. There is no way to remove this software, the only option you have is to disable it from the operating system on each machine you use it on. WD needs to supply a method of removing this virus / trojan vector from their drives.
Come on WD don't try and lower the cost of manufacturing to the detriment of quality.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
I've read many people complaining that the Micro USB port is not held securely in place. If you plug in the Micro USB cable to the HDD you have to push it on securely. The first contact is loose but then you push over the locking position and the cable is held firmly in place. I wonder if the other reviewers just didn't push this on far enough. This seems very good value for the design.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Lasted only 5 months!
Had this product for around 5 months and was really pleased with how it was working...until today! I am disappointed that after only 5 months of use the product has stopped working... Read more
Published 16 months ago by c19egg
WD 250GB Hard Drive
Very pleased,I have had another one for years,no problems.So far this has worked just the same.I have read other reviews and thier problems but I have had none.
Published 16 months ago by Martin
Doesn't Last Long
In terms of the actual performance of the drive I haven't had any problems. The connection is, however, pretty poor, and I've been through several USB cables in the past year. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. C. Snewin
Great Product Shame I never recieved it
as the title states i ordered two of these and neither so say arrived due to royal mail they faithfully trust to deliver, but i did get a refund which is better than nothing.
Published 18 months ago by S. J. Clark
Specific Cables Let it down
Basically in terms of performance its very similar to other models by competitors however in order to use this harddrive it requires a specific cable to interface with the drive... Read more
Published 18 months ago by DangerousDibs
DOES THIS WORK WITH THE XBOX 360 (2010 MODEL)
I like to know if this hard drive will work with the xbox 360 iam neediing it for downloads saves on games
Published 18 months ago by mrtechno
No problems, great Hard Drive.
Got this as my first portable Hard Drive, and it works straight out of the box. None of the issues were present that people have posted here, at least in my case. Read more
Published 18 months ago by K. G. Montford
Poor
My WD hard drive was never very reliable and had intermintant problems connecting with my computer. It has now died completely after just year of sitting on my desk. Read more
Published 18 months ago by sik80
My Passport - My friend!
Exceptional value from Amazon at just over £40 (no I don't work for Amazon!) and it works really quickly when backing up. Read more
Published 19 months ago by J. Humphreys
Initio Default Controller????
I have a WD My Book which is absolutely fantastic, so I thought that the passport essential drive would be the way to go for my portable hard drive needs. Read more
Published 19 months ago by N. Ahmad
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