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 with you. Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption (Windows only). Perfect for the business traveler who needs to transfer large amounts of data from laptop to clients or just daily backups in case of accidents from mishandled luggage to coffee spills. Also comes in handy if your worried about laptop theft and someone else having access to your important data, you can store it on this portable encrypted drive instead. For all those precious pictures, videos, music and data files, getting this external hard drive is a must have. WD Sync synchronization and encryption software lets you save your critical data and take it with you. Plug your drive into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer (Windows only) Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software (Windows only) Up to 480Mb/sec Bus Transfer Rate with USB 2.0 System Requirements - Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later), Available USB port Approximate Unit Dimensions - 0.59 (H) x 4.96 (L) x 3.14 (W) Approximate Unit Weight - 0.23lb
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Failed after < 1 yr:
I was initially so excited about the capacity and size of this device.
But it totally failed on me. Now my PC's don't recognize it, and it just makes a faint clicking sound. It's a paperweight now.
Excellent drive:
I have installed this drive in my D-Link Router DIR-655 USB share port using a USB hub to have both the WD hard drive and my printer shared across my home network. It works perfectly, it is a lot faster than my old external drive.
amazing:
One day my friend got a new hard drive for his MacBook and after installing it we had no way to get the data off his old drive. But after some quick thinking we decided to take my own 320 gb Western Digital Passport apart and stick in his old drive so that we could get the data off it. By taking it apart, we got a look at just how high the build quality is--The outer casing is purposefully built "bent" so that it snugs up against the middle section better. The hard drive is in a metal sled which is... more info
Very Convenient:
This drive is absolutely tiny. I needed something that I could travel with on planes, and this fits the bill nicely. (Lugging my full-sized externals was getting cumbersome) It's as easy to use as any other WD external HDD; just plug it in and you're good to go. I never bother with the junk software they bundle. 2 caveats: a. The included USB cord is very short. It's perhaps a foot long. Not a big deal, but it's pretty useless. b. The drive has zero ventilation. I left it plugged in for 2 hours the... more info
