The My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive from Western Digital is your answer to sleek, 'future-proof' portability. With this bus-powered drive, you can have up to 5Gb/s USB 3.0 speeds with complete backward compatibility with USB 2.0, allowing you to take full advantage of your drive immediately while still ensuring future usability.
| Interface | USB 3.0 (backward compatible with USB 2.0) |
| Data Transfer Rate |
USB 2.0: Up to 480Mb/s USB 3.0: Up to 5Gb/s |
| System Compatibility | Formatted NTFS for Windows XP / Vista / 7, requires reformatting for Mac OS X 10.5 / 10.6 |
| Operating Temperature | 41-95°F (5-35°C) |
| Storage Temperature | -4-149°F (-20-65°C) |
| Dimensions | 0.6 x 4.3 x 3.2" (1.5 x 11.0 x 8.3 cm) |
| Weight | 0.31 lb (0.14 kg) |
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I would buy this product again and again
I use the product to make a safe backup of my important documents and photos and not to risk losing them.
I use the product to make a safe backup of my important documents and photos and not to risk losing them.
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Received this product today and not happy with the cosmetics. It's obvious that its been used. Hope it works... 3 stars for B&H, 5 stars to WD
Received this product today and not happy with the cosmetics. It's obvious that its been used. Hope it works... 3 stars for B&H, 5 stars to WD
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
My passport is just like your ordinary USB but with higher capacity. Read/write is fast enough, quiet and it is as light as a feather, fits into my shirt pocket so easily. However, it is getting scratched very easily.
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
Works with Macs.
The backup option is great.
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
500Gb storage with fast capabilities.
USB 3.0 but so far only used with USB 2
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
I use the product for backup and also as an USB flash drive, for quick transfer of files. The great things about it is its size, capacity and portability.
So far, I did not find any deffects about it.
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
Great design.
Fast access.
Must install specific driver in administration account on Windows.
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
very nice and fast
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
I recently bought 3 500GB my passport essentials to back up my 2 computers at the office and 1 at my home office; they were easy to install and are working continuously; I feel my data is much safer in the event of a problem with any of these computers.
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
i bought this to backup photos. i got this model because it has the 2.0 and 3.0 usb port and if i change over to mac i can still use it, you would just have to reformat it. its size is great. i put into a small fire proof safe. you never want to be that family that loses everything. best price i could find. i live about 50 miles from the warehouse in brooklyn [...]
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
I use the product to make a safe backup of my important documents and photos and not to risk losing them.
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Comments about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive (Black):
Unfortunately the carrying case is not included.
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Received this product today and not happy with the cosmetics. It's obvious that its been used. Hope it works... 3 stars for B&H, 5 stars to WD
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