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• WD My Passport Essential Portable 320GB Hard Drive - Black

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  $105.75 - $362.29
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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: benbjamin

  Updated:08-21-08

  Duration of ownership:8 Months

  Strengths: Light, doesn't need external power, and disk size.

  Weaknesses: none

  Overall Evaluation: Great external device, perfect for storing music, movies and personal data. Great product, I hope they release a larger one in the near future.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: skchourey

  Updated:07-29-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: I like it as it is silent, fast data transfer and portable.

  Weaknesses: None so far

  Overall Evaluation: I wanted to have portable drive with maximum capacity available and with no need to connect power cord to it. This portable one would just need USB cable for data transfer and you are done. As this is portable drive, and it is meant to be carried, whenever needed... just to be on safer side keep your important stuff as backup in DVD or other drives.. so that if accidently this portable drive gets physically damaged by hit or drop, you should be safe and incur minimal important data loss..

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: photogig

  Updated:07-01-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Compact and light - perfect for travel.Plugs into computer, no need for electrical outlet.Turns off automatically when computer turns off or hibernates

  Weaknesses: None so far

  Overall Evaluation: I already had a 80GB WD Passport and was very pleased with it, but needed more space. On the basis of my past experience with WD, I bought the 320GB WD My Passport and it hasn't disappointed me. It works well and I've had no problem with it. I highly recommend it.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: hairypot

  Updated:06-29-08

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  Strengths: Highest portable HD capacity available currently in its class. Sleek black colored design. Small footprint and very portable. Low $/GB ratio.

  Weaknesses: Attractive aesthetic shell scratches easily. Included USB cable is extremely short. USB cable is single pronged, which may be an issue for computers with low-powered USB ports.

  Overall Evaluation: Western Digital continues with what it has been doing right with its My Passport line of drives. This updated line codenamed "Essential" uses the same internal drives as previous Passports. The only difference is the case, which has undergone a slight redesign. The newer case is even smaller, has more rounded edges, and lighter in weight. The status indicator has also been moved to the back of the case, which may be a welcome alteration to those who find the blinking activity light annoying. Other than the aesthetic changes, this Passport Essential drive is still as portable, reliable, and easy to use as ever.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: svirgianda

  Updated:05-09-08

  Duration of ownership:12 Days

  Strengths: Small, perfect for travelling, big storage size.

  Weaknesses: Cover is easily scratch.

  Overall Evaluation: WD Passport 320 GB is a great portable storage. Its perfect for travelling since it usb powered. It also have a big capacity considering the size. The transfer rate is decent, 5400 rpm. The only weakness that I could find is the cover is easily scratch; but it's not a big deal for me. In overall, I highly recommend this product especially for traveller who needs extra storage minus bulky hard drive.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: debarghyasaha

  Updated:05-09-08

  Duration of ownership:20 Days

  Strengths: Portable,lightweight. Considerable space to create system backups.

  Weaknesses: The initial data access is a bit on the slower side.

  Overall Evaluation: I've been using this product to perform system backup using my norton ghost. The portability of this product is amazing and the price in which I got it is a really good bargain.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: gurleli

  Updated:05-03-08

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: 320gb, nice design

  Weaknesses: none

  Overall Evaluation: I use a number of WD harddrives at home and in the office. None of them has failed on me so far. I purchased the 320gb version recently. It looks even more beautiful and works like a breeze. No complaints at all.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: nd93

  Updated:05-02-08

  Duration of ownership:14 Days

  Strengths: Storage size is the biggest you can get in a 2.5; Uses common usb cable.

  Weaknesses: Sometimes low voltage usb cannot read drive.

  Overall Evaluation: I have 3 WD Passport drives. A 120GB, 160GB and now this 320 GB HDD. I use it for work and for personal use. It is great for backing up docs and photos. Because of this drive, I don't have to take a laptop home, I just lock it up at work. The drive fits perfectly in a pocket and is great for travel, when you do not want to bring a computer. I think this is a superb value and better than any 16 or 32 gb flash drive.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: Starrx05

  Updated:04-22-08

  Duration of ownership:7 Days

  Strengths: Compact, elegant and fast. 3 yr warranty.

  Weaknesses: Attract fingerprint, no DC jack or USB connector for extra power

  Overall Evaluation: This model is currently the largest size you can get from WD for 2.5" HD. They seem to change the desing a little from previous smaller size (160GB and below). The plastic box is also diff. 2 major complaints: 1) it get dirty with fingerprints quickly. The black shinny finish is nice but not practically. The case is made of plastic and seems fragile. 2) No DC jack, and no extra connector on the provided USB cable for extra power. This means if your USB port doesn't supply enough power, you can't use this. WD surprisingly sell a dual head USB cable on their web site for like $20. I've seen cheaper 2.5" enclosures have one included. For this price, they should include that free and a carrying case or pouch too. They however upgrade warranty from 1 yr to 3 yr.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: jholub5216

  Updated:04-21-08

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  Strengths: 320GB capacity, only 1 USB [no power cable], works on every machine I've tested (about 10 Linux and Win), warranty, nice looking, faster than almost all USB flash drives.

  Weaknesses: 5400 RPM 15MB buffer... but then this is the only way it will operate with 1 USB for power, fingerprint magnet, no way to get inside enclosure without causing damage.

  Overall Evaluation: Formatted this guy right out of the box to NFTS, no problems... I had no interest in the supplied WD software as it is proprietary (Windows only) and I use TrueCrypt and SyncBackSE.Drive had transfer rates of about 32MB/s which is very good considering it's low power usage. This is better than every flash drive I own (even the expensive high speed ones). I run VMs from the drive on the run and it works great.My only two complaints. 1) fingerprint magnet in a major way! I ended up creating a makeshift cover out of an old dress sock.2) no way to get into the enclosure without damaging it... I would like to be able to reuse this nice enclosure, but apparently WD thinks I am too incompetent, or they are just being too **** proprietary.

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WD My Passport Essential Portable 320GB Hard Drive - Black

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