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

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  $69.99 - $198.03
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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: acutinho

  Updated:11-12-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Light, compact, fast and only USB access

  Weaknesses: Easily stained encasing, but this is only cosmetic and if you really care.

  Overall Evaluation: A great HDD that enables to back up your important documents and take ti anywhere. It also a great companion to take to work and on flights. Installation and use are as simple as Plug-n-Play The drive on this is a 5400rpm. I wish they were able to provide 7200rpm disks in this compact capicity.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: pgchapin

  Updated:10-08-08

  Duration of ownership:18 Days

  Strengths: Product is well designed and seems well made; lightweight and attractive. Setup was easy plug-n-play. Data transfer rates are satisfactory.

  Weaknesses: Initially addressing the drive during any session takes several seconds. Also, there seems to be an intermittent problem about unsolicited compression of files before transfer.

  Overall Evaluation: I bought the unit on the recommendation of my wife, who has been using the 250GB Passport happily for over a year. It seems to be meeting my needs. I don't know whether to attribute the problems mentioned above under "Weaknesses" to the drive or to my Vista operating system on my Toshiba laptop.

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  1 Star Review

  Reviewed by: Kirk123456

  Updated:09-12-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: size

  Weaknesses: Its defective

  Overall Evaluation: It has a short in the USB cable, (defective) I would like to have a replacement USB cable sent to me. The drive still works but I have to hold the cable in place. Thanks

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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

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  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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WD My Passport Essential Portable 320GB Hard Drive - Black

$69.99(27 sellers) • Avg User Rating •Specs