Passport Essential 2.5" 320GB USB Hard Drive by Western Digital Retail
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Digital camera reviews of Passport Essential 2.5" 320GB USB Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: Bought 2 of them...
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought it last Christmas, 2008 and it's working fine. Just hoping it doesn't die and so far, so good.Digital camera Review: Breaks very easily
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this last year. It's worked fine until the other day it fell on its side (while unplugged mind you). Today I tried to plug it in to back up my iTunes. My computer wouldn't recognize the device. Apparently this is a common problem judging by the one star reviews here. I would look for something a little more shock resistant.Digital camera Review: Broke down in a year
Summary: 1 Stars
It started making a clicking sound when connected to my computer, and the content was unreadable. All data was lost. Will not buy another WD disk again.Digital camera Review: Buy it... flawless silent and tiny, elegant solution!
Summary: 5 Stars
This thing fired up and *bang* loaded ALL 300 gig off my friend's external hard drive... took a couple of hours... now I have dozens of movies and tens of thousands of songs... for a song... greatest purchase in 08, thats saying a lot...Digital camera Review: Buyer Beware: Poorly Constructed, Far Too Fragile
Summary: 1 Stars
I can't warn users enough about the fragility of this HD. I had to find out the hard way that these HDs are poorly constructed and if you upset them in the slightest, your data will be GONE with virtually no way to have it repaired. A couple of months ago, my foot got tangled in the cord and the HD took a light tumble on plush carpet from a height of a little over 12 inches.
That was the end of my HD and a lot of my one of a kind data that I had ported over to it. Gone. Kaput.
Certainly, there is no expectation for HDs to take serious beatings but the poor construction and lack of durability on this Western Digital model is terrible. After I lost all my data, I googled and found that there are MANY others like me who have lost their precious data with this product. Repair is not an option because even at the 'diagnostic' costs of over $1,000, there's no guarantee that they will be able to fix anything. I took mine to a specialty PC shop and tried to get it fixed but the technician (owner) told me it was toast due to the way these are built (apparently a lack of access to the drives).
So BEWARE.