Western Digital 160GB 2.5-inch Passport USB Portable Hard Drive by Western Digital
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Digital camera reviews of Western Digital 160GB 2.5-inch Passport USB Portable Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: Another review
Summary: 5 Stars
This drive was passed on to me from the previous IT manager and I've been using it for nearly 3 months. So far so good!! The capacity is nearly maxed out with a nice assortment of documents, music, photos and applications and I've never lost a file or received a "file is damaged" notification. Working in Iraq, this drive is constantly exposed to enough dust to short out Number 5 and has performed flawlessly.
In regards to the operation/functionality of the drive on a Mac notebook (I have a PB15) it will NOT work unless a dual-USB type connection is used due to the lack of power on the port. Again, not a HD issue, this has always been a Mac issue. We're using Dell's here in Baghdad and I've never had an issue with connectivity.
Digital camera Review: Answer to backkup prayers
Summary: 5 Stars
I've backed up PCs (and small business networks) since 1980 - before there was an IBM PC - using 5.25-inch floppies, then 3.5-inch floppies; followed by Zip disks, QIC tape, DAT tape, CDs, and now, at long last, a hard disk. I recently bought a new laptop and thought I'd use the DVD writer in it for backing up. Har har, it was old home week with the same error problems I've faced all too often for years. ("Bad byte on disk xxx," "cannot verify file xxxx," and the like.)
It is a pleasure to at last get a reasonably fast backup that consists of executable FILES, not proprietary code format files (albeit ziped files) without errors in the media causing a fubar, snafu, or blivet well into the process, requiring a start over.
The physical size of this pocket portable in combination with its capacity mean you would easily spend multiples of its price on any other medium - and take a chance every backup with them, of a failure. And if your time means anything to you, acquiring one of these units today should be an absolute no-brainer.
Digital camera Review: As good as they get
Summary: 5 Stars
LOVE it! With 9-10 machines that I need to synchronize data between, some laptops some desktops, this is the right external HD and the price is certainly right, having broken below the $1/gig point that external drives seem to have been stuck at.
It's not blazingly fast, but fast enough to work from.
It's quite quiet and the design is exceptionally slick with the rubber cover over the usb port.
My only complaint (and it's a pithy one) is that the usb cable shipped with the drive is no bigger than about 4 inches.
Digital camera Review: Avoid this drive if you value your data
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this drive in Feb. of 2007. Almost six months to the day after I purchased it the drive stopped working. There was no indication that it was going to stop working. One day I used the drive in the morning, in the afternoon I went to use it again and nothing happened. I tried the drive on two laptops and two desktops using Windows XP and Windows 2000 without success. When I put my ear to the drive it was silent and there was no vibrations. I really needed the data on my drive so I sent it away to a data recovery service. It is going to cost me more than $1500 to recover my data. I could have bought 10 of these drives for the same amount of money. But, I wouldn't spend a dime on another one of these drives. A drive should be able to last more than six months.Digital camera Review: Awesome External Hard Drive
Summary: 5 Stars
This little monster is awesome! It has all the space I need for my documents, music, pictures and etc.