Western Digital WDXMS2500TN Passport 250 GB USB Portable Hard Drive by Western Digital
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Digital camera reviews of Western Digital WDXMS2500TN Passport 250 GB USB Portable Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: Great Purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
I' m so happy with my purchase and it works so well. Its so neat to say. "I bought Western Digital" and be told "you bought the best". Digital camera Review: Works for both Mac and PC
Summary: 4 Stars
Reads and writes to both Mac and PC (Powerbook with XP running on a virtual machine) which is great if you have the need. With USB, its still a bit slow (compared to Firewire). Digital camera Review: Buena compra
Summary: 4 Stars
Pros: Me fascina el tama?o, realmente es portable. Adem?s no necesita cable de energ?a. El software de sincronizaci?n es muy ?til me permite mantener al d?a la copia de respaldo de mis archivos m?s importantes.
Contras: La carcasa se raya f?cilmente y pierde la vistosidad del pl?stico reluciente.
Digital camera Review: Use for Mac backup
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this drive primarily for Macbook backup using Timemachine. After the initial backup, the subsequent backups take mere seconds, even after loading song and picture libraries. It is light, small and fits easily in a small pocket of a briefcase. It looks sharp, although I don't show it off. This drives functions great as a secondary drive or backup drive at home or on the go.Digital camera Review: Great drive; poor software.
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought the WD Passport as a primary backup drive for my desktop. It is small, light, quiet and has plenty of space, and install was a piece of cake. So far, so good.
The problem came when I decided to use the included software, WDSync, for my backups. WDSync "synchronizes" your data to the drive and encrypts it. You choose the folders, it keeps them up to date, and you can save your "profile" so that each batch of data (ie, if you use different computers) is kept separate. The problem came after I decided to reinstall XP on my C: drive and use the WDSync to restore my data later. When I did, I selected all my files, hit "Copy to PC"....and I began to get a recurring error. "WDSync could not copy a file that was too large for the mobile storage device." This obviously made no sense, as the "mobile storage device" - ie, the Passport - already HAD the files on it. But even after multiple tries, reading the manual, etc. I was unable to get back a number of files. Plus, since the drive encrypted the files, I can't just bypass the software and grab everything off the drive! ARGH.
I have not yet called WD, but I have emailed them, and their answer was unhelpful, to say the least. First they told me to do what I had already done, then they pointed out that WDSync is NOT backup software and should not be used as such. Are you kidding me?? What else would you possibly use it for?? Anyway, I still need to call WD and try to sort things out further, but my long-winded conclusion is this: Buy the drive. DON'T use WDSync.