Western Digital 160GB 2.5-inch Passport USB Portable Hard Drive
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Customer Review: The best ability is reliability.
Summary: 5 Stars
The 160GB Western Digital Passport is my third (including 40 & 120GB models) and has endured 10-18 hour work days (5-7 days a week). It travels to and from work EVERYDAY and has joined me on domestic and international trips.
Given the amount of time and money invested in my 'digital' life; Western Digital's Passport has been the sole source of security. Despite PC crashes, thunderstorm power-outages, and suffering a pretty bad 'spill' at work; the Passport has paid for itself many times. I don't use it to 'back up' my music and video files; it stores a working clone of them.
I empathize with some of the poorer reviews. However, I suspect many of them are Mac users. I also own an Apple G4 PowerBook and NONE of my Passports are adequately powered by a single G4 USB port. I've researched the issue and am confident many (if not all) pre-Intel MacBooks have limited power through their USB 2.0 ports. I even tried a LACIE (Mac endorsed) external with my PowerBook; the drive does not mount without using both USB ports.
If you use Windows-based PCs at home or work consider making the Western Digital Passport essential as a surge protector. Its the sleekest, sexiest, and most reliable brand I've used.
Customer Review: Exactly What I Wanted
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to say that this is probably the best purchase I have made in a long time. It was exactly what I wanted - a large storage capacity in a lightweight, small device that was cheap. This is a very solid, extremely portable hard drive (it can fit in the pockets of my jeans like a wallet) that is so much more useful than my 320GB western digital hard drive that must be plugged into an electrical outlet and is relatively massive and weighty. Additionally, it transfers files fast and easily. This is, as far as I'm concerned, the best external hard drive you can buy if you need around 100GB. Even if you think you won't need a portable hard drive, you'll find that it makes life so much easier when you do have a small, durable hard drive that you can move around easily without having to plug it in. The only caveat I have is that many people have problems with this device and I'm pretty sure it's because they are using laptops that aren't new and can't provide enough energy to the hard drive. I have a macbook and I have no problems but I couldn't plug it into my brother's 3-year-old macbook pro because it didn't supply enough energy. So, I'd make sure you know that you have a good enough laptop or desktop before you buy this.Customer 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.
Customer Review: This one got me hooked
Summary: 5 Stars
This was my first passport drive.
Before the passport drives came out, external drives were big, heavy, clumsy devices that were hard to install and required separate power supplies.
Passport changed this. These drives are 2.5" tiny, super quiet, USB 2.0 drives that draw their power directly from the computer themselves. They're in one word fantastic and they're beautiful too.
Quite frankly the 160GB model is out of date and you should consider getting the Western Digital 320 GB Passport 2.5" USB 2.0 Hard Drive or Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDME5000TN (Midnight Black) models which are cheaper than this hard to find hard drive which is overly expensive now.
I thought I'd review it because I reviewed the 500gb model and thought that I should write down the entire history.
Customer Review: Passport on its Way to Becoming the Name Brand in Portable Hard Drives
Summary: 5 Stars
Sleek, stylish and robust, the Western Digital Passport External Hard Drive was the perfect answer to my portable storage needs. I considered the 80GB, the 120 GB, the 160GB and the 250GB drives for a little while, and the price difference made the 160GB drive the best choice for me. Instead of worrying about transporting DVD or CDs, or having to rely on several USB flash drives to carry my music, TV shows and movies, the Passport provides a central location to house all my media while keeping my laptop drive free to maintain work files and apps, as well as serve as the download station before I back it up on my Passport. The software is user friendly, and the sync function is handy, but it's just as easy to transfer files via Windows Explorer. The price for theWestern Digital 160 GB USB 2.0 Passport 2.5" External Hard Drive ( WDXMS1600TN ) didn't break my bank and the convenience is priceless.