Western Digital WDXMS1200TN Passport 120 GB USB 2.0 2.5-Inch Portable Hard Drive
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Customer Review: Amazingly portable and easy to use
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product. Truely plug-and-play on my Windows XP laptop. No driver and extra setup required. I especially like the fact that it is solely powered by the USB port, which means no bulky transformers. The drive is the size of my spare laptop battery and is easy to carry around. The speed is decent but not particularly fast (the low power consumption limits how fast the drive can spin, but it's a worthwhile tradeoff of performance for portability IMHO).
The black plastic case looks sleek, but it has the kind of shiny surface that's easily scratched and soiled by fingerprints. So get a protective cover if you care about its looks.
One word of caution: if you ever need to reformat the drive, try to keep the FAT32 file system that it came in if you ever need to use it with non-Windows systems (say your XBox 360). In order to do so you will need to download the FAT32 format utility from the WD support site (it's free). Windows doesn't allow you to format a drive with more than 32GB into FAT32.
Customer Review: Tough drive!
Summary: 5 Stars
Not much to report after owning this drive for a bit over a year. Not a single problem out of it. I used it on Windows, OS X, and Linux systems without a hitch.
A wonderful (accidental) test of it's durability was a few months ago. I was in a rush to class and grabbed my laptop without realizing the drive was still connected. Before the computer could suspend (IE the drive was still spinning) I lifted the laptop up, swinging the drive by the cable across my desk and into my rather hard plastic chair. Knowing I'd killed the drive, I picked it up and brought it with me to run a few tests. No funny noises, no read errors, no bad sectors. It's been running fine since!
Honestly, about my only real complaint with this drive would be the case material. While the glossy black looks very nice, it gets fingerprints on it and scratches very easily. Simply trying to wipe it off tends to put very small scratches in the finish.
Customer Review: Correct Specification for the WDXMS1200TN Drive
Summary: 5 Stars
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed 5,400 RPM (nominal)
Average Latency 5.50 ms (nominal)
Seek Times
Read Seek Time 12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time 2.0 ms (average)
Serial Transfer Rate
USB 2.0
Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mbits/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 120,034 MB
Capacity 120 GB
Interface USB 2.0
Physical Dimensions
English
Height 0.590 Inches (Max)
Length 5.110 Inches (Max)
Width 3.14 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
Weight 0.23 Pounds
Metric
Height 15 mm (Max)
Length 129.78 mm (Max)
Width 79.78 mm
Weight 0.1048 kg
Environmental Specifications
Temperature (English)
Operating 41° F to 104° F
Non-operating -4° F to 149° F
Temperature (Metric)
Operating 5° C to 40° C
Non-operating -20° C to 65° C
Customer Review: How did I get by without this thing?
Summary: 5 Stars
I just freed up half my computer's hard drive by transferring images and music to this little jewel. One caveat: unless you're planning to use it as your routine back-up resource, do not install the software provided. Instead, just let your computer recognize it as what it is - a peripheral storage drive. Then you can drag and drop whatever you want and not worry about extraneous software running in the background, trying to retrieve everything you've got in your document files, etc. You can also transfer your iTunes folder to this baby and have all your music downloads go straight to the remote hard drive. Just be sure you set up the iTunes Music folder exactly like the one you have on your C drive, then get rid of the original one. Because of its size, it's handy to take with you if you plan on using another computer. In that way, it works similar to a flash drive. Just plug into a USB port and go.Customer Review: Perfect for my needs
Summary: 5 Stars
This portable hard drive is perfect for using with a laptop. The small size makes it easy to fit in a computer bag although it would be nice if it came with a padded case. The transfer rate is quite speedy and the resulting transfer of my photos to the drive made my laptop run faster! The cable that came with it is too short to be convenient but at least it came with a cable, some don't. The cable, even though it is short, would work but would not have as much positioning flexibility as one about a foot longer. Also, with an older laptop such as mine, a cable that provides connection to 2 USB ports on the computer is needed. Because the drive doesn't have it's own power supply (and that's a bonus, not needing to lug around a bulky power supply) it requires more power than it gets via one port. The hard drive is the perfect tool for backing up documents and archiving photos and video.