Manufacturer's Description
WD My Passport Essential Portable 250GB Hard Drive
This elegant portable drive is simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter, it is powered directly through the USB cable. Works with Windows and Mac. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security. Carry thousands of songs or pictures.
Product Specifications for
WD My Passport Essential Portable 250GB Hard Drive
| Performance |
| Host Transfer Rate |
480 Mbps |
| Cache Size |
2 MB |
| Access Time |
12 ms |
| Rotational Speed |
5400 RPM |
| Warranty |
| Warranty Information |
3 Year Limited Warranty |
| General |
| normalized-Capacity |
250000 |
| Internal/External |
External |
| normalized-Rotational Speed |
5400 |
| Form Factor Width |
2.5 in |
| normalized-Cache Size |
2 |
| normalized-Access Time |
12 |
| Included Components |
Cabling (Interface) |
| Dimensions |
| Depth |
4.97 in |
| Weight |
6.4 oz |
| Width |
3.13 in |
| Height |
0.59 in |
| Interface |
| Interface Connection |
USB |
| Interface Type |
USB - Universal Serial Bus 2.0 |
| More Info |
| URL |
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=392 |
Most recent User Reviews for
WD My Passport Essential Portable 250GB Hard Drive
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Reviewed by: xuanyg126
06-26-08
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: light weighted and compact, large capacity, easy to use without instruction
Weaknesses:I don't see any, I am pretty satisfied.
Overall Evaluation: It is my first portable hard drive. It is really compact and can fit into the shirt pocket. I have lots of pictures and videos to preserve; the capacity is large enough and works for me. Extremely easy to use and self-explanatory; I do not read any instruction before proceeding with it. In all, it works pretty well so far, and I am pretty satisfied.
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Reviewed by: mfazel2000
06-03-08
Duration of ownership:
3
Days
Strengths: Big storage, small in size and easy to use
Weaknesses:I'm not sure if it has any weaknesses
Overall Evaluation: I was looking for a light, small and easy to use storage device to keep and carry my data, photos and movies. When I borrowed my friend's WD storage, I was amazed of its size compare to the old ones.
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Reviewed by: blackdotsandy
05-27-08
Duration of ownership:
3
Days
Strengths: Compact, light, one USB port which plugs right into the computer.
Weaknesses:No instructions comes with package. Need to figure out how to work the hard drive once it's plugged into the computer.
Overall Evaluation: This hard drive came highly recommended by others. Although I figured out how to import/export information between the hard drive and the computer, some of the programs take a long time to load. It probably is my computer, but I wish I would have had instructions so that I knew what I was doing.
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Reviewed by: gerryb4
05-25-08
Duration of ownership:
1
Weeks
Strengths: works great fast
Weaknesses:none that I can see
Overall Evaluation: Have back uped my laptop and it worked just fine. Fast and easy. Just make sure to check the operating sys It is FAT and if you need NTSF you will need to format which is really simple to do also.
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Reviewed by: artinme2
05-22-08
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: Sleek design, small size. Really good value
Weaknesses:Software is a bit confusing to understand for the lay person. Transfer rate is a little bit slow
Overall Evaluation: Nice looking, small hard drive. One of the better values out there on portable hard drives. No problems so far. Using the software is a bit difficult but you can just always drag and drop your files in with ease.