WD 2TB Black-Gray My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBFKT0020BGY-WESN

This was my first purchase of an external hard drive. Bought it to back up a massive music and video collection from my cpu. Works better than I expected and now can download a ton more media. I’m no computer expert, but the other more technical reviews for this product (WD 2TB passport) were spot on.

It’s always plugged into my ps4 as active storage...BEWARE: data can become corrupt if you don’t use appropriate surge protection! So far my ps4 has recovered data every time when it wasn’t plugged in to surge protector.

It seems to be working fine. I just plugged it in Windows 10 recognized it. I havnt tried to restore any of the back-ups yet, or start off of it. I was able to copy the Windows folder over directly once I figured out how to adjust the permissions, so I am hoping I will be able to use it as an emergency start up if my internal ever crashes,

This holds a lot of my photos. Im disappointed since the transfer rate is only about 15 MB per second. Larger video files go a lot quicker reaching 50 MB/sec.

I love this and use it for my xbox and ps4, my only gripe is it only has 1.8 T if you get the 2 T option, not sure why this is but product is great.

Strengths: - Plug and play mechanism, optional software is easy to use and useful. PC detected the external HD immediately with no problems whatsoever (using Windows 7 64-bit). - I like WDs straight to the point minimalist packaging and design. Weaknesses: - The glossy finish gets easily scratched. Additional comments: New design is slick in comparison to a WD My Passport from 2010, but this is a matter of taste. Anyways, a USB 3.0 cable is included but I did not capture a photograph of it.

Ive had it for about a month now and it is consistently reliable. I periodically do full system and fill backups to this hard drive and it has been speedy and reliable. I also do incremental backups every Sunday and have not had an issue with this hard drive. I dont recommend using the backup software that comes with this device, however. I personally use the free version of EaseUS Todo; it works perfectly with this device. Definitely recommend this hard drive for backing up your computer.

Occasionally Warehouse Deals blows it. This was one of those cases. They sent the Mac version (which looks identical except having a big Mac version on it). I looked at drive use and decided to reformat drive for PC use and try it out as it was pretty close. (and I could not wait for a swap). Sometimes warehouse deals is good sometimes they are close and sometimes they totally fail. 80 percent good 10 percent close 10 percent total fail. If I have time and can deal with issues I try them out. If it is critical I buy new... Drive it self is good, Warranty is best in class and RMA process for WD is great.

Excellent disk. Compact, light and fast. I bought it to backup my Mac with Time Machine. At first I was unable to format it on MAC although I am not a novice user, so I come to think that the product was defective. I contacted WDs technical support and in a few minutes they helped me solve the problem. Now it works perfect. 100% MAC-compatible

Great product I recommend this for gaming and pc saving . But disconnect this product after your done with it . Because a power surge killed my first one but Im happy over all