WD 2TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBS4B0020BBK-WESN

Figured it was finally time after around 8 years to replace my aging USB 2.0 external backup HDD from Seagate with its very slow 320gigs, especially now with my data well over hundreds of gigs with all my photo taking. Did my research as I usually do as there a total plethora of small HDDs out there nowadays which is good as consumers love choice and helps drive prices down. I really wanted a simple and integrated backup solution that did incremental backups like my old Seagate did. With Seagate drive still having the continual.... tradition of having failures, I figured it was time to go back to Western Digital for my needs. Pros: 1. Much faster USB 3.0 transfer rate, thank God USB 2.0 slowness days are over with. The drive would peak at around 140Mbytes during my backups vs the paltry 40Mbytes my old Seagate did 2. Basically inaudible but most laptop drives are nowadays unless they are total junk 3. Included software is easy enough to setup and does increment backups which is what I really wanted 4. Lengthy warranty and Western Digital reliability 5. Doesnt get very warm even during heavy usage Cons: 1. Be nice if they included a USB A- to USB C cable or adapter with USB C ports taking over in new cases 2. The glossy part is totally stupid vs older Passport models. It will become a major fingerprint magnet and show scratches very easily if you a frequent user of the drive. Cmon WD..... 3. I really wish the backup software DID NOT compress the data and instead left it in original form to save time having to decompress it when needing to restore files. 4. A built in cable that you cannot lose would be a nice addition

im using this for my ps4 cause I had gotten the 500 gb model works like a charm for downloaded games totally worth. I dont know how it fairs for actual storage for computer/ laptop stuff but I think every console gamer PlayStation/Xbox gamer should definitely have this in their inventory XD

I would like to have a 2 TB Solid State Drive, but for the money this is the next best product. This has the USB 3.0 interface which should be faster older USB 2.0 drives. I am processing Video Captures from HDMI devices so 2 GB files still take a long time to transfer.

Bought it for the password protection capability, which works really well. The write speed is not consistent and slower than other external hard drives I have used before.

Buen producto , aunque recomiendo comprar un disco sólido es mejor opción este un día me Pego un auto y pensé que había perdidos todo

I have not had a problem with this drive yet, but since I only had it for a month its hard to say if it will be a good drive. I expect to get at least 3 years out of it before I replace it. Time will tell. Im using it as a back up along with another WD (two drives) to back up a NAS setup so I always have one drive stored somewhere else and hopefully a good back up in case the NAS goes down for some reason. Cons at the moment: 1) I dont like the case they used with the sharp edges, but because I dont transport this drive very often it wont be a problem for me. 2) Also, Im still have problems registering this drive on WD site. WD will not accept the SN#? I have register HDs with WD for at least 20 years and have never had a drive that was not accepted until this one? I only register another WD just a few months ago, one like this one but mod# WBDY, which I thought this one was going to be the same, didnt catch that fact that the MOD# changed to WDBS, So now I have one that looks like a two 1tb (WBDY) and one that is thinner with a single 2tb (WDBS).

I wanted a storage unit. No where in instructions in box or online could I find any. (just plug it into a computer). If I want to use it for backup, there were instructions. still not sure if I can use it for both. Nor is it clear if used as a backup it only backups changes since the last backup.

This was exactly what I needed. It was as easy as plug and play and selecting it in the settings on my PS4 Pro. Now I have plenty of space to store games and game data. I don’t know why I waited so long to get this. I’m glad I did.... Finally!

Bought this for my Xbox One X. Having an extra 2TB makes a massive difference if youre like me and want to have a bunch of games (more than 4) downloaded at one time. Simple to format. Just plug into your xbox and it will prompt you to format it. Super easy.

By way of introduction, I am a bit of a data snob. Well, maybe more than a bit. Not only is my data incredibly important to me, so is the overall configuration of my computer systems. I know of more than one person who lost everything, including their on-site backups, to theft or fire. Not to mention the loss of finely tweaked and synergistic software. Loss of equipment is one thing, loss of data and their systems quite another. Since I already sent backups of my data up the internet stream for offsite storage, brilliant me decided that I should do the same for the backup images of my computer systems. Well, that lasted for one month, exactly. By the end of the month I was nail-biting as I watched our data usage soar, which ended up passing our limit by a significant margin (grimace). I of all people should have known better. Indeed, my internet provider actually called me (that was a first), wondering if I wanted a better package for downloading HD movies (grin). I tried to explain what happened, but their tone of voice indicated that they did not believe me, not even a little. At any rate, my original idea was immediately scrapped in favor of a much cheaper solution: physical hard drives. (Yes, I had that thought earlier but wanted to save some $$$….) I picked up two WD 2TB My Passport Portable External Hard Drives (what a mouthful) for my off-site backup solution. Disk image backups are placed on one drive, which is then taken off-site with my name neatly (cough) scribbled on it via a post-it note. The second drive lives on-site, gathering the most recent drive images. At the end of the week these drives are then swapped (at least for now). Presto, off-site backups. Purchasing two of the same drive conveniently allowed me to easily swap them, where the network and backup software sees them as essentially identical. Two distinct colors, black and blue, were chosen to help me, the human, keep them straight. In order to further mitigate my propensity for confusion, I picked up two similarly colored cases (an inexpensive Amazon special). As with all hard drives, time will tell regarding the longevity and durability of these. So far so good, and my data usage is back under control. I bought both drives and their carry-cases fair-and-square, and have not participated in the dubious practice of a paid review.