Western Digital My Passport Essential 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive WDME3200TN (Midnight Black)

Picked this up 4 use as a backup disc 4 a MacBook using Apple's Time Machine. Runs flawlessly off bus power directly from the laptop. Running without a hitch 4 nearly 3 months at this point & warrantied 4 3 years. Sleek, small, convenient. Have several WD externals & no complaints yet. Well worth it.

This drive was DOA. I tried using on Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Home Premium systems & it didn't work on either. I must have got the dud drive & I returned it.

This attractive little hard drive is speedy & sleek. I can take it with me everywhere. Perfect 4 storing tons of music & personal files 2 take 2 work with you just in case.

As I had just spent hours transferring about 300GB of Data into the new drive, It just stopped working & stopped being recognized by both my MacBook, which is brand new, & my PC. Ok, this stuff happens from time 2 time, but Western Digital has by far the worst customer service I have ever experienced as an owner of tons of different electronics. After bugging me on the phone 4 about an hour with stupid questions & requests (plug it & try this & that, etc...), they finally accepted the obvious fact that the product was defective, & told me 2 ship it 2 them AT MY OWN expense 2 send me back a REFURBISHED one. Conclusion, I ended up paying more than the cost of a new drive & ended up with a refurbished one. It works fine but I will question the reliability every time I use it & ended up keeping my old (non-portable) hard drive as a back up of my back up. Rock on, WD!

This is my first portable hard drive, it works very well & better than I expect. I hope the speed of access can be faster, but definitely not too bad. The shinny surface is easy 2 get the scraches.

Otherwise, it is a very good thing 2 own, light weight, pocket size, decent capacity, & no separate power needed, etc.

The applications that come w/ the drive not very useful.

These elegant portable drives are simple 2 use, light & easy 2 carry, & require no power adapter -- they are powered directly through the USB cable. Pack up your office files & take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. Synchronize files between home & office & encrypt everything on the drive 4 added security. WD Sync synchronization & encryption software lets you take your critical data with you. Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, & view photos. Then sync all of your changes back 2 your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption (Windows only). Perfect 4 the business traveler who needs 2 transfer large amounts of data from laptop 2 clients or just daily backups in case of accidents from mishandled luggage 2 coffee spills. Also comes in handy if your worried about laptop theft & someone else having access 2 your important data, you can store it on this portable encrypted drive instead. For all those precious pictures, videos, music & data files, getting this external hard drive is a must have. WD Sync synchronization & encryption software lets you save your critical data & take it with you. Plug your drive into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, & view photos. Then sync all of your changes back 2 your home or office computer (Windows only) Search your drive, manage your photos, & simplify Web searches with included Google software (Windows only) Up 2 480Mb/sec Bus Transfer Rate with USB 2.0 System Requirements - Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later), Available USB port Approximate Unit Dimensions - 0.59 (H) x 4.96 (L) x 3.14 (W) Approximate Unit Weight - 0.23lb