WD 1TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN

I am a gamer and I was actually going to extend my memory internally because the 500GB PlayStation does not allow you to keep adding games to your system. Normally you have to delete and reinstall the games each time you wanna play them. The save data is still there, just not the game its self. I watched a few youtube vids and saw that the external memory is actually a better idea, because down the line if I wanted to use the external memory for something else, I could... I think this makes for a great extension to the memory for PlayStation. I got the 1TB one because I only have a total of 9 games at the moment.

My laptop only has a 256 GB SSD, so this was a great buy for the price. Ive read that I can install another hard drive into my laptop, but I dont feel comfortable doing that. Im a college kid and gamer so 256 GB is literally nothing when you think games like WoW take up 70 ish gigs. I can also store photos and I love that this drive includes a cloud based back up. If/when the drive dies, Ill always have access to my files. This is really a smart purchase if your current system doesnt have enough space and you want to free up space by using a spare drive/cloud back up.

I had no trouble installing this disk drive. Also, it is quite fast at backing up my data. In reading other product reviews of external disk drives (not just WD), I have noticed a concern about the relatively high failure rate of disk drives in general -- though, according to product reviews and evaluations, Western Digitals drives seem to fare a little better than Seagates. But to help with this problem, if you purchase a WD, you will notice that the disk comes with some third-party software that allows you to thoroughly check the health of the disk, sector by sector, whenever you like. It can take a few hours, but you can always let it run in the background. It is among the apps called WD Drive Utilities. By running this app every now and then, you can lessen the possibility of a nasty surprise later.

This was an easy set up. Also set up the auto back up which is nice. I use for work and it is easy to access. I use it to store photos and my only comment is i can not scroll through photo after photo (arrow buttons) when i view photos that are stored on this disk. I have to open and close each one. Somewhat of a pain. I can scroll though photos in folders on the C drive no problem. Does not work with photos stored on this disk. I am using windows 10 file manager/viewer. But i still like it and it solved my storage problem.

I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about this one. Over the years, Ive continued to upgrade my trusty, old laptop, swapping out memory, converting from spinning platter to SSDs, etc., so when I thought about back-up storage due to the recent rash of ransomware attacks, my first instinct was to invest in a portable SSD, but theyre still a little steep in terms of price per gigabyte. Therefore, I looked (somewhat reluctantly) into spinning platters. Im glad I did. I got this WD Passport (2TB) for a very reasonable price. OK, there was one hurdle overcome, but what about PERFORMANCE? Well, Im glad you asked. Once I got the drivers loaded on to my laptop so that it could interface with the hard drive, I transferred 65GB of files in one transfer and it took only a few minutes. I double-checked once the transfer was done and everything seems to be intact.

Instructions were easy to follow. The first device I received did not work, however. I followed all instructions including the steps given in the online manual but the device would not backup past 2%. Amazon tech support allowed me to replace it at no cost, and the replacement worked perfectly. Just a little let down that the first device did not work correctly. I like the sleek and simple physical design, and other than needing to replace it, it is exactly what I needed!

I didnt realize how much storage this was, practically, until I started moving stuff over to it. I got it to back up my personal computer and to move things from old laptops over to new laptops and my new computer. I have so many files on this and I still have SO MUCH room, left. Like I understand, theoretically, 1 TB but I had no idea that I had nowhere close to 1 TB of data between the (about) 3 laptops-worth of information Ive put on it so far. Totally worth the investment!

I bought two of these drives (1TB), one for my modded Wii, and the other for my Roku TV and both work flawlessly. Ive always went with Western digital, and they always worked for a long time (I know theres always a chance youll get a dud, but Ive never had an issue with any of my WD drives I bought in the past, theyre all still alive and well).

If I ever have to buy a portable external drive for my company I always buy these, so when I was buying one for myself I figured why not get the same. These are easy to use, just plug it in and move your files to it. Ive never (knock on wood) had a problem with them.

Works great with my xbox, super easy to hook up. Worst case scenario, there are a bunch of YouTube videos that can tell you what to do. My only issue is that it has a blinking light on it, and since my xbox is in my room it was quite annoying. Nothing a little opaque tape cant fix, though. Very compact, doesnt take up much space.