WD 1TB Black My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBGPU0010BBK-NESN

Good drive, reasonably fast (if plugged into a USB 3.0 port). Ive been using TrueCrypt to encrypt my portable drives so far, and I wanted to try the WD Ultra because of its hardware encryption. From a quick research Ive done (before ordering the drive), its not 100% bulletproof and some university researchers found a few security holes and exploits. But unless youre protecting something from the NSA, its good enough. When you enable the hardware encryption enabled, the drive will show up as a CD in Windows when you plug it in. On that (virtual) CD, there is an executable which will prompt you for the password and will unlock the actual drive (which shows up as an additional drive in Windows). Its an easy process, does not require any third-party software, all in all it does what its supposed to do.

Great external hard drive. I bought it mostly to secure important documents in case anything ever happens to my laptop. So far it has done its job just fine. It is small and portable so it conveniently fits in any backpack, satchel, or travel bag. 1TB is more than enough space for basic documents, but Western Digital conveniently sells up to 4TB models for those who need the extra space. This is the older model, and Western Digital has just release the newer model for around the same price range. The newer model supposedly has faster reading/writing times, and it is more aesthetically pleasing with the new design having sharper corners. I would recommend Western Digital to anyone in the market for an External Hard Drive.

First off, theres really nothing wrong with the drive and its worked great for 7 years. Now I am having issues with corrupted files and trying to recover / fix the drive now is near impossible as it may be completely failing on me now. This is a sad because its been solid for very long and if I have to, I will have to reformat almost 500gb of backup data, which will be completely lost. Thank god its nothing too important though!

Im updating the rating on this from one to three stars after some kind members offered me help on getting it to work with my Mac Still not an easy task but it is possible and even easy if you havent yet stored a lot on the drive. However if you have a lot of data from a Windows pic on the drive its still quite a process to get that to you Mac not simply a plug and use. Ok heres is the problem with this admitted stellar value USB drive NOWHERE DOES IT TELL YOU IT WILL NOT WORK WITH A MAC. Shame on you Western Digital. Shame Shame Shame. I understand there was a time in history that it was considered acceptable for a company to ignore Apple products and pretend they no longer existed and that is (NO) was accepted because for a while they didnt really exist. However that was what ten years ago at least! I bought this drive to back up some very valuable files of my deceased partner, memories, photos, documents that I cherished and wanted to preserve, which i could as long as i didnt buy a new Mac computer. After I bought a Mac i discovered that yes I could use this drive after I reformatted the drive,erasing all my beloved memories and starting from scratch. Tech support was atrocious and the only positive info they gave me was that i couldnt use the drive without erasing everything on it. So bottom line....If your sticking to Windows for life and want to save your lifes work then buy this drive. If you decide to migrate to a Mac, throw your life on this drive away and start from day one in your new Mac world. When will companies learn that we just all want to get along?

This is by far the smallest external drive Ive ever owned. Its roughly 4 x 5 x 0.5 inches and easily slips into a carry on bag or laptop bag. The USB 3.0 cable looks very different from the USB 1.0 and USB 2.0 cables Ive used on other drives and needs to be stored with the drive -- which means it wont fit some of the cases advertised for it like the Lacdo case I bought for it. If you are going to get a special case, get one that is a full 6 inches long by 5 inches wide and 2 deep so you have space for the cable too. I love the magenta colour; definitely catches your eye so you are less likely to lose it or forget it when packing. I bought this for overseas travel and I expect great things from it. Do be aware that file transfer speed depends on the source you are downloading this to/from. Overall I am very happy and would consider getting more if the price and colours are right.

Great backup drive and the small package makes for easy storage. I figure I can download new copies of our software, but not our document, photos and videos. I use two of these so I can always have one in a secure location (a safe deposit box at the bank.) I back up to the one on hand, then transfer it to the secure location. I then remove the one currently in storage and have it on hand for my next back up. I reformatted this drive on arrival because I didnt need the software that was pre-installed. To use to back up only our documents and photos, I simply create a new folder for each of us (labeled by date), then copy and send the files to that particular folder. I then am able to walk away while the transfer completes. Simple and it works! The USB 3.0 makes the entire process even faster. I dont know anyone who enjoys making back ups, but this helps it be finished quickly.

Easy to set up, data transfer seems very fast. This external hard drive is used as a backup on three computers and goes readily from one to the other. I have had a WD external drive for several years and it has been completely dependable. It is just not large enough to keep the backups from three computers, especially since my wife loves to take LOTS of pictures and since she got an i-Phone, the necessary disk space has expanded greatly. I also like this color, as it really stands out from all the other black computer paraphernalia around my desks.

Dead simple to use, very compact to make it portable...its really a good drive. I dont even notice its in my bag, and the fact that it runs entirely off USB means no additional (and bulky) power supply. I have to confess to being surprised at how inexpensive mass storage has become...1 TB is really quite a bit of space at this price point. Installation is so easy as to be trivial - on a Windows 7 machine, I just plugged it in...the drive was recognized immediately and ready to go in about 2 minutes. Data transfer is speedy enough to support watching movies. My major nit is all the crap that is on the drive. Frankly, Im not going to use something like this for automatic backups...for me this is a portable drive, not really something thats going to be plugged in all the time. I didnt need nor want any of the applications on the drive, so I just deleted them all. Anyway, a good drive, especially for the money. I like it a lot.

In early February 2016 I purchased the WD 2TB Black My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBBKD0020BBK-NESN [Old Model]. I was very inexperienced with External Hard Drives, as well as the WD brand and programming. Fortunately, both Hard Drive and WD programming are extremely user friendly. Step by Step instructions, Security features including Password Protection (protects Hard Drive from being accessed entirely, unless the correct password is entered.), Ultra lightweight!!!, and super quiet (so extremely quiet, on some occasions I wasnt sure the device was even running, It was every time!)... EXTREMELY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY, and OVERLY SATISFIED WITH THIS PURCHASE/PRODUCT and well as with WD (Western Digital) its self!!! Well done Western Digital company lol.... My one and only issue, which by no means is faulted by WD, would be I no longer have the Portable Hard Drive. About 2 months ago, my house was broken into and burglarized, the thief or thieves took every single piece of technology they could find, including this Portable Hard Drive (although, they did NOT think to take its unique cord along too).... as well Im hoping whom every has it now isnt able to break through the security programming and has a useless component! .... ... I have emailed amazon to see if there is anything they could help or inform me of, ANYTHING could help; as well as contacted WD through their website, hoping there is some bit of information they could enlighten, maybe even brighten my outlook.... I am a very highly satisfied customer of WD and Amazon, and currently researching my next WD Portable Hard Drive with full intentions of purchasing another WD brand product, when the time is right that is.....

I wanted to replace my old external drive with this smaller one and to take advantage of 3.0 speed. Ive had good luck with WD drives in the past so the brand combined with the price and product reviews made this one my choice. Its a great deal for a lot of external storage. Its completely quiet, has a sleek modern look, and comes pre-formatted as NTFS. The only thing that may prove to be of concern is that there is no vents in the case to dissipate heat so I dont know is overheating may be an issue down the road. During my first full backup to the drive I did not detect that the plastic case was getting over-warm. I am optimistic that heat wont be an issue by reading the other reviews. I am very happy with my purchase so far.