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

Its small and silent. Bought this for my PS4. PS4 showed 1.84 terabytes after format but before showed 2.1TB!? The USB cable could be longer or is it just the right length? I dont know but it barely reaches around the back from being plugged into the front USB port on the middle of my slim PS4. Its a small hard drive just a bit larger in size than a pack of cigarettes. I did put my hand on it after it had been running for hours downloading PS4 digital content and this hard drive was warm to the touch. I dont know. So far very happy and surprised by the small size and zero noise.

Plugged it in and it works. Just to be sure, I ran various formatting and disk check tests to exercise the disk until I had 100 hrs on it, to weed out any early problems (infant mortality, its called in the reliability biz). I like the three-year warranty, but didnt want to commit my data until I felt confident in the drive. Im doing some extended travel and Im hauling this drive around with me as a back-up, and to hold my music and photo libraries that are too large for my laptop. This is my second My Passport from WD. It appears to be identical to the previous WD 2TB drive, except for the styling of the case. I dont like the sharp corners of this drive; the earlier version had more rounded corners. A minor point, but I will be packing and unpacking this drive (and the earlier one, as Im carrying both) pretty often, and the rounded corners are easier to handle. As compensation I got an Amazon Basics Hard Carrying Case. Provides some protection, and prevents things from snagging on the corners.

Long time fan and buyer of the WD Passport portable drives but this new model doesnt work with my TV like the others have. I reformatted the drive, first NTFS and then FAT32 as a last-ditch attempand it didnt fix the problem. My television just could not tell I had a drive plugged into the USB. I called the Western Digital tech support and it didnt go too well. The woman I spoke with had a thick accent and I had trouble understanding her. That didnt bother me, after all, its likely my American accent makes it hard for her to understand me. What did bother me was that she had a bit of a nasty tone and would ask me a question and then interrupt me when I attempted to give her a brief answer. This happened repeatedly. Whats worse is that she seemed to have no working knowledge of the drive.. She ended up asking me to reformat the drive, and had she been listening when I first explained the problem shed have known Id already reformatted it twice. She asked me to call back and give another tech support person the make and model of my television. Since other WD drives worked perfectly right out of the box and since this call was such a nightmare I just decided to return the drive and not deal with their techs again.

first experience with WD - it seems to be working ok now though the key for a backup drive is how is it working years later? One issue, i keep getting a message that the backup file is corrupted and asking if it should be deleted. Cant seem to find a fix. I may just reformat the whole thing and backup manually - not as convenient but i can at least access the files directly without having to restore. Had a Seagate before - it died after about 3-4 years --- seems a short life for a drive which is only accessed every hour or so and then for only a few seconds. The one in my computer is 8-years old, is accessed all the time, and still works! I probably ought to dig into the box and see what brand it is.

Ive been using WD drives for backkups for years. These dont disappoint. My only beef is an ergonomic one - the squared off shape in this generation is a bit of a tight fit in the Amazon Basics cases. They do fit however.

Id recommend 2 TB if youre getting this for PS4. So far, I have 25 games on mine (with games ranging from 1 gig such as Minecraft to 62+ such as GTA) with 1.2 tb still available. Anything more is overkill in my opinion.

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,

Excelente producto. Velocidad de copia y facilidad de uso. WD My Passport 2TB es una buena opción para hacer tus respaldos personales de una forma facil y eficiente. Tiempo de entrega excelente. No he tenido inconvenientes de ningún tipo. Trae preinstalado una copia de los programas de utilerias que perfectamente puedes borrar si deseas recuperar espacio en disco. Excellent product. Copy speed and ease of use. WD My Passport 2TB is a good option to make your personal backups in an easy and efficient way. Excellent delivery time. I have had no problems of any kind. It comes preinstalled with a copy of the utility programs that you can perfectly erase if you want to recover disk space.

Using this as an external for a PS4. Have had it for 2 months and have had no problems yet. Easy set up and small enough to not clutter around the TV.

This is the third WD My Passport external hard drive Ive purchased over the last two years. I use them, along with both free and subscribed CrashPlan accounts, to back up the data on a variety of laptop and desktop PCs. The WD drives serve this purpose well; theyre incredibly easy to set up and use as either dedicated or multi-system drives, and -- like the internal WD drives Ive used over way more years than I care to admit to -- they run and run and run. Buy a good carrying case (I like the semi-hard cases; more room inside for the cable) and youre good to go for extended road trips with your laptop. WD also provides backup software with these drives, but I havent tried it.