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

In short I returned the Western Digital HD. I originally got this portable HD because of the reputation of Western Digital, as the reviews showed it to be a great HD. Once I received it, I found the website, which as a life lesson I have learned to check out first, to read the manual. I was surprised to find that the security of the Western Digital HD is best described as Security Theater. Yes, the HD can be secured with a password. Great. Although, as I found reading the online manual, if you forget your password, it can be erased along with the contents of the entire drive. Yes, forget your secure password and you or anyone else, can erase the password and the entire contents of the HD. Well then, dont use a password. Then anyone can come in after you and setup a password and lock the HD. Can you say ransom? Yes, this could be done for ransom, but also for spite, or by accident. Which brings us back to the if you forget your password feature. So, dont setup a password and risk one being done for you, or setup a password and anyone can come along later and erase the password along with the entire contents of the HD. Either it is secure or it is not. Anything else is Security Theater.

Ive had it for about a month now and it is consistently reliable. I periodically do full system and fill backups to this hard drive and it has been speedy and reliable. I also do incremental backups every Sunday and have not had an issue with this hard drive. I dont recommend using the backup software that comes with this device, however. I personally use the free version of EaseUS Todo; it works perfectly with this device. Definitely recommend this hard drive for backing up your computer.

Easy to install hardware and software seems to work fine for now. However, (I never thought I would say this) I like the windows 10 backup process better.

Works as it should. Plugged it up to my PS4 and I had 1.84 TB to work with. Only thing they should have mentioned is that it heats up a bit.

This holds a lot of my photos. Im disappointed since the transfer rate is only about 15 MB per second. Larger video files go a lot quicker reaching 50 MB/sec.

Ive had this bad boy for over a year now, and it has worked flawlessly. Ive had it on my PS4 mostly, and after I switched to PC at the beginning of this month, the transition was mostly painless. When I plugged it into my pc, it did not show up in the file explorer as a drive. However, it did show up under devices. I assumed this was because the drive had been formatted on my PS4 and so it would not show up on my pc. I searched everywhere on my pc for a way to format it like you would a thumb drive, but nothing would show up. After doing some searching online, I discovered the WD Drive Utility software on their website. After a quick download I was able to format the drive, and now its usable. Currently, its acting as my backup for windows.

I bought this after my Seagate quit working. Hands down, the WD is clearly superior in every way. Cheaper, faster and most of all, very easy to use and understand. Super quite and compact. Able to be transported only if really needed to be, but I bought the Lacdo EVA shockproof carrying case. That is a must have with this external Hard Drive. I love it.

This portable Hard drive is the best I have had. Looks great, feels great in your hands, and it comes with software that allows you to secure the drive for privacy. It is compact enough to sit on my desk at work without getting in the way. When I ordered it I wasnt sure I would like the look of it but once I saw it in person i loved it! Very sleek, compact, and great for travel!

Ive had very good luck with WD drives in the past. Im giving this an average review because I really dont know how reliable this will be in the future. A hard drive shipped in a soft pouch doesnt comfort me though and Im thinking that continuing Amazon Prime after the free trial might not be such a good idea.

This is a terrific product. I am a MAC user as wells PC and I found it easy to convert to a format readily accessible for both MAC and PC. Western had easy instruction to find, access and follow on their support site. I am not a programmer or IT Guru, so even Could get it done in short order. Once done, it was a breeze and I was able to transfer all my data and files to the drive and free up necessary hard disk space. It is light, portable and fast. I can now access the data between my MAC and PC. If you need a drive, I recommend this one without reservation. The price was right and it is a sold performed. Great for the road warrior like me.