WD 2TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBS4B0020BBK-WESN

I used this drive for backup and extra storage capacity. It mostly lived on my desk with less than a dozen trips from home to the office. Until recently I worked fine, now it only works sometimes and needs to be replaced. Fortunately I have a cloud backup.

This is a great buy for casual gamers, especially those who have just enough games but not enough space on the standard console. I use this in combination with a standard PS4. It is very easy to set up for storage and contains enough space (2TB) to keep you happily gaming (and saving) for awhile.

This product is great! It comes with a lot of product support and has a great file transfer speed. PROS: Well packaged Comes with Software for PIN CODE Security Comes with Software for Automatic Backup Update Fast File Transfers Light Indicator (Sleep Mode, File transfer, OFF) CONS: The USB Cable is a bit Short Case is not drop resistant (but most external hard rives arent)

This is my second My Passport. Its easy, just plug into your computer, and thats it. I have 3 external drives (WD) i from the 90s, 1 from 20006, 1 from Christmas and they all work and have never had any problems. Ive had Maxtor and Seagate drives and had many problems. So I am staying with WD and recommend them to anyone

Bought this in Sept 2018, it now will no longer do a back up. WD tech support is horrible! Would I buy again, well NO! Take your chances!

I would keep the WD Passport on your desk. Mine survived several falls, but considering it has moving parts, it could only take so many hits before breaking. This is my own fault, and I own up to my mistakes. Its a great drive for a great price. I recommend being careful with it for the sake of its longevity. After all, no hard drive is immune to falls.

Its irritating to find products poorly rated simply because of damaged packaging, but when the packaging doesnt include items that it says does, and whats missing is vital to using the product, then I think ratings based on packaging is fair game. I just opened my WD 2T My Passport and in the box was the device, a very short cable, and a folded paper booklet containing nothing but legal ramblings in many different languages. That was it. Even though the box says a Quick Install Guide is also included, there was none. And of course, no full user manual was included either. Within the first 2 minutes of opening the box, I regretted my purchase. The Quick Install Guide from the WD website contains no information or instruction what-so-ever so that didnt help matters. How are you supposed to set this hard drive up without instruction? To WDs credit, unlike a competitor, customer support is available by phone when you need it. However, the fact that you have to call customer support before you can even get started is a big disappointment. Unless youre reasonably tech-savvy, spare yourself the frustration and skip this hard drive or at least be prepared to find instruction on how to use it on your own.

I tried other makes before being advised by a knowledgeable friend to forget about the others and just get a WD. Lo and behold. I plugged this beautiful baby into my phone which immediately recognized it (unlike the others) and asked if I wanted to configure it. I concurred and ... bingo. No instructions and computer connection needed. My only complaint is that it does not appear to have a safe means of ejecting it after use. I called WD about this and was informed that the discrepancy came about because the unit wasnt really designed for use on anything but a computer and that to safely eject I should shut off the phone before disconnecting. No biggie. Easy peasy. Its been a love affair from the time i plugged it into my SG S8 and saw that it was a match made in heaven. Its even more fun to plug them both into my laptop and start transferring and copying files from one to another. So cool.

First thing I did when I got this was to format it because I dont really care for what came installed out of the box. Capacity is awesome and USB 3.0 helps transfer speeds considerably. Absolutely no complaints. I plan on getting another one very soon. For those curious, I use mine for backing up my movies, TV shows, roms, and other things ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I am extremely happy with my first purchase of an external portable hard drive. I was up and running in no time. Ive been able to move my pictures and videos from my laptop to the My Passport external hard drive without any problems. Ive watched videos directly from My Passport without any issues. Some of the larger files take a few more seconds to load but nothing out of the ordinary. I will definitely purchase another.