Western Digital WD 2TB My Passport Portable Hard Disk Drive, USB 3.0 with Automatic Backup, 256 Bit AES Hardware Encryption,Password Protection,Compatible with Windows and Mac, External HDD-Red

It's been 5 years. Creates 5% data loss since last year. But remaining data is perfect. Trust worthy product. Value for money. But now prices are high. Still 💯

The media could not be loaded. ☝️A PREVIEW TO PURCHASE :***********************************I like to keep backups of backups of my lifetime collected data & thus have over 15 TB of external harddisks in my arsenal with a dominant share of Western digital disks( both passport & elements ) & few others like Transcend , Samsung SSD & a seagate ( old usb 2.0 ).🔶️ Now , whenever we opt to go for a new external Disk purchase, the following challenges are encountered & if you are planning to invest thousands in purchase - my detailed review, even though a bit lengthy is worth reading.👉 HDDs vs SSDs :**********************While none of the mechanical HDDs can reach the blazing fast speeds of SSDs in excess of 500 MB/s R/W, The HDDs definitely offer a better value for money per MB of storage.Also if data is corrupted in a SSD its almost never retrievable while in a HDD , there is always a hope depending upon extent of damage.🔷️ So for majority bulk backup - HDD are a better option to costlier SSDs.👉 WD vs Seagate :*********************This is again a topmost struggle making a decision.🔸️Now both are giant reputed american storage brands & preference is mostly based upon personal usage experiences.🔸️I read somewhere that seagate offers better speeds& WD better reliability but i dont feel its true as speeds depend upon type of files being transferred & reliability upon manufacturing processes , which is hard to doubt for both brands.🔸️ Regarding price WD is a bit costlier to seagate for same capacity.🔸️ Both offer same warranties of 3 years.I had a wd failure & my friend had seagate failure - yet we both got replacements with data restored from their service centres.🔸️ Regarding inbuilt software , i suppose WD is better as it comes with WD discovery that can link with all your social portals for backup too.🔷️ So you can go for any of these brands - WD being my personal favourite.🔷️ To ensure failsafe operation , testing for bad sectors before use ( using WD utility or any other HDD inspection software like HD sentinel etc ) is always a good idea.🔷️ Store these drives horizontally in a dry case & not vertically or inclined , as in latter case the heads and platters tend to deform & get stuck.I learnt it the hard way.💝 I bought the latest 2019 4 TB passport drive and 3.63 TB of usable space was available in it.🔸️ The packing as usual was good enough with an instruction manual & 8 inches of connecting cable.5/5 ⭐🔸️ The HD enclosure is premium ABS plastic which can surely withstand few non- severe slips & falls.A periphery cushioning or base padding with shock absorbent rubber would additionaly be great.4.2 /5 ⭐🔸️ The design & looks of this new drive aren't as elegant & classy, as previous passports & elements as my personal opinion.2/5 ⭐🔸️ The drive is very compact, sturdy & light weight too.5/5 ⭐🔸️ It was formatted in NTFS mode with 4096 bytes of allocation unit size.ExFat is another option & you can play with allocation size also for better speeds but a bit less space.5/5 ⭐🔸️ With a mixed media & software file folder transfer of 5 GB , i registered - a write speed of 112 MB /s & a read speed of 160 MB /s on my HP omen core i7 configuration , which i suppose is fair enough for a mechanical Hard drive.5/5 ⭐🔸️ The new Hard disk has softwares for mac & windows backup both.5/5 ⭐🔸️ The HD has a very small point like white led indication for status & won't bother much in dark rooms.5/5 ⭐🔸️ The HD is very silent during operation & doesn't heat much even after few hours of backup.5/5 ⭐🔸️ Warranty offered is 3 years which is contemporary to industry standards & similar to seagate.As already quoted earlier , i had one harddisk replaced & data restored in warranty like 6 years back by WD.So no issues there, noone is going to offer pick & drop at home - be assured.🤏 Final Verdict :**********************All in all , I have always been a WD guy & this new 2019 version further restores my faith in the same.

It's an amazing storage product with high speed data transfer. The body is plastic but yet sturdy. I wish if they had more colour options.

Quality, connectivity and compatibility of this HDD is good and as stated and so is the transfer speed.

The media could not be loaded. I keep taking a lot of 4K videos regularly and with the limited computer drive storage, the 2TB Passport Drive from Western Digital has become the savior. More than just the storage space and transfer speeds, it's the Supremely Sleek design and WD software support that makes this product unique.I personally loved the Red variant of all. The Red - Black Dual color combination with matt finish just makes the whole hardrive design very minimalistic. If you are person who want to carry light and smart, this product perfectly suits it. Though it's named Passport, it's much smaller than a passport. Fits easily in the palm and does slip out easily.-----------------------⏩⏩ Box Contents:-----------------------1 Western Digital Passport, 1 Data Cable and 1 User Manual .------------------⏩⏩ Features:------------------🔷 Usable Storage Space : 1.81 TB🔷 USB 3.0 Speeds. I have tested and got upto a maximum Read/Write speeds of 120 MB/s and avg seek time of 0.96ms. These speeds may vary depends on the type of data (Fragmented/De-fragmented)🔷 Has a white LED for indication of Power.🔷 3 Years warranty.🔷 Plug and Play out of the box.🔷 Has software loaded by default in the drive that can be installed easily. These software provide following unique features.🔹 Option to Turn ON/OFF the Notification LED on the Hard Drive.🔹 Option to Control the Sleep time for the Hard drive. (10,15,30,45,90 min)🔹 Drive Format with NTFS and exFAT selection.🔹 SMART diagnose check.🔹 WD Backup- This is something I absolutely love. You can schedule to backup a drive or folder from the Laptop/PC to the WD Drive or Cloud Storage. This provides a worry free backup of the important content. One can select multiple folders/drives at a time for backup.🔹 WD Security - This provides an option to lock the drive with a 256bit AES Hardware Encryption password which is extremely difficult to crack. Please🔹 WD Discovery - This provides option to import (Backup) data from a Cloud Storage/Social media directly to Drive. Supports data from FB, Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, One Drive--------------⏩⏩ Tips:--------------👉 Register your product for claiming the right warranty period. It's default warranty will be based on the manufacturing date.👉 Make sure to make a note of the password somewhere, as if you forget, there's no way to recover it.👉 Run complete drive test in WD Diagnose for knowing if there are any bad sectors. It might take a very long time but it's always recommended to do the test before using.--------------⏩⏩ Pros:--------------👍 Sleek and smart Design.👍 Good and stable Transfer Speeds (~120 MB/s).👍 Automatic Backup of selected data.👍 Highly Secure Password Encryption for Security.👍 Control of LED notification and Sleep time.👍 Doesn't get heated up.--------------⏩⏩ Cons:--------------👎 The import option to backup social media and drives isn't that effective. It worked well only with One Drive account.👎 Average Seek time of 0.96 ms.---------------------⏩⏩ Conclusion:---------------------The product is worth the money and surely the best looking external hard drive out there. Go grab it.

No doubt, product is good.But amazon cannot deliver the product on the promised time,Infact the product was delayed by 12 hours, and to make it more worse, the delivery person is arguing for the same delivery issue.