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Easy Setup
Customers have generally positive opinions about the easy setup of the WD My Passport Portable External Hard Drive, with many praising its plug-and-play functionality and quick installation process. However, a small group of customers encountered difficulties during setup, requiring assistance from technical experts or experiencing issues with software compatibility on their devices.
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Data Transfer Speed
Some customers have reported impressive data transfer speeds when using the WD My Passport Portable External Hard Drive, especially with USB 3.0 connection. However, a significant number of users have encountered issues such as failure to connect, slow transfer speed, and corrupted data resulting in lost information.
Durability
Customers have mixed opinions regarding the durability of the WD My Passport Portable External Hard Drives, with some expressing satisfaction and trust in the product's reliability while others reporting frequent failures and data loss issues. Some users mentioned that the drives are not shock-resistant and require careful handling to prevent damage. Additionally, some customers have had difficulty getting their warranty claims approved due to high costs for data recovery services.
Highlights
Quality
The wd 5tb my passport hard drive is an excellent storage solution that delivers both reliability and capacity.
Very lightweight and backup of files is a breeze.
Size is incredibly small and encryption is a plus although there is a small speed/transfer penalty for using encryption.
Install seems to start a couple of processes on mac that must be stopped manually (using mac os process manager) before disk ca... Read More
Price
I needed more portable storage and this was a good deal and i am very pleased with the purchase!
Now i am looking for more solid state options but for the price it is very functional and can be good for just games.
Packaging/appearance
Only drawback was the packaging looked beaten up
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- This product had a total of 106,180 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 6 2025.
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Install seems to start a couple of processes on mac that must be stopped manually using mac os process manager before disk can be reformatted to newer more efficient format
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We have 4 or 5 of these that we store music and videos primarily
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They are accessed on a regular basis some run almost 247 and none have failed knock on wood
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Got really tired of losing information
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I’ve had good luck with this one
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My backup drive died and i needed a new one
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Got this and needed help setting up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this hard drive to replace a seagate hdd i recently purchased that has started to fail for unknown reasons
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