Customer Reviews
Great Drive - useless software
Can't complain about a terabyte in such a small package. Very nice drive so far.
But somehow I do not trust WD software as being reliable - based on past experience... Read more
by C. Reed
Small and gets the job done.
As for portable hardrives this one is the best I've had. It is pretty fast and the setup is very easy. I am using it for MAC and it formats with ease.
by Joe
Great off-line backup
I have not used it much to date but hope to in the near future. It will be a great place to store the thousands of photos and placed in a fireproof safe. Read more
by woodworker
Bought this to back up new Macbook Pro
As expected after reformatting to Mac OES this external hard drive works flawlessly. I have been using this one for 2 months now with no problems and have owned similar WD hard... Read more
by Trackrat1833
Love the product. Meet the expectation.
A recommended buy to those who want to back up their data into this portable drive. Sleek look. Wish to have more choices in color. Read more
by RandomBuyer
Great little TB
This drive is very compact and portable. Two features I wanted. Seems to be working fine and transfers data quickly. Read more
by Joe
happy
I am no expert on electronic but this purchase has been decent so far. It is smaller than I expected and works well. For the price I think it is a great buy. Read more
by Mike Aills
Very Pleased
Huge, quick, effortless. I enjoy it, whether moving files for personal or business use. I havent utilized the software, I just drag and drop or copy/paste data as needed. Read more
by Billy J. Golden
Resilient Hard Drive!
Very portable, especially for the storage capacity. Use it for school and for.backing up personal files. Will be buying more when the price comes back down. Read more
by Ducky
Amazing little device...
Sleek, stylish, lightweight, fast and works like a charm.
USB 3.0 works a little faster on USB 2.0 laptops, but if you have a USB 3. Read more
by TV9000
This review is from: Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 3.0/2.0 Ultra Portable External Hard Drive (Black) (Electronics)
I can remember when I was impressed by a 356 MB hard drive on my new computer. (Remember those days?) Now here's this back-up external drive that is a terabyte, something that not so many years ago was in the domain only of supercomputers that took up whole rooms. The really impressive thing is that this is such a nice compact little drive, not much bigger than a deck of playing cards. I've used other drives for back up and have always avoided the back up software that came with some of them, fearing it would get in the way and slow things down when I'm working or that it would take too much time to figure out what to back up and how often to do so. As a result, I often forget to back things up, which could be a disaster if I ever had a hard drive failure.
Now the nice thing about a large external drive such as this one is that it has tons of space and I can just back up everything and keep several copies. The software that comes on the drive installs in minutes and checks for updates for both software and firmware. It gives you a choice of what to back up and the choice of pausing backups when you're working, so you don't have to worry about it getting in your way when you're doing something else. It was simple to enter password protection and comes with a manual on the drive that's easy to understand, as manuals go. You can also choose how many backups to keep at a time and where you'd like those stored. The settings are simple to set up, even partitioning the drive if you decide to do so.
I've used it for a few weeks now and hardly notice it being there. It just does its thing in the background and I can check the backups so I know they're there. Using Windows XP, it puts a little icon down in the menu bar where I can check at any time to see how much space has been used, whether or not it is locked and if the temperature is OK. Unlike some drives I've used in the past, this one seems to run pretty cool and I've never felt it being warm, even when the summer temperatures in the room were warm. I like that it's so small, yet has such high capacity. I'm using a 2.0 interface but it's nice to know it has the 3.0 capability for future use with perhaps a different computer. Two thumbs up for this external hard drive.
