Product Description
Light and rugged, the Passport USB Portable Hard Drive is easy to carry and no external power adapter is needed. Sync & encryption and Google software is included. Carry important files and e-mail between work and home or on the road Share large files between office and home, between PC and Mac Back up your existing notebook hard drive for extra data safety
Customer Reviews:
Don't believe the doubters about power consumption issues.......2007-12-31
All good reviews, but don't believe the issues with power. WinXP SP2 blocks the use of the drive because it thinks it draws too much power. But there is a simple procedure to override this (from WD site):
"Problem:
Under Windows XP, an error message of "Power Surge on Hub Port" or "USB device has exceeded the power limits of it's hub port" is displayed when connecting a USB device to a USB port on a computer or Hub.
Cause:
Under some computers, USB devices are only allowed to draw a maximum of 500 milliamps (mA) per connection from the USB port on the computer system or from a USB hub. Under the Windows XP Operating System, with the release of Service Pack 2, if a device attempts to draw more than this (500 milliamps), a USB port balloon message is displayed to indicate this over current condition. When connecting a USB device that draws power from the USB bus, a very brief over current condition is sometimes detected by the OS, and the warning message is displayed.
Resolution:
This message has no affect on the functionality of the USB port. The USB hard drive should still function correctly on the USB port regardless of the error message. To prevent the USB Power Surge Alert message from displaying, please complete the following steps:
Click on Start.
Click on Control Panel.
Double-click on the System Icon.
Click on the Hardware Tab.
Click on the Device Manager button.
Click on the + next to Universal Serial Bus Controllers to expand the selection.
Right-click and select Properties on any listing that displays USB UNIVERSAL HOST CONTROLLER.
Click on the Advanced Tab.
Check the box that says: Don't tell me about USB errors."
This works fine, and the drive works fine afterwards. I suspect it actually draws less power than they say. Maybe it has a brief power draw spike on startup, but it's running power seems less. In any case, it works fine without the Y cable. I do think it is tacky that WD doesn't give the cable for free, since my $7 Sabrent 2.5" Hard drive enclosure came with a y cable.
But most likely the drive will work fine for you. It is a lovely quiet drive, and takes up no space at all.
PS I just tried it on my IBM X31, which is several years old, and it worked fine. So I think the power issue is really a non-issue, but if you really are worried about frying your usb port, then buy the Y-cable.
Nice.......2007-12-31
Great deal,
It comes with a cool software that lets you backup your computer files and settings.
Small.
Fast.
I have an 80GB HD. I compared it with this WD 250GB one,
the 250GB WD is even lighter than the 80GB.
That I liked about this product. I would buy more if I needed to!
If you're asking "Should I buy this product or not?"
My answer to you is YES, OF COURSE!
Great External HD.......2007-12-29
This HD is great for traveling with a laptop computer. Small, lightweight and classy looking too! I have seen some with issues in being powered by the USB connection, but have not had that problem myself. The speed of the drive is relatively fast - no problems from my perspective. The 250GB capacity is perfect to carry my large collection of digital photos and music wherever I go.
Nice but easy to be damaged.......2007-12-29
I tried many types of external hard drivers, and most of those were different brand names with non-original mass box. They are all sharing a major problem which is the safety of removing device from computer that causes sometime losing data. WD has the same issue which makes the whole component is made together "Hard drive and mass box" therefore had to be completely secured from losing data.
WD passport 250gb.......2007-12-28
This is one of the best external hard drive i ever been used for long time, I am always fan of Western Digital hard drive, and so far I got 4 of them, they all works wonderful, I just need another one with my new MAcbook pro-since the other using for PC- in order for running Time Machine but without any power requirement so this is the best with biggest storage, light weight and nice design in this line so far. It run perfectly quiet and compliment my mac so much.
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