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Western Digital My Passport: two compact terabyte

Compact, not too heavy, with USB 3.0 interface and the volume of 2 terabytes – by these words the description of an external hard drive Western Digital My Passport can be finished. But there are more options to check: see how fast the new drive is, convenience of software and general impressions.

The line of portable hard drives from Western Digital is now consists of five main devices created to manage different tasks, but the model My Passport has a special place among them. The fact that the capacity of this drive can be up to 2 TB – and it makes possible not only to store in a portable digital stock a huge collection of videos, photos and any other materials, but also free to move it from home to work or to take with you on long journeys. Particular strain is not necessary, because the dimensions of the new item are only slightly greater than other models of Western Digital external hard drives.

The novelty comes in a small cardboard box with a blister. Inside, in addition to the device, can be found only a USB 3.0 cable to connect the drive to your computer and print a brief guide to get started. The package includes three programs: WD Drive Utilities, WD SmartWare, and WD Security.

The drive is normal for this type of device appearance. Its body is entirely made of opaque plastic. There is no gloss even in the decorative elements. However, the developers tried to make the shape of My Passport not boring, causing its upper cover with the original, slightly noticeable relief pattern. But the side faces and the lower part of the body completely smooth. For those who love bright things, the designers have prepared five different colours of the plastic casing of My Passport.

In order the device not to scratch the table and slid along it, there are four rubber feet glued to the bottom. The developers have simultaneously reduced the length of the hull drive, and get rid of bottlenecks, which may cause the loss of productivity.

One of the side faces has the indicator of disk activity and USB 3.0 port. And there are no more interfaces, buttons or indicators. Overall design of the My Passport features as striking and memorable. Despite the slightly increased thickness of the shell, the device is compact and easily fits not only the ladies' handbag, briefcase or backpack, but even in a pants pocket or jacket.

Proprietary tools supplied can be installed individually or as a complete package. WD Drive Utilities program is designed for rapid diagnosis of the connected drive: check the values of SMART and a series of other tests. In addition, with this small app the contents of the disc can be cleared and adjust the time going into sleep mode automatically.

WD Security program — to set the password to the drive is self-explanatory, but the utility WD SmartWare much more interesting. It is designed to backup data from your computer. The program is interesting because it can automatically split files by type: pictures, video, systems, and others. It is possible to copy specific folders and files to one category.

The avarage values of the linear speed of reading data from the drive are 80-90 MB / s and write speed on the hard drive — 50 MB / s, which is a very high rate for the external hard drive with an interface USB 3.0. To drive with a capacity of 2 TB disk such indicators are especially important, because the owner has to deal with large amounts of data.

The new version of the drive Western Digital My Passport has many advantages, among which especially worth noting: maximum disk capacity of 2 terabytes, durable, resistant to scratches and fingerprints housing, a choice of body colours, flawless high performance.

List of deficiencies is less. This is small equipment and relatively short warranty period, amounting to only two years. But in general, the model My Passport can be recommended to all those users who have to work every day with large amounts of data. With this issue the new model copes the best way possible!
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  • 30 July 2012, 18:06
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