Usb 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive

Solid state drive worth it.

Relatively small portable hard drive with USB 3.0 capability. I like the indicator light which some budget portable drives do not have to indicate when the drive is in use. Read/write speeds are very fast compared to my old drives (although I am only using USB 2.0 so I can't make full use of it). I read pretty terrible reviews about the included software, so I didn't even try to use it.

It is truely one of the fastest portable USB 3.0 hard drive out there. It also has smaller form factor. So the price is right. The USB 3.0 cable could be longer. I had to donwload My Passport driver from the WD site to make my PC recognize the drive (on WinXP SP3). Another anoying thing, why some portable drives put their LED or activity light on the wrong end!! I will purchase many more of this, for this price or less.

USB 3.0 transfers very fast. Drive is light, compact and portable. Perfect for backing up our photos.

Great drives that are light, portable and deliver fast speeds. I've just bought a second one for backups! I am a happy WD product user. The quality is good and these drives look & feel modern. These drives are very portable due to their small size. Thanks to USB 3.0 you don't need an external power supply as they can operate from just a single cable. On the older USB 2.0 you will not get the speed benefits of USB 3.0 but when connected to USB 3.0 they can transfer data fast. The USB cable length is perfect. Not too lengthy which would get in the way and not too short making it difficult to connect. It's about 30cm (1 ft) I believe. They are decently priced as well. Prices have risen recently but I've bought the 5TB version at a reasonable price still. These drives are Plug & Play (at least on Windows machines). Just connect the drive and start using it. I highly recommend connecting your drive to a USB port either directly on the motherboard (back of computer) or from your PC case (front/top panel). I connected one of these drives to a USB hub and the drive started making a scary clicking noise. Turns out my USB hub is dodgy and doesn't always provide the correct power! So be careful using USB hubs for data transfer. AFAIK, the 5TB drive is not an SSD (where the others are I believe) but a HDD which makes it a bit more vulnerable. You can hear/feel the spinning drive inside the case. It's not loud though. Something to keep in mind. In 2011 I experienced severe data loss, using 1.5TB hard drives from another brand. Since then I switched to WD and have never looked back! I own many internal and external WD drives and haven't had one fail on me yet. This tells me WD drives are good quality and reliable. Nonetheless, drives can (and ultimately will) fail so always make sure you have a backup of your data. I keep 1:1 exact data copies/clones (and even that is technically not safe enough). These drives are great for that purpose.

The Passport USB 3.0 1 TB portable hard drive is the perfect size with able storage space for traveling and knowing any files you will need are secure on this device.

Great portable & fast 3.0 USB Hard Drive. I use it for backing up my computer internal drive and also for storing video when editing via FCP X. No complains!

I use my 1TB MyPassport USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive to store movies, photos, and audio books. I love the space, the transfer speed, the portability and size.

Excellent value and extremely fast portable drive. More than twice as fast as my other drives when archiving through a USB 2.0 port and five times faster using a USB 3.0 port. Absolutely no problems with the WD provided cable, which had been discussed as problem for some. Only two of my four computers have USB 3.0 ports, so I will be upgrading the other two soon!!

My Passport USB 3.0 portable hard drive fits perfectly