Always have your files on hand with the red WD 4TB My Passport USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive. Designed with a slim form factor, it's also available in a variety of colors to suit your style. Aside from its 4TB of storage capacity, it's built with 256-bit AES hardware encryption to help ensure your files are protected, and features USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity for fast transfers. It and comes formatted NTFS for Windows 8.1 and 10, but may be reformatted for other operating systems, and connects to your host system using an included micro-USB to USB-A cable. Users can take advantage of WD's Discovery and Backup software to help manage and back up their files as well.

4TB Capacity    USB 3.2 Gen 1    256-Bit AES Hardware Encryption    Bus-Powered, No External Power Required    WD Software Included    Preformatted NTFS for Windows 10 & 8.1    Mac Compatible with Reformatting

USB 3.2 Gen 1, USB 3.1 Gen 1, and USB 3.0 are synonymous and all can transfer data at a max speed of 5 Gb/s.

Make the most of your journey with style that suits you. The My Passport has been redesigned to feature a convenient, slim form factor and is available in a range of vibrant colors.

Make sure everything you create while on your own life journey - photos, videos, music, and documents - doesn't get lost. The My Passport drive comes equipped with WD Backup software that can be set to run automatically to your schedule. Just pick the time and frequency to back up important files from your system onto your My Passport drive.

Keep your digital life's contents secure with My Passport password protection and built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password using WD Discovery

My Passport portable storage is ready right out of the box, including all necessary cables. And with USB, you can quickly start backing up everything in your life and keep driving forward.

Included WD Discovery software lets you connect to popular social media and cloud storage services like Facebook, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Seamlessly import, organize, and share your photos, videos, and docs to the My Passport drive to backup your online social life. WD Discovery can also manage your drive through WD Drive Utilities.

WD builds drives to demanding requirements for durability and reliability. On top of that, it comes with a 3-year limited warranty.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Why is it cheaper to purchase the drives separate than to buy the bundle of 8?

A: It depends on the scenario. Sometimes, the manufacturer offers a discount on 1 drive alone (1 per customer).

Q: 2. Can this be configured to be used as an FTP server?

A: Yes you can generally speaking. In certain cases it may require port forwarding. And also a few providers have been known to block FTP access which doesnt have anything to do with this device particularly.

Q: 3. the server includes 2 hard drives?

A: The server includes whichever drives you've configured it to have. You can buy it with two empty bays or two drives of equal sizes from 1T up to 8T each I think.

Q: 4. Does the PR2100 support "hot swapping" disk drives or do you have to power off the enclosure?

A: You would have to power off the enclosure.

Q: 5. Does it have a fan?

A: The manufacture doesn't go into details of the fan but this NAS server does have a fan. In the manual, on page 86, it mentions the fan for diagnostic test. https://bit.ly/2wdMAXX

Q: 6. Does anyone know how this compares to the BDR-XD05S? I'm considering an upgrade to improve the reading of damaged media.

A: The Pioneer BDR-X13U-S External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Blu-Ray Drive is overall a faster drive compared to the Sony. But if your primary purpose is to read damaged media, the success rate of the Pioneer would be more or less the same as the Sony.

Q: 7. Is this compatible with the 2nd Generation Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser?

A: Yes, it would be compatible with all Microsoft Edge browsers provided they have the latest security updates.

Q: 8. Is the enclosure aluminum/metal or plastic? How does it come pare, as a heatsink to the OWC enclosure?

A: The Pioneer BDR-X13U-S External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Blu-Ray Drive with M-DISC Support is constructed mostly of a hard plastic. It handles heat well and should not get overly hot.

Q: 9. Does this device plays 4K discs? thanks

A: The Pioneer External HH BD/DVD/CD Writer (Black) BH #PIBDRX13US can read 4k Ultra HD Blu-Ray.

Q: 10. Do you sell the ‘diskless’, 0TB version of this unit?

A: We have the bare unit https://bhpho.to/2YZO74F.