i really liked the size of this item, and have trusted WD for some time. i needed some spare 1TB drives for backup/copies. these are easy to carry, plenty of space, built tough, and the color is nice, too.

Passport is the rather apt name chosen by Western Digital for its range of portable hard drives. Not much bigger than the 2.5in notebook drives they contain, these pocket-sized storage devices are now more pocketable than ever, thanks to their extra-rounded corners – not to mention attractive...

Large capacity; Personalised e-label display; Three connection options: FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0; Straightforward software for labelling; locking and backup; 256-bit hardware encryption

Only one FireWire port – no daisy-chaining; No carry case in the box

The Western Digital My Passport Pro is a portable RAID array with a Thunderbolt port. Sadly, the My Passport Pro only has a Thunderbolt Port; there's no USB port, so you'll need a computer with a Thunderbolt port if you want to use it.

Western Digital's own product description (above) gives an accurate, no-exaggeration summary of this hard drive and I really can't take any issue at all with the claims they make for it.

This backup drive to safety store all my important data and files for future use. Equipped with advanced technology, the device easily connects with laptops and pc and provides me easy sharing content. It price is good.

These tiny My Passport drives from Western Digital earn our recommendation for a few reasons. They're extremely small and portable, they're capable of both USB 2.0 and 3.0 speeds, and priced between $90 and $180, they're quite affordable.

Extreme portability; No external power supplies or power cables required; You can set up password protection and hardware encryption

Fast enough for everyday use, but not the fastest; Not the cheapest, either

Hi frnds im giving a advice not to buy WD My Passport portable drive Essential se 1 tb not be the fastest drive available, and it has not having good speed docks like the Must-have Seagate HDD.

This experience further cements WD's good name in my book.

I've owned this drive for 5 years, and gave it a lot of abuse; I've thrown it into backpacks, traveled with it, thrown it on the table, dropped it multiple times from desk height; The drive never skipped a beat; The last time I dropped it the plastic casing unsnapped , producing a gap in the body.

None that I can think of

Hand it to Western Digital for trying new things. It's cool that there's a portable software RAID solution available, and bus-powered storage options with 4TB capacities are few and far between. Western Digital also offers a 2TB version of the My Passport Pro, which is lighter and not as tall.

Large capacity; Tethered Thunderbolt cable with adequate length; Bus powered RAID solution

Fan is infrequent but noisy; Big and bulky

We love the colors that WD makes available for the My Passport Essential family, and its included backup solutions. Plus, you get an additional 40GB of storage over the LaCie little disk for $10 less.