( 61 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 25 2009
I've purchased 2 WD Passport drives and both failed to work after about a year of light use (once or twice per month). They spin for 2 seconds then stop and then again and again the same thing. They also get very hot and sometimes have trouble stop spinning so they can be ejected. The product is cheap, but I'd rather spend more money for something that won't quit on me. Not durable at all. I carry them around sometimes and am very careful - this might have hurt their performance, but doesn't portable mean that you can carry them between work and home? Isn't this the point? DO NOT BUY!
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Posted: May 27 2009
I got this drive 15 months ago, and have been using it primarily for twice-weekly automatic rdiff backups (which involve intensive reading and writing). Absolutely no problems that I know of yet. Rock solid and reliable. The form factor is also nice - it can fit into pretty much any nook. The length of the tiny USB cable it comes with is a bit obnoxious, but mine just lives on top of my mid-tower case, so it's not an issue (and not worth knocking any stars off, imho)
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Posted: Jan 18 2009
WARNING: Do not think that the your WD Passport, using the WD Sync software, is a backup drive; it is NOT !As per the documentation with this device:"synchronization software is intended to synchronize the data from a computer to the drive (WD Passport) and SHOULD NOT be used as backup software. To use this software properly, we advise that you do not wipe orerase the data from the internal hard drive (computer) and resynchronize, as this will cause the data that WD Sync stored to the Passport to be deleted."This is why you are hearing so many people saying that they are deleting the WD Sync software, reformatting, and using the WC Passport as a true backup drive where you can actually see the files that you are backing up, ratherthan a bunch of unrecognizable sync files that likely don't have all the files that you thought you "backed up".
