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#Western digital my passport 4tb amazon portable#
Check out Western Digital WD 4TB My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive, USB-C and USB 3. It features a small white power indicator light that only appears visible when the device is powered on. Buy Western Digital WD 4TB My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive, USB-C and USB 3.1 with Automatic Backup and Password Protection (WDBFTM0040BBL-WESN) Compatible with PC, PS4 and Xbox online at low price in India on Amazon.in. Here are the 'good' and 'bad' on this product.
The device does not require a separate AC source, because electrical power is provided by the USB 3.0 cable. The 4TB and 5TB models measure in at 4.22 x 2.95 x 0.75 inches and 210g/7.4 ounces.Īlong with a redesign to slim down a bit, the My Passport is also available in three colors: black, red, and blue. This USB 3.0 product is a portable external 4TB 2.5' size hard drive encased in a plastic enclosure. Rather than your standard 7mm SSD or 9.5mm HDD, the HDD in this models measures 15mm thick, which also adds to the weight. Due to the increased number of platters that WD’s My Passport needs to reach 4TB and 5TB, the larger capacities are bit bulkier. The 1TB and 2TB models measure 4.22 x 2.95 x 0.44 inches and weigh 120 grams (4.2 ounces). WD’s My Passport comes in two sizes depending on the capacity you get. Of course, it is a SED or self-encrypting drive, as it comes with AES 256-bit hardware encryption. It comes with a 128MB DRAM cache and has the USB bridge and connector built-in rather than using a standard SATA connection. Still, CrystalDiskMark shows a clear drop-off from Seagate’s products (the company owns LaCie) when it comes to sequential throughput.Encased within its plastic enclosure, WD opted to utilize a Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR, a technology that overlaps data tracks to increase density)-based 2.5” HDD, model: WD50NDZW-11MR8S1 on our 5TB sample. The WD My Passport is faster than its Seagate and LaCie rivals with lots of smaller files and folders, but not in sustained throughput. But it’s also better than average at writing large batches of smaller files and folders, as you can see in the chart below. We started off the review with a mild warning about the My Passport 4TB’s tepid performance with large files, and indeed it falls about 10MBps short of average.
#Western digital my passport 4tb amazon software#
This is a very nice software bundle considering that the My Passport is essentially the company’s entry-level USB drive.
#Western digital my passport 4tb amazon pro#
Western Digital has many great, reliable products, this Wireless Pro just isnt one of them.
As a battery or external HDD is is too expensive, as a wi-fi device it is essentially useless. WD does provide backup software a drive utility that will check the status and secure-erase the drive as well as encryption software for dealing with sensitive data. WD 4TB My Passport Portable External Hard Drive HDD, USB 3.0, USB 2.0 Compatible, Black - WDBPKJ0040BBK. WD doesn’t provide anything fancy like LaCie’s dual FAT/NTFS or HFS+ partitioning utility, but you can use the Windows or OS X (or Linux) system utilities for that.
After the color-coding response, we didn’t ask whether tactile grip was the reason, but it does have that effect.
The waves also provide a better grip on the smooth, glossy plastic. WD has added even more consumer bait by beveling a stylish wavy texture into the half of the drive that’s home to the powered micro-B USB port and power indicator. The wavy bevels also make for a better grip. PCIe Gen4 interface 250GB - 4TB capacity 5,500MB/s read speed or faster 22mm width (do not go for 25mm units). The WD My Passport offers more flair than you might expect from a mainstream portable USB drive.