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๐Ÿ’ฝ WD Black My Passport 1TB Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN Review

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Description of ๐Ÿ’ฝ WD Black My Passport 1TB Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN

Auto backup with Included WD Backup Software. Password Protection with hardware encryption. Trusted drive built with WD reliability. USB 3.0 port; USB 2.0 compatible; System Compatibility: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7; Requires reformatting for Mac OS X operating system. 3 year manufacturer's Limited Warranty.

Reviews

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works with Xbox One for more storage

1 terabyte of storage. Comes with its own custom USB 3.0 cable and is made specifically for it. Do not damage cable. Works perfectly, no problems with Xbox One system.

Pros
  • Alright!
Cons
  • Infinitely slow

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Hurricane Harvey No Match

After being underwater for 8 days during the Houston Harvey floods, I found that all of my backup data had been destroyed. After buying a new Imac, I plugged in an external hard drive and it worked right away. Apparently I didn't lose anything and it's been working fine ever since.

Pros
  • Pleasant
Cons
  • Poorly Thought

Revainrating 1 out of 5

WORKS GREAT WITH PS4!

This works GREAT on PS4! The hard drive shows up to 918 GB hard drive (bought 1 TB). Just plug it into a USB port and it will be recognized automatically! Just note that PS4 will ask you to format it. It's very quick and easy. You can move games to your hard drive and save space on your PS4.

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Crumpled

Revainrating 5 out of 5

PS4 External Hard Drive

I bought this hard drive for my PS4 because I used up most of the 500GB and it worked great. All I had to do was take it out of the box, connect the two devices with the USB cable that came with it, PS4 recognized and formatted the hard drive, maybe ticked a box or two in settings and you were done. . It's been about a month now and it's working great. I'll try to remember to update this review in a year so everyone knows how it held up. Update #1 5 months later: works great. I had no problemsโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Cool Product
Cons
  • Ugly Packaging

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Doesn't work on Windows 8.1

Useless so far - drive cannot back up my files. At first, my computer couldn't tell that this drive was even connected. Now that I've gotten my computer to recognize it (30 minutes of googling/switching), the drive still fails to back up. I currently have the WD Backup app open and it has been preparing a backup for 45 minutes. I tried restarting the program but it still spins. Pretty frustrating considering I just want to transfer a few simple files. Downgraded to one star because the hardโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Wide range
Cons
  • Issues

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Fantastic customer support

In my last Canon printer review I mentioned how easy the installation was. I also mentioned the fact that helpful product support isn't always available. I mistakenly thought the Passport would be relatively easy to set up, but keep in mind I'm a senior with very limited technical knowledge. You may have guessed that I had to call support to get Passport to work properly. The person who helped me was fantastic. He took my computer and downloaded all the installation files needed for the deviceโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Quick replacement
Cons
  • No form required

Revainrating 4 out of 5

WD Backup software cannot be used with Windows 10

An external hard drive is the most valuable backup device. You can back up your data on the device, erase it and keep it in a safe place. I bought this drive for precisely this reason and also because it came with the WD Backup software required to schedule and create regular incremental backups. The problem I had with the drive was that no matter what I did, the WD Backup software refused to recognize the passport. drive as backup destination. I installed, uninstalled, reinstalled, andโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Delivery was very fast
Cons
  • Compatibility

First of all, after many unsuccessful amateur searches and fixes, I was ready to get this HD back (or bang it against the wall). attempts to reformat. I am using macOS High Sierra 10.13 which is not listed on the WD support page. Your instructions sound simple - open Disk Utility, erase, reformat to exFat. If your computer is like mine, it throws an error message when you try to erase and reformat it. There I was ready to hit the wall and round off. Reluctantly, I decided to call WD Technicalโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Glitter
Cons
  • Reliability