Western Digital Passport Essential, 500 GB Hard Drive Review

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Western Digital Passport Essential, 500 GB Hard Drive Review

If you often run out of space while using personal computer hard drive or portable pen drives, additional portable memory is an option you can bank upon. With My Passport Essential Edition series, Western Digital offers 500 GB of portable pocket hard drive.

Features of Western Digital Passport Essential Edition

It comes with a very large capacity of 500 GB packed in an attractive and compact design. You can use it for backing up your important data or for additional storage space. Portable hard drive can even be used for transferring data from one personal computer to another.

This external hard drive delivers impressive performance and connects by using USB 2.0 port for connection. The drive is easy to use, light and fast at rotational speed of 5400 RPM and data transfer rate of 480 MB/second. To ensure safety of your data, Western Digital provides a design that is rugged. It is covered in a 2.5 inch shock absorbing case.

Electricity

Unlike other portable hard drives, this one does not need any extra power for running. This portable pocket hard drive can be charged using the electricity from your system through USB port. However, it is power conserving and preserves the computer’s battery, which is protected by a technology called Data Lifeguard Fluid dynamic, built in a motor.

Google software

The machine comes with installed option of syncing & encryption feature and Google software. With Google software, you can search your drive, manage the stored data and search web when using it on Windows.

Mac or PC

The drive can work with equal ease when connected with Macintosh or Personal Computer. Thus, it is a good buy for those who need to transfer files from Mac to PC or vice versa without hassle. Further, it is easy to install. One does not need to download any drives or install a CD to use the hard drive. Just plugging the drive in the system makes it ready for usage. The first time it is plugged in, software from the drive loads itself automatically.

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