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"If it requires power boosting for the USB conection why not include it???" I bought this unit through the distributer my wife works with. The price seemed fair. The look awesome. The size sleek! Almost a video ipod size. When I got home (to my desktop computer), exited to try it out. My Xp would tell me there was something connected to the USB port, but it didn't know what the hell it was. And asked for a driver. No disk was included with the unit. Just a VERY short USB cable. And some documentation that is mostly warranty and warnings. On regards to installation instructions there where to graphics. One showing what's in the box (already mentioned) and another pointing out where to connect (DUH!). The graphic does show though a LAPTOP, not a desktop computer. I was stuck, so all I could do was trying WD online support. As with any of these companies it was a trip with a lot of dead ends (you mostly get pages PROMOTING the product, even the ones that read on the link "support"). In the end I actually had to register to get access to the software, I guess because of the encryption included with the unit's apps (in the actual unit, which if in the first place you can't see on your system, then how the hell can you access the apps???). The software I could download? -Mass storage unit scanning. (read hard drives scanning). -Sync app. -Encryption app. All these require your unit to be visible by the system in order to work! (WTF?) So... I turned to my wife who was using her laptop at the time and when she conected it it came up perfectly on her system. Total access, working like a dream. She handed it back to me with a look of "do you really know anything about this kind of stuff baby?". I turned away with a frown of stubbornness and returned to my search. To no avail. In the end I had to leave to an appointment I had feeling frustrated. When I got home, my drive was connected and now it was working properly. I knew my wife had something to do with it. What she had done was that using our local wireless network she had taken the driver from the drive while it was connected to her laptop and transfered it to my desktop where then she proceeded to install the drive properly. Problem fixed, but not thanx to Western Digital. Today I get to work and try connecting the drive to my two desktop computers. This time I don't even get the install hardware message from windows, just another message that tells me there's something there but the system doesn't know what it is and it probably won't work properly... I've connected my drive with a longer cable, since the one included requires the drive to sit on the CPU because of how short it is (about 12") It then connects properly and works fine. Reading up on other customer's reviews I notice they mention the Y-USB cable a lot, a power boosting option for your drive. It probably all boils down to power. So if that's the issue, and not everyone has the benefit of a laptop at hand. Shouldn't a power boosting cable be included with the unit in the first place??????? I'm going out now to get myself a Y-USB cable then. I give this otherwise perfect product three stars. "Best in the market" The Western Digital portable hard drive is the best in the market right now. Slick and stylish, easy to use and great price. What more can you ask for. I have a large number of movies and and music, so i have two hard drives from western digital and i am loving it. FIVE STARS!!! "Amazing Product" I have owned this product for over 6 months now and never had any issues. Its really small and compact and fits right in my pocket. I carry it with me all the time during my business trips. Copying files is also pretty quick. Highly recommend this product "Life saver...and files too...LOL" Very impress, pocket size, great volume storage, work very smoothly...I travel often, so, very please...Use it with all my computers, MAC, PC and laptop. "Great purchase, silent and very portable" This external drive was affordable and has proven reliable. It has fallen a couple times to the floor without losing my data, which is more than I could ask for. It is also estetically pleasing, though the plastic has proven to be very scratch-prone. It would have deserved 5 stars, except that is is not made of recyclable materials and the manufacturer has provided no option for sending the unit in for recycling.
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Western Digital WDXMS2500TN Passport 250 GB USB Portable Hard Drive
Why I buy this one ? - 250 GB USB 2.0 2.5-inch external hard drive ideal storage solution for Mac or PC - USB connection; requires no external power source;128-bit encryption for data security - Included Google software for searching and managing files - Features glossy black design - Measures a 0.59 x 5.1 x 3.14 inches (HxLxW); weighs less than 4 ounces It's better to buy this one too...
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What our customer's say! "Long review containing everything remotely relevant I could think of.", I bought this drive about a year ago (12/2007); the model number on the label on bottom of the drive is WD2500XMS-00, which is ever so slightly different from the model number here (WDXMS2500TN). I can't tell from the official product picture if the model is the same, but mine has the slightly-slanted casing, so that each of the thin faces look like parallelograms rather than rectangles. You can sort of see this in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th customer photos. The 3rd and 5th look like they are squared off, and may be a newer generation than what I have. There's an even newer version out (WDME2500TN), the Passport Essential, which is squared off and has moved the WD logo from the center of the top face to one corner. The model I have has a little rubber flap that covers up the mini usb port, but I *think* the Passport Essential scorns that sort of thing. ANYWAY, the point is that my review may be slightly obsolete. :D! Pros: small, stylish, usb-powered (may require a y-cable to draw from 2 ports if you have an older laptop, but I've run mine on an Acer Travelmate C204TMi while it was plugged into the passthrough for the Antec usb-powered notebook cooler set on hi), quiet (slight audible click when the disk starts spinning), runs cool (you might be able to feel that it's above room temp after it's been on for a while, but it's a non-issue), fast enough, large capacity, etc etc etc. Cons and nitpicks: There is a shiny side (top) and a matte side (bottom), and both pick up fingerprints and smudge like crazy. At one point, the matte and shiny sides of mine parted slightly at one edge; I tried to pop it back together but it wouldn't go. Later, the drive randomly healed itself. >.> I don't know, maybe the glue or whatever held it in place warmed enough to hold it together again. It was a bit odd, but I didn't have to worry about it for long. The rubber flap to protect the usb port from dust or from getting wet or whatever is a good sentiment, but doesn't look slick enough to fit with the rest of the drive, which is probably why they didn't keep it for the Passport Essential. The included cable (8in?) is fine as far as length goes (unless there's no surface to put the thing on, I don't know why you'd *need* a longer cable), but small as it is I find that I dislike carrying it around. Integrated cables, like on the Lacie Little Disk or the Apricorn Aegis Portable, are probably a good idea, and don't add much bulk (all the 2.5" portables are about the same size anyway). It comes formatted as FAT32. I put some data on it, and decided I wanted to format it to NTFS, but I didn't have anywhere to move the data. I attempted to use the trial version of Paragon Partition Manager to reformat it without destroying the data, but it didn't work (fwiw, Paragon successfully reformatted the internal WD Scorpio Blue hdd that had my OS on it, so there must be something going on here). I just wanted to use this for as extra storage, so I deleted the stuff pre-programmed on the drive. It doesn't come with a software disk, though, so I wouldn't know how to recover that. A few computers I've plugged this into don't really recognize it, and go looking for installation software and drivers (unsuccessfully). I'm pretty sure this is the computers' faults, not the drive, though. Conclusion: The current price for the 250gb Passport (this page) is ~$130; the 250gb Passport Essential is ~$90. Also, the 500gb passport essential is ~$160 now. You do the math. There is nothing very wrong with this drive; only the non-integrated cable is a material issue for me. To that end, I bought the Apricorn Aegis Portable when I was in the market for a 500gb portable, rather than the Passport Essential. (The Lacie Little Disk has a cover that comes off, but the Aegis avoids detachable parts altogether. It's a little more expensive, though.) "Nothing but GREAT!", I just love this drive. It's the most handy piece of portable equipment I've had. Use it mostly to carry my virtual PCs around and to have backups when in need. Highly recommend it to anyone! "Very good choise", I made a very good choise selectin this portable hard drive. It works without any problem in my toshiba laptop. "Excelent Device", Is an excelent device, fast, compact and very very portable, it really expands my laptop hard drive. "The best external back up ever!", It is easy to use and never runs out of space as I'm trying to back up my entire hard drive. Well worth the money! 
Read this reviews before You buy... "Works for basic stuff.", This is my second WD portable drive. The first one failed on me. I lost about 6 gigs of photos on it. Lucky for me I have several back ups of them. Honestly I don't place much faith in hard drives anymore. WD has been the only brand I've used, and I intend to switch. I've noticed that when you shuffle through all the reviews, all the brands suck or fail or are horrible. So heres my review, WD 250GB Drive Works Well, quiet, operates warm but not hot, gentle vibration, almost unnoticeable. Slow in my opinion Uses 2.0 High Speed USB, I would find one with firewire if you have it available. Why? If you use Time Machine, you will want it, or may I say beg for it. I backed up 30GBs of data in a couple of hours. Not that I had any problem, I just wanted it to go faster. It powers down when inactive ++ I would recommend this drive to anyone who is transferring data from on place to another. Though I lost my faith in the storage aspect of it. But that was before they remodel it, "I have both the new and old WD models" If your into actually storing data, get a real drive one that's powered. Quality built, and for heavens sakes back up the back up. You are NOT BACKING UP if you delete all the crap from your computer. A back up is to have two copies of the same data. Which is why I don't get why people complain when their backup drives die. You should still have a copy on the main drive. Why three stars, because I've had one WD drive fail on me. And I bought another HD of the same design from them. "Excellent for Black Macbook Owners!", My g/f bought me the 250GB WD Passport drive as a Christmas gift. I had always wanted a portable 2.5" drive but hesitated because I wasn't sure which model/brand to get. We use Macs and PCs in our home, but I primarily use a black Macbook as my daily driver. This little guy works great and I store all my data, music, and pictures (most-importantly). You wouldn't think it but 250GB gives you a lot of breathing room when you're backing up lots of data. If you're a Macbook owner, or more specifically a black Macbook owner, this little drive complements the look of your machine quite nicely. "Western Digital 250GB drive", I've had this product for four weeks. First thing I did was format the drive to NTFS, deleting all the Western Digital synchronization software. I use the drive for a daily backup of my entire system. The drive is quiet and works without problems. I don't need to use the accessory USB power cable: my Thinkpad T61 provides enough power through the supplied USB cable. "Easy setup for Mac", I have an iMac and at first it seemed like I wasn't going to be able to get it to work. I was looking for the setup files in which were all for PCs. Ofcourse, the Mac made things to easy and the Hard Drive just worked upon plugin. So far no troubles and does everything I expected it to. "Western D 250 Passport", So So only . But the price of under 90 bucks is value for money |
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