Western Digital My Passport Elite - (250GB, 320GB, 400GB, 500GB) Review

Western Digital offers External storage drives for Desktops, Portable drives, and Remote Access Drives for high quality and convenient usage to the user. It is the second largest leading company in the manufacturing of hard drives.

My Passport Elite

My Passport Elite is a modern portable hard drive which is 2.5 inch in size and has a stylish look. The product is designed elegantly and has a soft touch matte finishing which has a grippe feel rather than its previous glossy finishing hard drive which has professional look. The drive is easy to use and to carry, which fits in to the user’s pocket

Connectivity

Western Digital’s My Passport Elite Portable Hard Drive is equipped with USB 2.0 connectivity. It is powered through USB port directly from the PC rather using power adapter. These drives are pre-formatted and partitioned as like the internal hard drives, therefore it is ready to use by just plugging to the PC. The USB is powered directly from the USB port on users PC. No need for external power supply.

Storage Capacity

It can stores up to 14200 digital photos, 12500 mp3 songs, 38 hours of digital video, 220 hours of DVD quality video, 60 hours of HD video. May vary based on Capacity you choose.

My Passport Elite can be plugged to any PC and the data can be shared and viewed, then by synchronizing all the changes back to the home or office computers of the user.

Data Transfer Rate

The data stored in the hard drive can be protected with 128-bit encryption. The hard drive supports with Windows and Macintosh computers. It includes Google software which simplifies the web searches, searching the drive and to manage the photos effectively.

Available Colours/Finish

The Western Digital My Passport Elite External hard drive is available in four attractive colours (Titanium, bronze, blue, and red) which are currently available in the market .

Synchronization

Western Digital’s synchronization and encryption software allows the users to take their critical data with them and can Plug My Passport elite into any PCs, edit the files, able to read the e-mails and can view the photos. Then the changes can be synchronized back to the office or home computer. The data is protected with 128-bit encryption for optimal security (only with Windows)

Backup Software

This Western Digital portable hard drive is equipped with automatic backup software which saves the photo copies shared by online, can duplicate the e-mail, contacts with the ipod etc, these data can be backed up to the portable hard drive automatically when the drive is plugged to the computer.

Remote Access

The hard drive is enhanced with Remote Access which will be useful for transferring files, songs, movies from any computers using MioNet® Key software.

Physical Dimensions (in metric)

  • Height 15 mm
  • Length 126.15 mm
  • Width 79.5 mm

ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATION (in metric)

The Temperature at which the hard drive works

  • While Operating 5° C to 40° C
  • While Non-operating -20° C to 65° C

Warranty:
5 year limited warranty period is offered by the Western Digital.

Model Names and Memory Capacities

Western Digital’s My Passport Elite 250GB (WDML2500)
Western Digital’s My Passport Elite 320GB (WDML3200)
Western Digital’s My Passport Elite 400GB (WDML4000)
Western Digital’s My Passport Elite 500GB (WDML5000)


Western Digital My Passport Elite - Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer Western digital
Model Name My Passport Elite Portable Hard Drive
Type Portable External Hard Drive
Colour/Finish Titanium, Bronze, Bblue, and Red
Dimensions(W x D x H) 8 cm x 12.6 cm x 1.5 cm
Form factor 2.5 inch
Weight 180 grams
Available Capacities 250GB, 320GB, 400GB, 500GB
Spindle speed 5400 RPM
Compatible OS Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.10+, 10.5.2+
Serial Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mb/s (Max)
Software incorporated Google Software Pack and WD Sync
Warranty 5 year limited warranty

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