Western Digital 250GB Passport V2 External USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive

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Editorial reviews

Product Description
Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / CapacityGB250Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Average Seek Timems12Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Spindle Speedrpm5400Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Buffer SizeMB2Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm8Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm13Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm1.5Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightg105Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Interface TypeHi-Speed USBTechnical DataStorage / TypeHard driveTechnical DataStorage Hard Drive / Form Factor2.5 "Technical DataHeader / Product LineWD Passport PortableTechnical DataHeader / ModelWDXMS2500Technical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / Country KitsMiddle EastTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerWestern DigitalTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Hard Drive TypeExternal hard driveTechnical DataExternal Hard Drive / Power SourceUSB bus

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Manufacturer's Description
Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. These drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter - they are powered directly through the USB cable.

Installation is a snap because you don't really "install" this drive; you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in. Powered by the USB bus, so no separate power supply needed.

This ultra-portable drive fits easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces and holds tons of valuable data.

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Box Contents

WD Passport portable hard drive

USB 2.0 certified cable

Quick Install Guide

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Customer reviews

review by: gadget man. date: 2008-07-17 rating:
USB device not recognised
Just Reading through the review's for the western digital passport & I am glad to see that most people seem to be happy with the drive. I personaly would not recommend this drive, I bought it about 9 months ago and after 2 months it just stopped working, getting message USB device not recognised, I have tried it on four different computers XP & Vista all with the same reply. A workmate had the same drive & had the same problem a few months before, tried sending a couple of e-mails to western digital with no reply, P.S. I Have since bought the Freecom Toughdrive, had it for about eight months with no problems & have since bought a second one, if you are looking for a hard drive this is the one I would recommend.

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review by: date: 2008-07-08 rating:
Very quiet drive!
I bought this for use with an NSLU2 network storage link. It runs fine from USB power, reducing cable tangle. Most importantly, it is virtually silent. I had it in my living room running constantly for months. It is inaudible, even on a quiet Sunday morning. It might be slightly slower than a noisy full size drive, but that has not been a problem. Also, it looks nice! I have been very satisfied with this product.

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review by: date: 2008-05-29 rating:
Lightweight Mega-storage
My old 120GB portable HD was full and needed replacing so after a little research I chose to buy this portable HD and I wasn't disappointed.

250GB is massive for a 2.5" drive and while it is expensive in comparison to 3.5" powered HDs (you can buy at least 500GBs for the same price), portable HDs always are.

It looks sleek and classy. Unfortunately it's a bit of a fingerprint magnet (black, glossy) which made the lack of a case or sleeve for the drive very disappointing.

It weighs about the same as my wallet and has been sturdy (dropped it a couple of times already and it's had a few knocks in the old laptop case, but no faults as of yet)and in my experience WD HDs can generally take a fair amount of clumsiness and are top in terms of lastability.

It's definitely worth the extra expense over a 120GB Portable (presuming you need the space). Fast, pretty and sturdy. Just wish it came with a case/sleeve.

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review by: YetiLord date: 2008-05-20 rating:
"Good price Good drive."
I bought this to accompany my 2 year old Acer Aspire 1654WLMI Xpsp2 laptop and am very glad that I did. It's small enough to carry around anywhere and outperforms even some internal laptop HDD's with it's 5400rpm, meaning it's ideal for game intalls. For example I cuurently run COD2 and UT2004 with no problems at all which is great as both these games take up around 5GB's each.
No install disk is needed as the drive intsals itself and comes equiped with great WD software.
The drive comes pre-formated as FAT32 but iv'e heard that it can be easily re-formatted to NTFS within winXp, but personally I haven't bothered with this and can safely say that the drive performs very reliably and quickly.

In short a great drive for all Xp laptop owners, the only faults are the lack of a longer USB cable and carry case but for a whopping portable 250GB drive with a name a huge as Western Digital for under £100 who could complain?

Sorry that I havent specified Vista compatibility as I don't own a Vista PC.


review by: Manco date: 2008-04-14 rating:
Hard to beat especially for this price!
Does what it says it should and is small enough to carry around no problem. Works fine using it on both a macbook and a pc. It's cheap and good quality.

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