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Western Digital Passport USB Portable Hard Drive (160GB, black)

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Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 35 reviews Back to product review
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4.5 stars

"Great Device, Extremely Convenient"

by ctime on April 1, 2007

Pros: Portable USB 2.0 Hi Speed Backup

Cons: Too bad transfers can't be instant! ; )
Summary: I purchased this new off eBay and am very pleased.

I Plugged it into laptop USB port, Ran Sync, Configured import folders, Synched my files, Everything Backed Up. No problems.

You can also just drag and drop, thus bypassing the sync option. But doing this requires manual searching, copying etc. over and over.

As a test, I ran sync a second time and it just breezed right through knowing everything that there was to copy had been already and took only a few seconds to recognize this fact and stop. In settings option make sure you choose to copy all file extensions.

When copying back to PC software lets you choose what folder to copy to but copies individual folders with all their files rather than individual files. For this reason I rate as 9 out of 10. But no big deal I guess.

BTW - USB powered only. Now other cords or power source required for me, unlike other reviewers.

All in all a great device for back up peace of mind!
Updated
Also can't copy folders directly from Desktop when using Synch. So if you want the sync 128 bit encryption protection, drag any files/ folders on Desktop into your C;/ somewhere. Otherwise drag and drop onto the passport.

Forgot to mention that all files using sync function get encrypted in case of loss with very easy configuration settings, i.e. password, reset, delete all data, lost and found info.

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reply by: carlagrifo on August 6, 2007

Hi, I wanted to know if you are using it with a Laptop and if it works with Windows Vista.

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Western Digital Passport USB Portable Hard Drive (160GB, black): $191.61 - $229.99

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