Product Description

These elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter -- they are powered directly through the USB cable. Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security. WD Sync synchronization and encryption software lets you take your critical data with you. Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption (Windows only). Perfect for the business traveler who needs to transfer large amounts of data from laptop to clients or just daily backups in case of accidents from mishandled luggage to coffee spills. Also comes in handy if your worried about laptop theft and someone else having access to your important data, you can store it on this portable encrypted drive instead. For all those precious pictures, videos, music and data files, getting this external hard drive is a must have. WD Sync synchronization and encryption software lets you save your critical data and take it with you. Plug your drive into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer (Windows only) Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software (Windows only) Up to 480Mb/sec Bus Transfer Rate with USB 2.0 System Requirements - Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later), Available USB port Approximate Unit Dimensions - 0.59 (H) x 4.96 (L) x 3.14 (W) Approximate Unit Weight - 0.23lb

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55 in Consumer Electronics
• Size: 250 GB, 250GB
• Color: Midnight Black
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WDME2500TN
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 6.00" w x 7.50" l, 3.00 pounds
• Memory: 2MB
• Hard Disk: 250GB

Features

• Box Contents - My Passport Essential 250GB Portable USB Hard Drive, USB 2.0 cable, Quick Install guide
• 250GB Hard Drive Capacity
• 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. No separate power supply is needed
• This ultra-portable drive fits easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces, and holds tons of valuable data

Customer Reviews

a poetic testament to availability
Two hundred and fifty giga-bytes
Plus three score and ten
For 114 inflatable smackers
Western Digital is our friend.

But not so Circuitous City -
Where souls roam the aisles benumbed
By the lack of any resource
That would `elp to get `er done.

Let us go down to the river
Where streams of inventory flow
And cry out "Amazon, sweet Amazon,
Send thy goods to our front door."

compact, works well, reasonably priced and looks great
A portable hard drive that is compact, works well, is reasonably priced and looks great :-) I have had this for around 4 months now and am very happy with it.

Great and small external HD
This Western Digital external HD is very small in size and smooth in shape. Since nowadays all external HDs are pretty much plug-and-play (USB 2.0), this HD is the same (nothing to mention about ease of setup). It does not require external power, and that's convenient. I think the reading/writing speed is about average, and it does not have any overheating during file transferring.
One drawback is the shiny surface is made of some low-quality plastic, it's not that elegant. It can look dull and wavy at some angle.
I recommend this to friend who looks for a small portable HD in the 200-300GB range.