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Customers often highlight the ease of use and ample storage capacity of the My Passport Ultra 500GB External Hard Drive. Many appreciate its compact size and reliable performance, finding it suitable for storing photos, videos, and other important files. Positive feedback also mentions compatibility across different operating systems. The drive is also praised for offering good value for its price.
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How is this work and used? I bought it to back up my files.
Posted by stinky
I bought this when our daughter's laptop died just before finals to transfer the contents of her hard drove to a replacement computer. She now uses it for file backup so that recovery is much easier in the future. Tip: when selecting a laptop, know that it is much easier to recover files from a hard disk drive than a solid-state drive. If you have a computer with a solid state drive, be careful to back up all the files regularly in case the computer dies (i.e. bad motherboard). This device is easy to use as a backup drive. (Not as easy as a network backup drive but adequate for personal use.)
Posted by rughetta
I wanted a portable hard drive to serve as a backup to the one I have now. The Passport has a 500gb capacity which was the size I had wanted and was reasonably priced at Best Buy . It is a bit smaller than my earlier hard drive in physical size and is plug and play pretty much. I use these drives as storage for photos videos and documents and the Passport fills the bill perfectly.
Posted by larry