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Name: WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black
Brand: WD
SKU: 10117282
Price: 139.39 USD
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Rating: 4.7 (5081 reviews)

WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

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SKU:: 10117282

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QuestionWill this device backup my dish hopper 3 dvr recordings?
Asked 5 years ago by protection.
- Answer Hi protection, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. We recommend you to contact your device manufacturer to get the information about the compatibility with your device. To know more about the drive please refer to the link: http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705155.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionWhat is the process of RESTORING my system backup onto a new Windows 10 PC, after I backed up my old hard drive to the WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive??
Asked 5 years ago by TomSven5.
- Answer According to groovypost.com, “How to Clone or Move Your Windows 10 Installation to a Larger Hard Disk or SSD” and if your backup is a system image, “Boot from your Windows 10 install media, which will be used to facilitate the restoration of your system image created earlier. When you arrive at the Install Now screen, click the Repair computer link; this will load the Recovery Environment.” Their article gives all the information and preparation and steps so you must refer to their article. I have successfully cloned drives with a clone cable and Acronis but the groovypost.com article seems to be what you need here.
  Answered 5 years ago by BRCathy
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QuestionCan I download videos of my kids' soccer games and use this hard drive to store them in order to free up space on my laptop?
Asked 5 years ago by VideoDownload.
- Answer yes the drive is perfect for this use. file transfer is standard click/drag/drop method. skip the wd front end software unnecessary
  Answered 5 years ago by jeff
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Questionwill I need Internet connection to install this Hard Drive?
Asked 5 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer This is a generic USB disk so if your operating system can initialize, format, and mount a generic USB disk, which I know at least Windows and VMS can do then it should work fine using the operating system standard USB drivers. I think it comes preformatted for Windows but you would use the operating system standard command for initializing and formatting for your operating system.
  Answered 3 years ago by Warren
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QuestionHow many rpms is the hdd? And would i be able to load games onto it then plug it in to start up those games? (Windows 10 pc) Never used one of these before.
Asked 5 years ago by Jchuck.
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QuestionWill I be able to put a cd in it to read
Asked 5 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. To know more about the drive refer the below link- http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705155.pdf Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionCan I use it on my Macbook Pro with USB Thunderbolt ports and my Windows 10 PC without any formatting as in plug and play?
Asked 5 years ago by Ricky55.
- Answer Hi Ricky55, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Moreover, you can reformat the drive in exFat format to use it with Windows and macOS like plug 'n' play. We have not tested the drive with thunderbolt ports because the drive supports USB 3.0. Please refer to the link to know more about the drive: http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705155.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionWhat Programs Can You Store On It Robert?
Asked 5 years ago by Robert.
- Answer Hi Robert, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionCan I plug this into my TV and watch movies
Asked 5 years ago by forafriend.
- Answer I store movies on this to bring with me when camping.
  Answered 5 years ago by Nina
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Questioncan you transfer iPhone picture/videoss to this device?
Asked 5 years ago by DD.
- Answer Hi DD, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for both Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. To know more about the drive refer to the link- http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705155.pdf . Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionIs this compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook that was just released in April 2020?
Asked 5 years ago by Anonymous.
This question was asked about the related product: WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. However, Western Digital drives are not tested with the vendor end of life operating systems and are optimized for more recent versions of OS.Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionWill this work with Microsoft Surface Book 3?
Asked 5 years ago by Paige.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. However, Western Digital drives are not tested with the vendor end of life operating systems and are optimized for more recent versions of OS.Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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Questioncan I store all my music from my windows media player and down load music from a usb flash drive and SD card then to download to a mp3
Asked 5 years ago by jack.
This question was asked about the related product: WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue
- Answer I was told it can be transferred from a usb, but I don’t no about a SD.
  Answered 5 years ago by passport
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QuestionDoes the Passport use a USB C cord?
Asked 5 years ago by Unknow.
- Answer Hi, WD My Passport drive has a USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface backward compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. It comes with a SuperSpeed USB cable. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionI already have MyPassport installed on my laptop windows 10. If I plug another MyPassport in, will the app manager software be the same for both drives or will it install another app manager for the second one?
Asked 5 years ago by joy.
This question was asked about the related product: WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue
- Answer Hi joy, WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device. You can use two drives with your PC and both will be separately visible on the file explorer. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionCan you back up Mac and Microsoft data to the same WD external drive?
Asked 5 years ago by phed.
- Answer Hi phed, My Passport to be compatible with exFAT to be read/write ready on both Windows and macOS. follow the link given below- https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20821 Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionIs anyone using this as an (unencrypted) NAS drive with a Netgear router? Two reviewers say they're using it as router NAS, but two Western Digital Q&A responses claim this can only be used as DAS (direct-access storage), *NOT* NAS. ...Confusing!
Asked 5 years ago by Midwesterner.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play external storage having USB 3.0 interface. It is a DAS device tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionMakes a very loud clicking. Like click-click-click-click-click. And nothing happens. Sounds like a very loud clock clicking every second. Second time using this. How do I get my data off? Last one got corrupt and lost all data. I don't trust this brand.
Asked 5 years ago by Peter.
- Answer it sounds like the drive failed out of the box. Mine is totally silent and seems to work fine. I tested mine before I loaded anything important. can you not load the data back onto your computer. I have not had any luck with the Geek people , but go back to the store. Sorry I can not help but after spending three weeks trying to get back important data from Dropbox I am hating computers.
  Answered 5 years ago by drive
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QuestionCan I put my CD music on this & play them in a Vehicle ???
Asked 5 years ago by PBTz.
- Answer Hi, Please be informed that the WD My Passport drive is a plug and play device tested and designed only for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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QuestionMy Lenovo is a 32 bit computer...I had bought an external hard drive only to find out it was only for 64 bit computers...will this work for 32 bit? If not, can you recommend one that would? Thank you.
Asked 5 years ago by eha1.
- Answer Hi eha1, Yes! you can use it on your 32 Bit architecture computer. For more information please refer to the link given below. http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705155.pdf Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
  Answered 5 years ago by Western Digital Team
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WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

Q: QuestionWill this device backup my dish hopper 3 dvr recordings?

Q: QuestionWhat is the process of RESTORING my system backup onto a new Windows 10 PC, after I backed up my old hard drive to the WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive??

Q: QuestionCan I download videos of my kids' soccer games and use this hard drive to store them in order to free up space on my laptop?

Q: Questionwill I need Internet connection to install this Hard Drive?

Q: QuestionHow many rpms is the hdd? And would i be able to load games onto it then plug it in to start up those games? (Windows 10 pc) Never used one of these before.

Q: QuestionWill I be able to put a cd in it to read

Q: QuestionCan I use it on my Macbook Pro with USB Thunderbolt ports and my Windows 10 PC without any formatting as in plug and play?

Q: QuestionWhat Programs Can You Store On It Robert?

Q: QuestionCan I plug this into my TV and watch movies

Q: Questioncan you transfer iPhone picture/videoss to this device?

Q: QuestionIs this compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook that was just released in April 2020?

Q: QuestionWill this work with Microsoft Surface Book 3?

Q: Questioncan I store all my music from my windows media player and down load music from a usb flash drive and SD card then to download to a mp3

Q: QuestionDoes the Passport use a USB C cord?

Q: QuestionI already have MyPassport installed on my laptop windows 10. If I plug another MyPassport in, will the app manager software be the same for both drives or will it install another app manager for the second one?

Q: QuestionCan you back up Mac and Microsoft data to the same WD external drive?

Q: QuestionIs anyone using this as an (unencrypted) NAS drive with a Netgear router? Two reviewers say they're using it as router NAS, but two Western Digital Q&A responses claim this can only be used as DAS (direct-access storage), *NOT* NAS. ...Confusing!

Q: QuestionMakes a very loud clicking. Like click-click-click-click-click. And nothing happens. Sounds like a very loud clock clicking every second. Second time using this. How do I get my data off? Last one got corrupt and lost all data. I don't trust this brand.

Q: QuestionCan I put my CD music on this & play them in a Vehicle ???

Q: QuestionMy Lenovo is a 32 bit computer...I had bought an external hard drive only to find out it was only for 64 bit computers...will this work for 32 bit? If not, can you recommend one that would? Thank you.

QuestionWill this device backup my dish hopper 3 dvr recordings?

QuestionWhat is the process of RESTORING my system backup onto a new Windows 10 PC, after I backed up my old hard drive to the WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive??

QuestionCan I download videos of my kids' soccer games and use this hard drive to store them in order to free up space on my laptop?

Questionwill I need Internet connection to install this Hard Drive?

QuestionHow many rpms is the hdd? And would i be able to load games onto it then plug it in to start up those games? (Windows 10 pc) Never used one of these before.

QuestionWill I be able to put a cd in it to read

QuestionCan I use it on my Macbook Pro with USB Thunderbolt ports and my Windows 10 PC without any formatting as in plug and play?

QuestionWhat Programs Can You Store On It Robert?

QuestionCan I plug this into my TV and watch movies

Questioncan you transfer iPhone picture/videoss to this device?

QuestionIs this compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook that was just released in April 2020?

QuestionWill this work with Microsoft Surface Book 3?

Questioncan I store all my music from my windows media player and down load music from a usb flash drive and SD card then to download to a mp3

QuestionDoes the Passport use a USB C cord?

QuestionI already have MyPassport installed on my laptop windows 10. If I plug another MyPassport in, will the app manager software be the same for both drives or will it install another app manager for the second one?

QuestionCan you back up Mac and Microsoft data to the same WD external drive?

QuestionIs anyone using this as an (unencrypted) NAS drive with a Netgear router? Two reviewers say they're using it as router NAS, but two Western Digital Q&A responses claim this can only be used as DAS (direct-access storage), NOT NAS. ...Confusing!

QuestionMakes a very loud clicking. Like click-click-click-click-click. And nothing happens. Sounds like a very loud clock clicking every second. Second time using this. How do I get my data off? Last one got corrupt and lost all data. I don't trust this brand.

QuestionCan I put my CD music on this & play them in a Vehicle ???

QuestionMy Lenovo is a 32 bit computer...I had bought an external hard drive only to find out it was only for 64 bit computers...will this work for 32 bit? If not, can you recommend one that would? Thank you.