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Name: WD - My Passport Ultra 1TB External USB 3.0/2.0 Portable Hard Drive - Classic Black
Brand: WD
SKU: 7869174
Price: 59.99 USD
Rating: 4.7 (5703 reviews)

WD - My Passport Ultra 1TB External USB 3.0/2.0 Portable Hard Drive - Classic Black

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SKU:: 7869174

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QuestionCan you use this with Time Machine Backup after formatting?
Asked 10 years ago by Brad.
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QuestionIs there an adapter for micro usb to backup cellphone photos?
Asked 10 years ago by Mom.
- Answer The device does not come with a micro USB adapter only a standard USB. I have not tried to use it with a phone or tablet, only my laptop.
  Answered 9 years ago by corymouse
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QuestionIs this compatible with the Tablo DVR?
Asked 10 years ago by stevelvv.
- Answer no
  Answered 10 years ago by Mila
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QuestionHow does this work
Asked 10 years ago by Pam.
- Answer When you plug this drive into your USB port, you will have the option to open up a folder where you have files already saved... you just need to move/transfer them over. It is done through the cable and there are detailed instructions, so very very easy to do.
  Answered 9 years ago by Emidan
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QuestionI already had Best Buy back up my old computer on an external Hard drive. Can I get another external hard drive and start backing up my new computer at a certain date?
Asked 10 years ago by SandiB.
- Answer Sure, as long as you have a USB port to plug you external HD into you computer. If not, consider getting a USB hub.
  Answered 9 years ago by Edjk
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QuestionI just got a new wireless router that has a USB port and software to connect and auto backup to an external hard drive. Would this product be appropriate for that?
Asked 10 years ago by CarolinaKathy.
- Answer YES I BACK UP ALL FILES ON MY NETWORK USING WD BACKUP
  Answered 9 years ago by chris
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Questioncan this hard drive be used as an external DVR on a dish network satellite receiver?
Asked 10 years ago by Anonymous.
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QuestionCan I do a split , 500 for Windows and 500 for Mac , or its either all formatted to Windows or all formatted to Mac
Asked 10 years ago by Adam.
- Answer Yes you should be able to. You my have to do a partition. Just Google it or check YouTube
  Answered 10 years ago by Maxwell504
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QuestionI have a much older WD external hard drive. Will the old and the new communicate -- that is transfer my files from the old HD to the new one.
Asked 10 years ago by Anonymous.
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QuestionWIll this drive work on a Windows 2008 R2 server?
Asked 10 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer I use my passport on my window 7 computer and no problems so far
  Answered 9 years ago by itsme
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QuestionPC to Mac? Can I transfer files from my pc to this external drive, and then from the external drive to a mac?
Asked 10 years ago by katie.
- Answer Yes you can. I have done this and it's a very smooth process. No programs or updates are required to be installed in order to use this external hard drive between PC and Mac.
  Answered 9 years ago by RikuSunshine
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QuestionI want to transfer recordings from my Dish Hopper receiver to a new Hopper receiver 3 . They say I need a 2.0 usb drive with 50 gigabit so. Which one do I need?
Asked 10 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer U need a standard hd with a minimum of 50 gigabytes of storage. Either 2.0 or 3.0 would probably work for u.
  Answered 10 years ago by Maxwell504
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QuestionIs this able to be purchased in-stores?
Asked 10 years ago by Animosity.
- Answer Yes. I had not even seem this drive prior to finding it on my local store's shelves.
  Answered 10 years ago by John
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QuestionCan this be used as a stand alone HD? I have a router that will accept a Backup HD, but it can only use a stand alone HD, no software install to use.
Asked 10 years ago by JeB.
- Answer If your router can read a standard NTFS formatted drive it should work. If not you can reformat to Fat32 easily.
  Answered 10 years ago by DougN
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QuestionWhat's the largest contiguous file I can move to this drive? needing to move very very large flat files for transport.
Asked 10 years ago by GATMAN.
- Answer It comes preformatted as NTFS, you can work with files of any size.
  Answered 9 years ago by SuperPur
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QuestionCan I back up Vista files to this hard drive?
Asked 10 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer Yes,you can. If you connect it through your USB port and follow the instructions, it will work with Windows Vista. If your laptop is down like my laptop is, I found out that you can connect it as an external harddrive and use F8 to recover and transfer files before doing a factory restore.
  Answered 9 years ago by GrammyBG12
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QuestionCan I back up my desk top and my laptop on one external drive or do I need to buy two separate?
Asked 10 years ago by Karen1536.
- Answer Depend on how much space you used up on first backup. if there's enough space for your laptop, I think you can. As for Mac user, I know I can use two computers on same backup device.
  Answered 10 years ago by MacSaber
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QuestionIn repairs what does my password ultra do for your computer
Asked 10 years ago by betty.
- Answer I used for music
  Answered 9 years ago by Yen2775
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QuestionWill this work with Toshiba Chrome?
Asked 10 years ago by Lisa.
- Answer UNSURE BUT IT SHOULD WORK WITH ANY DEVICE
  Answered 10 years ago by STEVE
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QuestionDoes anyone make a stand for this so that I can put it on its edge and therefore take less "space" on my desktop?
Asked 10 years ago by boomersailor70.
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WD - My Passport Ultra 1TB External USB 3.0/2.0 Portable Hard Drive - Classic Black

Q: QuestionCan you use this with Time Machine Backup after formatting?

Q: QuestionIs there an adapter for micro usb to backup cellphone photos?

Q: QuestionIs this compatible with the Tablo DVR?

Q: QuestionHow does this work

Q: QuestionI already had Best Buy back up my old computer on an external Hard drive. Can I get another external hard drive and start backing up my new computer at a certain date?

Q: QuestionI just got a new wireless router that has a USB port and software to connect and auto backup to an external hard drive. Would this product be appropriate for that?

Q: Questioncan this hard drive be used as an external DVR on a dish network satellite receiver?

Q: QuestionCan I do a split , 500 for Windows and 500 for Mac , or its either all formatted to Windows or all formatted to Mac

Q: QuestionI have a much older WD external hard drive. Will the old and the new communicate -- that is transfer my files from the old HD to the new one.

Q: QuestionWIll this drive work on a Windows 2008 R2 server?

Q: QuestionPC to Mac? Can I transfer files from my pc to this external drive, and then from the external drive to a mac?

Q: QuestionI want to transfer recordings from my Dish Hopper receiver to a new Hopper receiver 3 . They say I need a 2.0 usb drive with 50 gigabit so. Which one do I need?

Q: QuestionIs this able to be purchased in-stores?

Q: QuestionCan this be used as a stand alone HD? I have a router that will accept a Backup HD, but it can only use a stand alone HD, no software install to use.

Q: QuestionWhat's the largest contiguous file I can move to this drive? needing to move very very large flat files for transport.

Q: QuestionCan I back up Vista files to this hard drive?

Q: QuestionCan I back up my desk top and my laptop on one external drive or do I need to buy two separate?

Q: QuestionIn repairs what does my password ultra do for your computer

Q: QuestionWill this work with Toshiba Chrome?

Q: QuestionDoes anyone make a stand for this so that I can put it on its edge and therefore take less "space" on my desktop?

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QuestionCan you use this with Time Machine Backup after formatting?

QuestionIs there an adapter for micro usb to backup cellphone photos?

QuestionIs this compatible with the Tablo DVR?

QuestionHow does this work

QuestionI already had Best Buy back up my old computer on an external Hard drive. Can I get another external hard drive and start backing up my new computer at a certain date?

QuestionI just got a new wireless router that has a USB port and software to connect and auto backup to an external hard drive. Would this product be appropriate for that?

Questioncan this hard drive be used as an external DVR on a dish network satellite receiver?

QuestionCan I do a split , 500 for Windows and 500 for Mac , or its either all formatted to Windows or all formatted to Mac

QuestionI have a much older WD external hard drive. Will the old and the new communicate -- that is transfer my files from the old HD to the new one.

QuestionWIll this drive work on a Windows 2008 R2 server?

QuestionPC to Mac? Can I transfer files from my pc to this external drive, and then from the external drive to a mac?

QuestionI want to transfer recordings from my Dish Hopper receiver to a new Hopper receiver 3 . They say I need a 2.0 usb drive with 50 gigabit so. Which one do I need?

QuestionIs this able to be purchased in-stores?

QuestionCan this be used as a stand alone HD? I have a router that will accept a Backup HD, but it can only use a stand alone HD, no software install to use.

QuestionWhat's the largest contiguous file I can move to this drive? needing to move very very large flat files for transport.

QuestionCan I back up Vista files to this hard drive?

QuestionCan I back up my desk top and my laptop on one external drive or do I need to buy two separate?

QuestionIn repairs what does my password ultra do for your computer

QuestionWill this work with Toshiba Chrome?

QuestionDoes anyone make a stand for this so that I can put it on its edge and therefore take less "space" on my desktop?