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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 5081 reviews

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94%would recommend to a friend
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  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Terrible experience! Lost data within 3 days!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I had the worst time with this external hard drive. The computer would not recognize it half the time, I ended up having to do workarounds, youtube how to get it to work, then it lost about 50 graphic files I had transferred over. I can't get that data back at this point. This is a terrible product with KNOWN issues. I wish I had read the reviews on google FIRST. Don't waste your time and money.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Wish I could give zero stars...

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Wish I could give zero stars. This is the third WD hard drive I've purchased and 2 out of the 3 are not working properly. I spent over half hour with WD support yesterday which didn't resolve the problem and I'm now on hold for over an hour and still haven't reached a tech.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    WD - My Passport 2TB External USB 3.0

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Quality of construction is not as good as earlier units

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Not made for Apple

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have a Macbook Pro and it kept freezing when I was transferring my photos and files into Hard drive. I had to type in a password every time I opened the device. Usually that would be great but for when using at work it becomes a drag to type in password.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Wrong Adapter

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought the USB-C to HDMI Adapter that was recommended by the store attendant and it was not the right one at all. I figured it might not be the correct adapter as the person I spoke to just said, "Here, it's this one" without really listening to my information about the monitor and laptop I am using it with. Have to make another trip back to Best Buy to return it.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    No worries about the product. We STILL await BB to

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    No worries about the product. We STILL await BB to credit us for changing this transaction from a debit card to cash.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    crapped out after less than a year

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It seemed to work great. However less than a year and it already crashed on my. It's only halfway full. I use it as an archive for family photos after 9 months it stopped working. Luckily I have all those photos backed up elsewhere but it's frustrating and scary I almost lost all those. I'll never buy another WD device.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Just ok

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Not so easy to use. My last passport was simple, this one not so much

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Not so good for videos

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great for docs but not so good for videos and pics

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Its ok...but xo not want to reccomend

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    About 60 days working well, between there has few errors but it was ok....later on....unable to read and load files...I haven't dropped it ever...there has keep error message can not loading it...or literally freeze...I tried to go to drive manage and revolume and format...you know frustrated part is it cannot quick format...just throw away.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    WD Passport Hard drive VERY NOISY

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    When I talked to a BestBuy sales person, they said this device it was an SSD hard drive that will be fast and silent. The 1st one was defective and exchanged it for a different one and the 2nd device well it's incredibly noisy when it's being used.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Out of luck

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The external back-up drive never worked. I tried several times to connect it to my laptop. I thought I must be doing something wrong. When I brought it back to the Geek Squad at Best Buy, I was told the unit was ineffective (didn’t work), and that it was past time for Best Buy to replace it with one that works. Tough beans. An unhappy experience.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    TRASH. Like, DONT EVEN RECYCLE!

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    TRASHHH!! The struggle you have to go through with this Hd is unreal. I am a digital nerd, I have to repair this thing too many times. Continues to unmount from my mac or windows systems, swapped cords; not the cords. One time, I lost all files on it. Throwing this in the trash!

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    I do not recommend second failed WD drive.

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is my second drive back to back I've purchased and failed, these Passport drives are awful and I do not recommend unless you want to give free money. Second WD drive to fail within months of purchase. These drives are horrible

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Another Failed Drive in less than 1 hour of use

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drive started making a 'click' sound when I was copying over some files. My transfer failed and so did the drive. I usually only buy Samsung SSDs since I had such poor luck with WD for years in my laptops and video backup drives. Thought I would give them another chance Looks like nothing has changed

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Very frustrating

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This item did not come with an instructions on how to use. Very frustrating.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Junk

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I would’ve given this zero stars if I could. The hard drive died on me two days after I bought it. I returned the Best Buy for a refund.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    WD MY PASPORT

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this from Best Buy and have tried many times to install product and to no avail. On 10/30/2020, Geek Squad attempted to install three different times on this date and were not successful saying it is defected. I am very sorry that I spent money on this product and it is not performing as should be.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    it stopped working

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    No I have to return it. Very unfortunate. But it just stopped working after a week.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Failed with six months

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Lasted less than six months of very light usage as an external storage device for an Xbox One, failing and taking 1 TB of stored games with it. Drive is now largely unmountable with a tell-tale clicking noise. On the rare occasions it does mount, the console reports all games stored on it are corrupt.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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