Customers are pleased with the My Passport 500GB External USB Type-C Portable SSD's small size and ease of use, finding it convenient to transport and use as a backup device. The drive's quality and speed are also frequently praised, with many appreciating its USB connectivity and lightweight design. There were no negative customer comments reported.
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Pros mentioned:
Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for travel.
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Small. light, and fast. It's in my travel bag now.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Overall performance, Size, Speed
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Heat dissipation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Totally worth it
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
First time purchasing an external solid state drive. Was not disappointed. It’s so small and compact compared to a standard hard drive. Much faster download and upload speeds. Works and looks great. Tiny downside is it does get hot after using for awhile, but not a big deal. Got it on sale, definitely worth it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very good SSD
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Very durable, plug and play, works ands saves files very fast, small, light and fits in any pocket
I would recommend this to a friend
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Portability, Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great storage drive
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great storage and easy to connect. I helps me keep a good backups.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good for Basic Data-Photos, Video, Docs, etc
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I have video and photographs stored on these drives, and they are good for standard data as such. I use the Sandisk Extreme Pro's for video capture and editing. But these drives are great for standard storage and backup.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
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Heat dissipation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great and speedy extra PS5 storage
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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.
So far so good for the PS5! I have only had this drive for a few days now but it has worked great for additional game storage on my PS5. The transfer speeds are amazing, making it super easy and quick to move games back and forth. I have not tried to run games off of it so I can't speak to that experience fully, but I'll assume it's just fine. The drive does get a bit toasty when moving games to/from. But nothing harmful in my experience and nothing warmer than what a usb drive may get when moving large files around. Overall, I'm really satisfied with this drive for my use case.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Transfers files fast
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this small drive to do file and folder backups for my Lenovo Yoga, which I’ve done successfully multiple times. This is my first 500GB SSD drive from WD, and I’m impressed with its light weight and portability. Approximately four by two inches across and very thin. It comes pre-loaded with WD Discovery and WD Utilities; however, Utilities does not recognize it as a WD drive, while Discovery does. When I called WD Support they advised reinstalling Utilities. I reinstalled several times only to have the same result, “Attach a WD Supported Drive.” This 500GB drive is formatted as a thumb drive (exFAT) while my WD 1TB is formatted NTFS. The USB C data transfer cable can be converted to USB A with supplied adapter.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for compact, fast storage
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Worth the buy, so much faster than my normal external hard drive. Also the product is smaller and lighter.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
SSD External Hard Drive
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The solid state 3.0 is a must for fast speed and reliability. Way less expensive then purchasing a new laptop with a bigger hard drive
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Storage capacity
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Heat dissipation
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
It's portable, fast and works great.
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I like the drive. It's fast and it holds a lot of the videos from the drones. the only con is that it gets a little hot if you leave it plugged in a day or two.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great drive
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Fast small drive. Nice looking. Better than flash drive. Good brand. Reliable so far.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Portability, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Yes
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great small ssd. Durable. Portable. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I would recommend this to a friend
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Overall performance, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Extremely portable
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's small and light weight. I used Time Machine on my Mac with it.
Good performance.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
WD 500mb hard drive
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Easy to use, fast, the manager is simple and easy to use. The outer shell is a little slippery.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Overall performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for Teslas
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great hard drive, I use it on my Tesla to save dash cam
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Speed, Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great storage device
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great for storage and I love it and no issues at all and fast and reliable
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Mighty Storage
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This SSD portable external drive is excellent! it is small in size but it has a lot of storage. It is so small it actually fits in the palm of my hand. Very fast speeds to transfer data and it comes with its cable other brands do not. I wish it had a loop for easy carrying but it is fine.
I will totally recommend it! It was at a really good price during DEal of the Day.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
SSD External Drive Saves My Shield
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The latest updates on the nVidia Shield have made USB sticks incompatible, but speedy SSD drives such as this Western Digital work great. I have ample space to store video files (Torrents) and music and the speed to enjoy all without a hiccup. The drive is extremely small and not noticeable in entertainment rack. Highly recommended.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Portability, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great little storage device
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this solid state drive on sale from Best Buy. This was a replacement for an older Western Digital external drive that stopped working. This drive is so light and small. The size amazed me when it came. The drive is very easy to carry and use in any environment. Highly recommend it for the price, size, and ease of use.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
So far so good after 5 months.
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Use as a clone to my laptop and already came in handy when I had to have my laptop serviced I was able to use it to boot up from another computer. Fast and light and quiet. Hope it's reliable. Moght buy another to have redundant clones