Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works fine. No issues installing software and setting up the hardware encryption. Drive is quiet, with great capacity for the buck! I got this to use for periodic archiving of files, so speed is not necessarily a priority but it seems reasonably quick. A plus is you can download the free WD Edition of Acronis TrueImage Backup software which allows you to clone and image hard drives. This version only runs if you have a WD drive installed or connected to your PC, but still a nice perk. The free version is somewhat crippled, but does all the important stuff.

great little external HD. works great as a backup drive for MAC

Great for portability small and portable, easy to set up, usb for power

Plenty of space for installations. User friendly app that western digital made for it that keeps all of your western digital external hard drives together for easy access. Just don’t let it drop from a high surface or internals will break and there is nothing to do about it.

It works great. I love how compact the external hard drives have become.

I've got this on my main system ( a laptop ) to hold an archive of Data, Videos & Music. It's small size and large capacity are ideal for what I'm using it for. WD has a good reputation with me.

I have about 15 of these (WD Passports of various capacities) from the past several years. I keep buying them because they are easy to use, and reliable - have never had them crash or get corrupted.

Easy to install and rock steady. I did not need SSD speeds for this backup/storage option. Great for backing up my over 300,000 photographs.

A nice size hard drive in regards to storage and physical size and connected right out the box.

this is an excellent back-up drive that works great

Purchased this drive for storage of my pictures and data. It's a fast drive for what it's being used for. Transfers are pretty quick and I don't notice stutters when doing some light video editing on it. It takes up very little room on my desk.

Great value for 5 TB of storage so I'm super happy with that. It works as expected just perfectly. The included software is okay but a slight hassle to set up the first time. I guess if you needed some of the encryption features it'd be great but I haven't messed around with that

It works great as a external drive. I used it to back up my iPhone photos, and other work documents from my computer. It is compact and light, you can carry it around in your pocket or briefcase.

Best buy is my go-to place, the hard drive is great

I own nearly 50 of this WD passport 4 or 5 TB drives and they have been real work horses. I use them for editing HD and 4 K on a 2013 IMAC and they still wonderfully! I'm buying two more today!

Easy to set up. It does what it is intended to do.

Had to replace my external HDD for my Xbox one. I like this HDD better. It’s smaller and doesn’t require a power source, yet it’s capacity is 5TB. Completely satisfied

Amazing product. Great storage space and convenient sizing. Easy to use, plug in and works instantly.

Capacity in a small package, not to mention portability, is why I got this drive.

Thes drives are great for backing up pictures and other types of files. I have used these for years and are always a goto when someone asks me what to use for their personal storage.