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  • Front. WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Red.

WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Red

Model:
WDBPGC5000ARD-NESN
SKU:
9270365
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Your price for this item is $79.99

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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 561 reviews

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Customers are saying

Customers express satisfaction with the My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive's ease of use, ample storage capacity, and reliable performance. Many appreciate its compact size and consider it a good value for the price. Positive feedback also highlights the convenient USB connection and attractive design. There were no negative customer comments reported.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Great

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

    It was easy to set up and use and my son was happy to receive it.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Works as advertised

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    Good product for small scale backups. Also good for moving data.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • I am not the one who downloaded and uploaded

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    It worked just fine and continues to automatically update my files.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • needed to get computer working again.

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    Had to have this in order to get my computer back and working.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Great drive

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

    Almost always use WD. This one is very handy and the price-capacity ratio was a great deal!

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Excellent Product

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    Would recommend to all of my friends. Thank you. Well done.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    External harddrive

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    So far works pretty good I have had no problems with it

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • great buy

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    On of the best products I've tried in a long time. Thanks

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    works

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    no problems, works fine, held all my data and files

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Good amount of storage

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    Enough storage to satisfy any user. Back up often!

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Great product

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

    This is such a great product and super easy to use!

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • great

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    I guess this is working have nit been hacked! Love it

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Simple solution

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

    With minimal help from the Geek Squad, I purchased this drive in order to recover data from an old hard drive. Easy set up and as a bonus it's primary function as a data backup is much more secure than cloud storage.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Does the job

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

    Earlier model quit functioning after 4 or 5 years and didn't give any warnings.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Good product

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

    Our computer crashed and we needed an external drive to save our files. This drive was easy to use and we were so happy not to have lost all our photos. Now we use it on a regular basis to back up our files.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • easy to use/no problems transferring data

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

    hooked up to computer easily data transferred well

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Bargain Extra Storage

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

    Great way to store and backup music and photos. and i still have room for a full system backup.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • GREAT PRODUCT !!

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

    THIS PRODUCT IS AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO OUR GOING DIGITAL IN OUR "OLD AGE".

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    excellent for clearing up data on your computer

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    yes excellent product it's easy and simple to do I like to thank the salesman that recommended to me and yes I would recommend it to a friend or to anyone

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Good back up product

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

    Best Buy was very helpful in directing me to the right product for my needs.

    This review is from WD - My Passport Ultra 500GB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
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