WD - Easystore 2TB USB 3.0 External Portable Hard Drive - Black
- Key Specs
- Storage Drive Type: HDD (Traditional, mechanical hard disk drives are the most common type of storage because they're relatively inexpensive and offer huge capacities. However, they also generate both noise and heat. Solid state drives, also known as SSDs, are many times faster than hard disk drives and have no moving parts to wear out, but typically offer less capacity for the same price.)
- General
- Product Name: Easystore 2TB USB 3.0 External Portable Hard Drive
- Brand: WD
- Model Number: WDBKUZ0020BBK-WESN
- Performance
- Storage Drive Type: HDD (Traditional, mechanical hard disk drives are the most common type of storage because they're relatively inexpensive and offer huge capacities. However, they also generate both noise and heat. Solid state drives, also known as SSDs, are many times faster than hard disk drives and have no moving parts to wear out, but typically offer less capacity for the same price.)
- Compatibility
- Internal Or External: External
- External Hard Drive Type: Portable (Physical characteristics of the hard drive, including size, weight and how you connect to your device.)
- Minimum System Requirements: Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, Mac OS (reformatting required)
- Features
- Data Encryption: true
- Usage: Everyday computing, Backup
- Power
- Power Source: USB port
- Dimensions
- Product Height: 0.83 inches (The out of box height of the item. Height is measured as the vertical distance from the bottom of the item to the top as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Width: 3.21 inches (The out of box width of the item. Width is measured as the horizontal distance from one side of the item to the other as it would be primarily used or placed.)
- Product Weight: 8 ounces (The out of box weight of the item.)
- Included
- Included Software: WD Discovery™ software with WD Backup™ and WD Drive Utilities™
- Other
- UPC: 718037856117
Only at Best Buy
Help preserve your memories when you're on the go with the easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive with plug-and-play USB connectivity and WD Backup software. The backup software allows scheduling of regular automatic file transfers, and WD Discovery software makes it convenient to manage drive settings, including formatting and LED control. USB 3.0 connectivity, offers fast transfer speeds.
- USB 3.0 interface: Offers an easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward-compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
- Get More Out of WD Discovery™: Included WD Discovery™ software makes it easy to back up your photos, videos, and documents to the easystore portable drive.
- Compatible with PC and Mac: Offers flexible installation options.
- 2TB storage capacity: Provides plenty of storage space for storing documents, photos, music and more.
- Automatic backup options: Allow you to use compatible software to back up your files to the server. Equipped with WD Backup software. Simply download WD Backup software, plug in your drive and set your hourly, daily or monthly schedule. Time Machine compatibility with Mac.
- WD Drive Utilities™: Allows you to configure, manage and diagnose your drive.
Whats Included
- Portable hard drive
- Quick install guide
- USB cable
- WD Discovery™ software with WD Backup™ and WD Drive Utilities™
- Owner's manual
A: The easystore line is a BestBuy only hard drive with missing features (you cannot set a password or encrypt the drive) and a reduced warranty when compared to the WD MyPassport line. Otherwise it's a WD manufactured hard drive that offers great transfer speeds. Because the easystore has fewer features, it is generally cheaper. In this case, because the MyPassport drive is cheaper, I'd recommend that drive over the easystore. Check this thread https://community.wd.com/t/my-book-passport-vs-easystore/203207/5
Q: Can this store pictures and music from an apple device and the other kind?
A: It wouldn't be able to connect up to an iPad or iPhone, but it would be able to be connected to a Mac or Windows based computer. Once connected, you could store pictures and music on it.
Q: Rpm of drive 7200 or 5400 ?? Thanks
A: This is a 7200 RPM drive.
A: I bought this for my Xbox One S, it will work well for your Xbox One. Just plug it in to the USB in the back of your console, set it up as storage and you can download a lot more games. You can utilize this to expand your Xbox one storage beyond the basic 500GB.
Q: What is the difference between 3.0 USB and 2.0 USB
A: Transfer rates: USB 2.0 offers transfer rates of 480 Mbps, and USB 3.0 offers transfer rates of 4.8 Gbps — 10 times faster. Addition of another physical bus: The amount of wires was doubled, from 4 to 8. Additional wires required more space in both the cables and connectors, so new types of connectors were designed. Power consumption: USB 2.0 provides up to 500 mA whereas USB 3.0 provides up to 900 mA. The USB 3 devices provide more power when needed and conserve power when the device is connected but idling. More bandwidth: Instead of one-way communication, USB 3.0 uses two unidirectional data paths, one to receive data and the other to transmit while USB 2.0 can only handle only one direction of data at any time. Improved bus utilization: A new feature was added (using packets NRDY and ERDY) to let a device asynchronously notify the host of its readiness.
A: You are correct. The USB cable provides both power and data transfer for this device. No separate power hookup/cable is used or needed.
Q: Is this compatible with MAC computers?
A: Features suggest: Compatible with Mac and PC For flexible installation options.
