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GoldLyrics.com - Western Digital WDXMS2500TN Passport 250 GB USB Portable Hard Drive
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List Price: $199.99
Our Price: $89.00
Your Save: $ 110.99 ( 55% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Western Digital
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Western Digital
EAN: 0718037120287
Feature: 250 GB USB 2.0 2.5-inch external hard drive ideal storage solution for Mac or PC
Format: CD
Hard Disk Size: 250
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Western Digital
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Model: WDXMS2500TN
Platform: Macintosh
Publisher: Western Digital
Studio: Western Digital
Warranty: 3 years warranty
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Features
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250 GB USB 2.0 2.5-inch external hard drive ideal storage solution for Mac or PC
USB connection; requires no external power source;128-bit encryption for data security
Included Google software for searching and managing files
Features glossy black design
Measures a 0.59 x 5.1 x 3.14 inches (HxLxW); weighs less than 4 ounces
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Editorial Reviews:
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Light and rugged, the Passport USB Portable Hard Drive is easy to carry and no external power adapter is needed. Sync & encryption and Google software is included. Carry important files and e-mail between work and home or on the road Share large files between office and home, between PC and Mac Back up your existing notebook hard drive for extra data safety
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Nothing but GREAT!
Comment: I just love this drive. It's the most handy piece of portable equipment I've had. Use it mostly to carry my virtual PCs around and to have backups when in need. Highly recommend it to anyone!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good choise
Comment: I made a very good choise selectin this portable hard drive. It works without any problem in my toshiba laptop.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excelent Device
Comment: Is an excelent device, fast, compact and very very portable, it really expands my laptop hard drive.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The best external back up ever!
Comment: It is easy to use and never runs out of space as I'm trying to back up my entire hard drive. Well worth the money!
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Summary: If it requires power boosting for the USB conection why not include it???
Comment: I bought this unit through the distributer my wife works with.
The price seemed fair. The look awesome. The size sleek! Almost a video ipod size.
When I got home (to my desktop computer), exited to try it out. My Xp would tell me there was something connected to the USB port, but it didn't know what the hell it was. And asked for a driver.
No disk was included with the unit. Just a VERY short USB cable. And some documentation that is mostly warranty and warnings. On regards to installation instructions there where to graphics. One showing what's in the box (already mentioned) and another pointing out where to connect (DUH!). The graphic does show though a LAPTOP, not a desktop computer.
I was stuck, so all I could do was trying WD online support. As with any of these companies it was a trip with a lot of dead ends (you mostly get pages PROMOTING the product, even the ones that read on the link "support"). In the end I actually had to register to get access to the software, I guess because of the encryption included with the unit's apps (in the actual unit, which if in the first place you can't see on your system, then how the hell can you access the apps???). The software I could download?
-Mass storage unit scanning. (read hard drives scanning).
-Sync app.
-Encryption app.
All these require your unit to be visible by the system in order to work! (WTF?)
So... I turned to my wife who was using her laptop at the time and when she conected it it came up perfectly on her system. Total access, working like a dream. She handed it back to me with a look of "do you really know anything about this kind of stuff baby?".
I turned away with a frown of stubbornness and returned to my search. To no avail. In the end I had to leave to an appointment I had feeling frustrated. When I got home, my drive was connected and now it was working properly. I knew my wife had something to do with it. What she had done was that using our local wireless network she had taken the driver from the drive while it was connected to her laptop and transfered it to my desktop where then she proceeded to install the drive properly.
Problem fixed, but not thanx to Western Digital.
Today I get to work and try connecting the drive to my two desktop computers. This time I don't even get the install hardware message from windows, just another message that tells me there's something there but the system doesn't know what it is and it probably won't work properly...
I've connected my drive with a longer cable, since the one included requires the drive to sit on the CPU because of how short it is (about 12") It then connects properly and works fine.
Reading up on other customer's reviews I notice they mention the Y-USB cable a lot, a power boosting option for your drive.
It probably all boils down to power.
So if that's the issue, and not everyone has the benefit of a laptop at hand. Shouldn't a power boosting cable be included with the unit in the first place???????
I'm going out now to get myself a Y-USB cable then.
I give this otherwise perfect product three stars.
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