WD 3TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Secure Portable Hard Drive (White)
Model: WDBBKD0030BWT-NESN
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Performance
Capacity | 3 TB |
Interface | USB 3.0 |
Sustained Data Transfer Rate | USB 3.0 up to 5 Gb/s (max) USB 2.0 up to 480 Mb/s (max) |
Packaging Info
Box Dimensions (LxWxH) | 5.6 x 4.9 x 1.7" |
Package Weight | 0.8 lb |
General
Encryption | 256-bit AES |
System Requirements | Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows VistaRequires reformatting for Mac OS X operating systems |
Environmental Requirements | Operating Temperature: 41 to 95°F / 5 to 35°C Non-Operating Temperature: 4 to 149°F / -20 to 65°C |
Dimensions (LxWxH) | 4.33 x 3.21 x 0.83" / 109.98 x 81.53 x 21.08 mm |
Weight | 0.50 lb / 0.23 kg |
Power | USB bus powered |
Format | NTFS |
The WD checks the boxes on everything you'd want in a portable storage drive, and with a stylish multiple color option, it's a easy recommendation.
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The new and compact My Passport Ultra portable drive offers up to 3TB of storage space, delivers fast performance and comes in many color options. The drive works right out of the box, features hardware encryption and includes helpful backup software.
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The WD Backup software can't backup the entire system as an image and won't backup based on changes in real time. The new drive's performance, though quite fast, was a bit slower than the previous version.
I will see about long term life as we go, I could see a problem if any thing were to fail on this drive there would mostly likely be no way to save the data off of it. Even if you could figure out how to get to the raw hard drive inside the case, you would not be able to access what was on it if the...
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Drive looks great, it is easy to carry and as tons of room, other 3 tb drives are huge compared to it.
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Speed of this drive this about 850 mb/s on both my Dell s one being laptop with existing ports and the other being a desktop with a add on broad. It is faster then any of my older usb 2.0 drives (300 mb/s max) copying the same files back and fourth. So I am still happy.
The device is great, especially for the money. The only hiccup is having to reformat it for use with Mac. But that procedure takes less than a couple of minutes. The color is great and helps me to distinguish the drive from all the other silver ones I have in storage.
I've never used a refurb drive before as I am leary about trusting having sensitive data on one, so I got this as a trial, and only for day to day use, not as a back up drive per se. So far so good, only time will tell!
- 3TB Storage Capacity
- USB 3.0 Interface
- 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption
- Data Transfer Rates up to 5 Gb/s
- Bus Powered
- Automatic Local and Cloud Backup
- WD Drive Utilities
- Formatted NTFS for Windows
- Reformat Required for Use with Mac OS X
- WD 3TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Secure Portable Hard Drive (White)
- USB Cable
- WD Backup, Security, and Drive Utilities Software
- Limited 3-Year Manufacturer Warranty