Western Digital My Passport Essential Hard Drive - WDMEB2500TN
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Mfg Part#: WDMEB2500TN
UPC: 00718037730653
Buy.com Sku: 207561250
Item#: C3QJXE
Buy.com Sales Rank: 82214
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Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security.

Simply Elegant

  • Combine a beautiful new gloss-blue case that fits smoothly in your hand and pocket with mega-capacity for all your digital content and the world’s most popular portable drive just got better than ever.

    Easy

  • Installation is a snap because you don't really "install" this drive; you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in.

    Smart

  • Powered by the USB bus. No separate power supply is needed.

    Big capacity that fits in your pocket

  • This compact drive fits easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces and with capacities up to 320 GB, you can take tons of photos, videos, files and music with you wherever you go.

    Synchronized and secure

  • WD Sync™ synchronization and encryption software lets you take your critical data with you. Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption. (Windows only)

    Includes Google™ software

  • Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software. (Windows only)

    Compatible

  • Use with Windows® and Macintosh® computers
     
  • Tech Specs
    Performance Specifications
    Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0): 480 Mbits/s (Max)

    Physical Specifications
    Capacity: 250 GB
    Interface: USB 2.0

    Physical Dimensions
    Height: 0.590 Inches
    Length: 4.967 Inches
    Width: 3.130 Inches
    Weight: 0.40 Pounds

    Environmental Specifications
    Operating: 41° F to 104° F
    Non-operating: -4° F to 149° F

    System Requirements
    Available USB port
    Windows® 2000/XP/Vista™
    Available USB port
    Mac® OS X 10.4.8+

    Package Contents
    My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive
    USB 2.0 cable
    Quick Install Guide

      
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    Customer Reviews
    Value 4.5
    Performance 4.5
    Ease of Use 4.5
    Overall Satisfaction 4.5
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    5 of 5 Very Pleased With My Purchase Sunday, April 05, 2009
    Sharon from Cambria Heights, NY  

    I'm pleased with my purchase. The size of this hard drive is perfect to travel with in my computer travel bag (yes, I know there's something call a flash drive, which is even easier) but the price and quality of this WD product is excellent. Installation (super easy), just plug it in and it works!!!! One thing though, you don't get the full 250 MB, you get 232 MB. After several of my friends saw it, they also went out and purchased the product.
     
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    5 of 5 Seems to work just fine Wednesday, March 04, 2009
    A Customer from Iowa  
    But I find the tendency of products like this to increase in capactiy therefore price annoying. What if I don't need 250 MB or 500 MB or 1 T? What if I want a small external drive, say 120 or 160 MB because I don't need that much space? Can't get it because it's no longer available. Pretty soon you won't be able to buy the 250 or 500 MB drives either.
     
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    5 of 5 Great Product and Excellent Support from Buy.com Friday, January 16, 2009
    A Customer from Peachtree City, GA  
    Great size and is very easy to use. Just plug the USB cord in and go to work. I chose to buy it from Buy.com because of low price and past history of ordering from them.
     
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    5 of 5 Small and Powerful Tuesday, January 06, 2009
    Debi from Chicago, IL  
    I purchased this portable drive as a Christmas present for my son. It gives you a great feeling when you hear "this is exactly what I need. I was going to buy one myself!" The unit was smaller than I thought it would be, which is actually great for my 20-something, on-the-go, entrepreneurial son. He used it the same day! He has tons of photo, graphic and music files on his laptop and now he can clean up his system with this fast, stylish little unit. Just might buy another one for myself!! Perfect for the traveler.
     
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    5 of 5 Superb product Tuesday, December 09, 2008
    A Customer from Kansas, KS  
    Great performance and reliable. Using one of them past 2 years, trouble free and made me buy more of it for storage, it is an excelent choice and reasonably priced.
     
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    5 of 5 Small drive with a big heart Monday, December 08, 2008
    Suraj Gupta from Canton, OH  
    I already own a 160GB WD and because of it, I went for this one. I was not disappointed. WD has kept up a consistent performance through all their models. I am WD user for life!!
     
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    4 of 5 good Tuesday, December 02, 2008
    A Customer from chicago IL  
    fast shipping, it's working perfect except of some noice
     
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    5 of 5 Great USB Drive Tuesday, December 02, 2008
    A Customer from NE  
    It's great USB 2 external drive with the fact that yo do not need to connect to a power source. The USB cable does both transferring info and supply power to the device. It's fast,small in size (fits in pocket), portable and even though construction is plastic, it's not bad. Give you great value for the money and would recommend it.
     
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    5 of 5 Great value Monday, December 01, 2008
    Thomas from Lakewood NJ  
    Great value and good performance drive. Use it with the laptop for external backup / additional storage. Love it since I brought it.
     
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    5 of 5 great product Monday, December 01, 2008
    A Customer from florida  
    very easy to use!
     
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    5 of 5 Great Product Great Price Sunday, November 30, 2008
    kelley from Anna, TX  
    Very compact with lots of storage. Very easy to use. Great price. BUY.com fast shipping...great price
     
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    5 of 5 good but watch for the price Sunday, November 30, 2008
    jay from philadelphia, pa  
    its overall good but i got a bit of expensive and next week of my purchase i got the same price but 500 gb hard drive online so just wait and watch for good price.
     
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    5 of 5 This hard drive fulfills all my expectations Saturday, November 29, 2008
    Jianyi from West Bloomfield, MI  
    Got it on a timely manner,as always at buy.com. I unpacked it, insert in a USB port, it works.
     
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    5 of 5 WD My Passport Essential HD - WDMEB2500TN Review Sunday, October 05, 2008
    Rhondalei G. from Seattle, WA  
    Easy enough to use, but if you're backing up your system for the first time, this process will take awhile. This unit is compact and can be easily transported. This was the best deal for what I needed.
     
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    5 of 5 my new toy Tuesday, September 30, 2008
    A Customer from New York, NY  
    I love this hard drive. It is so small and cute it looks like a toy. Best of all, it has huge capacity. It is a bit slow in transfer compared to a larger hard drive with a power source, but it still works very well. It it well worth the trade off for the size.
     
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    5 of 5 Another WD great product! Monday, September 29, 2008
    Ed from Shelton, CT  
    As with the WD 120 I bought earlier, this works perfectly with all my USB ports on notebooks and desktops. It does not require additional power from a second port like some of the other brands I've purchased. Keeps up well with camcorder video recording through notebook PC directly to this WD USB drive.
     
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    5 of 5 Great little portable HDD Monday, September 29, 2008
    Joe from Alexandria, VA  
    I got this drive recently in order to backup both my files on my work computer and on my home computer. It is working great so far! I really like that it is powered over usb as well. The software on the drive is great too; I like the WDSync especially. It lets you create profiles (I created work and home), password protect them, and then sync your drive. It takes a while the first time, but after it must do some kind of incremental/delta sync. And it's all 128 bit encrypted. I do wish that the cable was attached to the drive like it is for some other portable HDDS, but I'll survive.
     
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    5 of 5 Excellent product. Saturday, September 27, 2008
    James from Birmingham, Alabama  
    Simply plug and play. Just follow the prompts to get started and you are in business. No external power source needed.
     
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    5 of 5 Good product and prompt delivery from Buy.com Tuesday, September 16, 2008
    A Customer from New York City  
    A friend set this portable hard drive up for me (I’m not that computer savvy) and I love it. It's small and only needs one short cord that connects to the main hard drive, not an electrical outlet. There's more than enough room for me to back up and store everything I need (250 GB). I probably could have hooked it up myself, however, in order for it to work with my computer, we had to set up a security code for my computer that I now have to enter every time I turn the computer on. I am not thrilled about having to take this extra step, but I do want my information secured so it's fine.
     
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    5 of 5 Simply plug in and start transferring! Monday, September 15, 2008
    A Customer from San Diego, CA  
    This is probably the best value portable hard drive that does not suck. While it is not as fast as I expected, the nearly quietless operation was nice. The cord could have been longer, but it does not interfere with my other accessories.
     
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    5 of 5 Surprisingly Small 250GB Sunday, September 07, 2008
    KS from NE  
    Western Digital 250GB My Passport Essential USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive is surprisingly small in size but has 250GB of storage space.I am replacing Western Digital My Book external hard drive with same capacity. I really like the fact that it doesn't require to be connected to a power source just a USB plug in. This is so very convenient and it fit in my shirt pocket. The portability and just USB connectivity is what helped me to decide for it. The construction is plastic but very sturdy, it's quiet and doesn't heat up. A great value for money.
     
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    5 of 5 WD does it right Wednesday, August 20, 2008
    Bill from Scranton PA  
    I have had the previous version (passport) of this drive in a 160gb capacity and this one works just as well though I don't like where the activity light is nearly as well. Both of them work great and do what I need them to do. The best feature is that you don't need an external power supply as it is powered from the usb connection. This drive is now available in many bright and not-so-bright colors if that's your thing. Great price and transit time from Buy.com as usual!
     
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    5 of 5 Great value and performance.. Monday, August 18, 2008
    A Customer from Kinston,NC  
    Would recommend this to anyone needing to back/store data
     
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    5 of 5 Great piece of equipment Thursday, August 07, 2008
    A Customer from West Bloomfield, MI  
    It's very compact and works really well. I deleted all the stuff that came on it, which didn't affect performance at all. I'm using it to store tons of pictures and music, it's great to have it so portable and backed up from my home computer. Price was great, delivery was fast, and the product is exactly what I had hoped for. Highly recommended.
     
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    5 of 5 Grear Portable HD Monday, June 30, 2008
    Daniel from Elizabeth, New Jersey  
    i still think it was worth buying this product. It has a good fair capacity in which you can save some important documents or whatever, like pictures for instance. Pros- light compact size Cons- USB cable might be a little bit short for some users. Great price, great quality and fast shipment
     
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    5 of 5 Great Value, Great Performance Wednesday, June 18, 2008
    Sione from San Diego, CA  
    The hard drive works great. It's easy to use and easy to set up. And I got it for a good price. I'm satisfied with this purchase.
     
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    5 of 5 Great Portable Backup Hard Drive Monday, June 16, 2008
    A Customer from Portland, OR  
    This product is very easy to use, and is so compact I can easily carry it between work and home. All I have to do is plug it in to the USB port, and it's good to go. My only complaint is that unit my husband purchased at Costco for the same price came with a carrying case, and this one from buy.com did not.
     
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    5 of 5 Satisfied Sunday, June 08, 2008
    A Customer from Rockville, MD  
    Easy to install software (not requiring CD) and use. Nice size and features. Requires only a single USB port. Nice performance. Very good price from buy.com.
     
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    5 of 5 Buy.com is best.com Monday, June 02, 2008
    Vikram from Loma Linda CA  
    As usual Buy.Com has sent me an extra ordinary product with in a very short period. I have been a fan of buy.com and will be for ever because of their excellent customer service. The product is absolutely working very fine. Thanks
     
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    5 of 5 Very Happy Monday, June 02, 2008
    weber from Hazel, Ky.  
    I ‘cant tell you how happy I am that I purchased Passport™Essential External Hard Drive, with it’s 250 GB capacity. I normally have two internal hard drives. The main “C” Drive & another drive. I keep all important information on the 2nd drive, in case the computer crashes I will not loose any info. Through the years I had to put info on CD’s so I would not loose it because the 2nd hard drive was too small (80 GB). Now I have all my personal info from the CD’s & 2nd drive on the Passport Essential with room to spare. Weekly I copy all new or updated info to Passport.. Again if you can plug in a lamp, you can use Passport™Essential.
     
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    5 of 5 Excellent product ! Sunday, June 01, 2008
    Paul from San Dimas, California  
    The Western Digital 250 GB Passport is great ! Plug & play, no installation software to load, no problems, stores & retrieves data a lot faster than my other portable drive. Works fine for me !
     
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    5 of 5 Does the job well Sunday, June 01, 2008
    A Customer from San Francisco, CA  
    Works great, doesn't need any additional drivers, you just plug it in and it's ready. As a USB external drive it's not the fastest one out there but I rarely notice. I have nothing to complain about.
     
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    5 of 5 Great product for the price! Sunday, June 01, 2008
    A Customer from Fairfax, VA  
    Great product for the price!
     
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    4 of 5 Slow write speed, love the size Sunday, June 01, 2008
    CS from Chicago, IL  
    I don't recommend this drive if you want to write to it quickly and often. I'm typically getting around 4 MB/s write speed. Copying a 700 MB CD to the drive takes several minutes and a 4.4 GB DVD takes a couple of hours. To do a large backup to the drive, I have to do it overnight. But once you've filled the drive with most of what you want, it's very handy. I love how small it is, and it powers via USB which makes one less cord to worry about. And the price is right.
     
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    5 of 5 Great Value and Buy.com has fast delivery! Saturday, May 31, 2008
    Alookmanjee from Plano, TX  
    Love the compact WD Passport. At 100 bucks its an unbeatable value! Works like a charm!
     
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    5 of 5 Great product for the price Tuesday, May 27, 2008
    Brandon from Tulare, CA  
    i have had this product for about three weeks now and am really impressed. it is small enouhg that it could easily fit into a man's pocket or a womens purse. It serves it's function well with easy plug in transfer. You do not need an additional power source because it is powered by the usb. It also has very fast transfer speeds. If you are looking for a great portable hard drive look no further because this one is a winner.
     
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    5 of 5 WD 250GB passport HD Monday, May 12, 2008
    Tej from Los Angeles, CA  
    Best price I found over Internet!!!! WD has always been the best provider for portable HD's..
     
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