Western Digital Passport Hard Drive - WDXMS1600TN
Western Digital Passport 160GB USB 2.0 Portable 2.5" External Hard Drive

Purchased 4 months back, it was wonderful to copying the files and movies, i was depending this data till now. suddenly my hardidisk not recognizing in any computer, it says usb driver to be installed, i am totally mad now. can any one guide me how to activate and access hard drive now.. thanks in advance for your valuable comments. thiyagarajan
 
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I like this drive, but can't say I love it. It's a decent value, and it's a slick looking drive, BUT...it has trouble storing LARGE files, i.e., I tried transferring a large 12GB quicktime movie so I could go drop the file off with a client, and it wouldn't take it. Always seems to bring up an error whenever I try a larger file like that. Disappointing. I mean, what's the point of getting a 160GB drive if it can't handle 10GB files? So...if you've got tons of *little* files, this'd be a good drive for you, but...if you need to transfer *large* files via this drive, I would recommend getting something else.
 
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I bring it to office everyday as a mean of saving and retrieving my personal stuffs. I have no problem with length of the cord. I'm using Dell D620 and have no problem with the power it requires. Had it for almost 6 months now with no problem so far.
 
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The product has been really good and fast enou to act as mobile system in the pocket.
 
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It is good for the disk to disk copy. But the sync software doesn't work. I tried to sync a folder of 60 GB but didn't work. Looks are good but the connecting cord is short.
 
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Just what I needed right now, a small portable lightweight with a lot of room. I am so pleased with this that I have since ordered a 250 gig to go along with it. It works super easy and so far I have had no problems. The only thing I would like to improve is the speed. but for a portable with no power supply of it's own, I guess you can't have everything. overall I am very happy with this drive and I'm sure until they come up with a 160gig flash drive, this is as good as it gets.
 
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its a excellent product, working damm good...the BUY.COM is selling at cheaper price than others.... its a worth full product......data transfer rate is high...light weight, just 0.23lb...it fits in our pocket... so i would recommend this product
 
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This was very simple to set up and get running. The only problem I had was human error with the WDSYNC software. I had it to automatically sync when ever I opened the software. I had it to snyc 20 Gigs of music from a hard drive. Well the hard drive failed. I open the software and it started deleting music on my WD Passport. It didn't see the hard drive that failed so away it went. I was able to stop the operation after losing about 100 songs. So I now have it set to only sync when I tell it to. It copied the rest of the music to another location without a hitch.
 
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What can you say, WD puts out a product that is great to use and easy!!! My only thing is I wish HDD manufacturers would put out drives with no software clutter. Its not hard to get it off of there, but its really more of a nusance. Besides this I have no complaints and shipping from Buy.com was easy and fast!
 
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this is just great--I have no problems with it. tg. I thought I might have to ask someone for help with it, but everything worked out smoothly. I really recommend this product. Transferring from my C drive to this drive was also very easy.
 
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My Western Digital Passport External Hard Drive arrived sooner than expected. Plugged it in, followed the simple instructions, and away we went---no fuss, no muss. Does everything advertised to my satisfaction.
 
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Purchased this for my Notebook. I got tired of my computer moving slow everytime I had to use it now its back up to normal speed. Hard drive works great. Its all plug and Play. Its compact size is WONDERFUL! Now I can carry all my necessary data with ease. I highly recommend all notebook users to purchase.
 
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bought 2 of them - one for windows pc and one for my mac - in both computers no problems whatsoever. just plug and play-and a awsome price!! i would recommend it for everybody - if i had a wish firewire in addition to that usb2 would be great!!!
 
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The 160GB back up drive is worth every penny, as it's a small portable backup media drive that can be carried with you everywhere you go. The only issue is that it has no external power supply, so it could have issues with certain laptops that consume inordinate amounts of power; luckily, I am using mine with my desktop, so I have no issues.
 
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I am first time writing a review of any product I purchased. This is so good to have, I can't stop myself to write a review. It is really a good and easy to handle device for your day-to-day backup for personal and official files. I really like its auto sync feature and password protection feature. Size is really nice, fit in my pocket. Also it works with my Vista. Really worth to have it.
 
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Great accessory! Easy to use and versatile... and 160 GB in the palm of your hand is waht I was looking for to save my picture when travelling... The USB port make it easy any connection and if you don't want you don't need to install any software...
 
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I love the size and value of the drive. But during the set up I experienced a slight "hiccup." It wasn't quite clear how to get started once I downloaded the update, but I quickly figured it out. Overall, it's a great product and VERY quiet.
 
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I put the order on buy.com and the order came in 3 days time , faster than what i expected , i chose the least expensive delivery option. The product was in very good condition and was very easy to use .
 
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I purchased this drive because of all the reasons everyone else did. It is sleek and the value is great. BUT it won't work on any Vista computer I've tried. WD support advised me I needed to get the drivers for it from Windows. You know how far I got with that. I've seen mention of reformatting the drive so it will work with Vista - just shouldn't have to do this for something advertised that it is Vista compatibility.
 
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I got this drive as a backup for my laptop. Buy.com did a great job getting the product out quickly and it was as ordered. For the first 4 weeks or so, it worked great. I suddenly got the "click of death". I went through W.D. to get a replacement. The on-line RMA form was easy and quick to fill out. Unlike other RMA's that I have dealt with, the vendor requires that you either put $250 on hold on your credit card (at $250), or ship the drive back for replacement before another is shipped. Not wanting to take the chance that W.D. would not honor the warranty and I would be stuck with the bill (which I have read they have done to others), I shipped the drive back. It took W.D. about a week from the time they said they received my drive to the time that they shipped me a new one - a long time compared to what Buy.com could do. W.D. did ship the drive 2nd day air, but that doesn't make up for their clumsy, slow fulfillment policy, not to mention a drive that failed so quickly.
 
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Just purchased this drive as a back up to my laptop harddrive, works great and is easy to get started with. The pre-loaded software handles all the data transfer to the drive, and encrypts the data and password protects it too; keeping your data secure. I would recommend this as a good purchase. The only one thing regarding it's exterior is that it may get scratched easily. I have bought a cover from Target for $5 to protect it!
 
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the Western Digital External drive is very convenient to carry. I have a mac and I've had no problems using it. You just have to make sure to format it so you can use it for both pc's and mac. I'm in school and I use it to download tons of lecture files and pictures. So far i've had no problems with it.
 
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Convenient to use. Easy to carry. Cool design. Completely satisfied..
 
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Love it. I've had the 120GB version for myself for sometime and bought this one for my brother. Very versatile, works right out of the box and keeps a load of stuff. Recommended for anyone who needs a backup drive
 
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Bought it as backup for my e-library and love it. It doesn't work fine with my old IBM (I need a powered hub), but no problem with any other computer. Fast and (I hope) reliable. And cheap. The USB cable should be longer, but it is standard, you can buy a longer one anywhere. Worth every penny.
 
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I had it in two days, although they said nine :-) Transfers of 10 MBps, fast, reliable. Do change file system, however, if you have big files. NTFS or, if you work under Linux, efs3. Scratches easily, but who cares? And it was CHEAP. Highly recommended.
 
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Works as advertised. The only issue is it's geared towards XP and not Vista as far as selecting what to back up. You need to dig through the "what to back up" area to select the appropriate folders in Vista as they've been redesigned from XP. Example: My Documents is now just Documents in Vista, although when I migrated from XP a My Documents folder was created but it is only a "pointer" to the Vista Documents folder. A bit goofy but that's MS for you. Bottom line just make sure you're backing everything up and you'll be fine.
 
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No power problem with my new MacBook Pro. Good for transferring files between my mac and pc. Highly recommended, especially when I got it with a REALLY low price from Buy.com.
 
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High capacity in a very small package. Does not require external power. Just plug into the USB port. Truly "plug and play." Very light weight. Highly recommended.
 
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One of the best external drives I own. The size is tiny, absolutely no noise, no external power supply required, and the USB plug is configured such that you can plug into the back of it which means you don't have to give up a port!
 
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I read lots of reviews about these drives before ordering and many of them complained about not being able to get enough USB-port power to power them. I even ordered the USB-joiner thingy to get the power from two USB ports as a precaution. Never needed it. I tested this thing on several desktops and laptops (some 5+ years old) and they all worked fine. Plenty of power and recognized the drive immediately (all running linux, btw, plus one OSX). So, there may still be problems out there, but from my experience, they're not as bad as they sound from many of the reviews. good luck
 
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This WD Passport is really slick. It's much smaller than the WD My Book and very easy to set up and use. It's super light and super skinny... same thickness as a DVD case and about 1/3 as big. Who needs flash memory or USB when you got this bad boy.
 
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The size is good and very easy to carry everywhere.
 
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I ordered one of these up when Buy.com had them down at $85, so the value was outstanding. I was very relieved to find out that my MacBook (Core 2 Duo) provided enough power through the single USB cable too, that seemed to be issue for some computers.
 
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Excellent performance especially for $81.05!
 
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I had bought WD external hard drive last year. But I am very much impressed with this portable one and it's performance.
 
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Plug and play and you are in business. Software is useless. but also not needed. Pretty fast for a 5400 rpm. Very nice looking and ultra light. No complaints. Very reasonably priced.
 
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Prompt delivery... Western Digital Passport 160GB exactly as specified: PLUG & PLAY. No need to download/install driver software. However, cable is way too short...
 
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drive is fast, easy to use, good price. would recommend this to anyone. we use it for backup of our website, http://www.redflannelcs.com/index.html
 
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Sleek,portable,as some reviews said the USB cord is very short,huge space to store files and folders.WD makes great products, appreciate Buy.com Service and fast shipment.
 
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I can't believe how much storage is being squeezed into these little external portable drives. Nice that its powered off the USB cable, instead of having to plug in yet one more transformer. The only problem is that they are getting cheaper every day....but, alas, we can't wait forever for the absolute lowest price. A great buy!!
 
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WD drives is great, Value for money, Buy.com shipping is excellent.
 
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Great product, I would highly recommend this to any one who needs a small backup hard drive. Absolutely no problems at all. I use SyncToy for my backup software, great stuff.
 
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I bought this little guy to replace an old 30GB hard drive I had. This device is fast and gets it's power from the USB cable which is really cool (one less ac adapter to deal with). It has a nice design to it as well. I don't use the Western Digital software that came with it, though it may be of use to some. My only gripe if you will is that the cool looking blue light doesn't reflect any status like the larger Western Digital My Book drives. It lights up when it's plugged in and that's it. It doesn't flicker or change when the drive is in use. Great hard drive though!
 
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These things seem to be less volitile than larger hard-drives which require their own external power. I've got three of them, and they are easy to carry around.
 
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I bought my drive primarily to backup my music collection (about 25 gb) as well as personal stuff I keep on my business laptop (running Win/2k). Works absolutely great. Could be a bit faster but that's the price/performance tradeoff. I also use the same drive on my Ubuntu 7.10 Linux box. When away from my home music server, I'll listen to my music that I had backed up onto the drive. Note that I made a conscientious decision to use FAT32 so that my drive would be Win and Linux compatible for reading and writing. I also bought a second drive to use as a backup drive for my wife's MacPro Book laptop. This one I reformatted to native Mac format (whatever that is) but it did work fine using FAT32.
 
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I bought this one because it looks nice. I am satisfied with what I got and it was cheap relative to other brands.
 
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Wonderful product. Cannot find flaws with it. If I must find one, is that you cannot extend the length of the USB cable. I guess it has to do with the cable playing two roles, those of data and power transfer. If you could extend the length, this product would be PERFECT!
 
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I bought this portable HDD (on sale) because I trust the name Western Digital, because of the sleek design, and because I really wanted to move away from an external hard drive with a power cord. I am extremely pleased with my purchase.<p> I experienced absolutely no problems installing, setting up, and using the backup software with my Toshiba Qosmio notebook. The WD Sync automatic backup software provides free, automatic updates that it downloads to the drive itself. It is also significantly faster than my previous method of copying and pasting specified folders to an external hard drive.<p> For each backup profile, you select all the folders on your hard drive that you want backed up. Anything you don't want, you don't have to back up. If you don't know what you want/need, you can back up your entire hard drive. Since I don't have anywhere near 160 GB of data, a feature I liked is that you can create multiple automatic backup profiles; I could help out a friend in a tough situation.<p> The backup itself is in a format readable only by WD Sync, so the files I wanted to share with friends I had to also copy in their natural format.<p> The drive doesn't install any proprietary software on other computers, so your friends won't worry about that when you share files with them.<p> Finally, it is indeed quite portable: it fits well in my pocket, or is virtually non-existent in my luggage.<p> Whether you need more or less than 160 GB, I recommend the Western Digital portable hard drives.
 
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Love the product !
 
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After just two months, I am sold on this product with the exception of the case. Within a week of purchase the case was scratched in several places. After two months, the shiny black original finish is an eyesore. I think WD should come up with a better package for this terrific device. Looks count!
 
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