After using the drive for 6 months, the drive all of a sudden becomes unresponsive and won't connect to my computer. It makes a whirling noise as if it's powering up and then becomes very silent. Western Digital makes POS UNRELIABLE portable hard drives. The data that I lost was very very valuable to me as most of it were from trips all over the world! Lesson learned! Never Buy from Western Digital ever AGAIN!
I now have a Seagate portable hard drive. They're a little bit on the expensive side, but at least they have a 5 year warranty and are not made of sh%t like Western Digital! Now it's going to cost $750 just to retrieve my data. At least all is not lost.
Please Google "western digital passport drive failures" and you will understand the hell I went through. WD should offer data recovery as part of WD's warranties b/c of the high failure rate of their drives.
If you guys want a reliable portable drive for storing data, DO NOT BUY ANY WESTERN DIGITAL PRODUCTS! You get what you pay for! Buy either a Maxtor or a Seagate drive. Both are reliable and are made of high quality materials. There's a reason why WD hd's are cheaper than main competitors, and unfortunately I had to find out the hard way.Get more detail about Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDME5000TN (Midnight Black).
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