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Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB USB 2.0 Midnight Black External Hard Drive WDME5000TN - Retail

Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB 2.5" Midnight Black External Hard Drive - Retail

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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 2 years
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 2 years

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Website: http://www.wdc.com/en/index.asp?Language=en|
Support Phone Number: 1-800-275-4932
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Return for refund within: 30 days
Return for replacement within: 30 days
Restocking Fee: Yes

Review Summary (read all 138 Reviews)

76%

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Product Rating:
Total Reviews:	138

Useless

Reviewed By: CF on 12/13/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: small size

Cons: EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to use as a backup system..there is no way to set it to do regular backups. I called customer service and was told this is a glorified thumb drive. The only software that showed up was for a totally different company that was trying to sell a service to upload data to the internet..a big waste of money..I am going top buy a seagate instead

Other Thoughts: If I could give this zero eggs I would..very disappointing..I wanted something that would show me what was being backed up and saved

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Great Buy

Reviewed By: on 12/9/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: USB-powered, small, and portable. Have had this about one month and no issues to speak of. Looks like it came formated FAT32. Good amount of bang for the buck as far as disk space.

Cons: --NONE CONFIRMED-- It does seems like if you were to drop this from a decent height it would be a goner. Luckily I have not had any "shock-load tests" at this point. Will update on the durability if I should happen to drop it.

Other Thoughts: Great buy and no complaints...best plus is that it is USB powered!

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Slower than molasses in winter!

Reviewed By: Asha on 12/9/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Small size, USB powered.

Cons: Slow barely describes this drive.

Other Thoughts: Drive is unacceptably slow in data transfers. Took over an hour to transfer 130 Mb of data to it from PC. That is beyond unreasonable; it should have taken less than 30 seconds. I would have given 0 eggs rating if I could.

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Model
Brand	Western Digital
Series	My Passport Essential
Model	WDME5000TN
Performance
Color	Midnight Black
Interface	USB 2.0
Capacity	500GB
Physical Spec
Form Factor	2.5"

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