Western Digital WDXMS1200TN Passport 120 GB USB 2.0 2.5-Inch Portable Hard Drive Reviews

• Worried--- But Rewarded

  
  By A1L41W1DLFRUMK on 2007-05-29
  I read scores of user reviews, on this site and others, then bought a competing product and immediately wished I hadn't. Given my previous experience, I gritted my teeth and ordered this little gem (yes, there were some detractors).
  
  I used this drive as a convenience tool and "security blanket" while on a 9-day trip to New England to find dead relatives (OK, family history research). The point of the tool was to move files from four different digital cameras (did I mention I was traveling with my brother and his gear), to two different laptops (Dell, running W2000 Pro; Mac laptop running OS X). And to cross-back-up folders on both laptops once content was uploaded to them. It sounds more confusing and complicated that it actually was.
  
  I must say, the WD Passport gave me everything I'd expected. The old Dell I was using had a USB 1.x interface, so that was SLOW (not the Passport's fault). However, with the Mac, and with my USB 2.0 systems at home--- blazing fast.
  
  If you use a laptop, be prepared to carry along a powered USB hub. As advertised, a lot of laptops don't generate enough power through their USB jacks to run the Passport. This was especially true of the older Dell I was using; the Mac powered the drive fine without assistance. But that was a minor irritant, given the overall performance of this drive.
  
  Would I repeat this purchase? In a heartbeat.
  
  

• Failed From Day One....

  
  By A3EZ2PLA8AFPIF on 2006-12-30
  A soon as the hard drive arrived, I hooked it up to my 2.0 USB and transferred about 20 GB of data no problem. All of a sudden I noticed the transfers were getting slower and slower. Then the transfers stopped completely. I got the error message: the new drive "could not transfer the data due to sector errors". I called WD Customer service and the tech advised converting the new drive to from the Fat 32 to the NTFS format. So I transferred the all the data back to the hard drive on my computer without a problem; and followed WD tech support's instructions to reformat the drive. The process took about a hour. Immediately after my computer said the formatting was 100% complete, I got an error message saying the "format process was not successful". Huh? I called WD again. I was told to try to reformat the drive again. If it failed again; same error message. WD told me it was most likely a faulty drive and needed to be replaced. This product was brand new! WD tech support could give me no acceptable reason why the drive failed; and they did not rule out it may happen again with the replacement! How many consumers are going to return a product for replacement and risk total failure happening again? Mine went back for refund ASAP. I did a s-load of google searches. I found my situation is fairly common among the Western Digital Passport drives.
  I can only speak from my experience. I would not recommend this product for purchase.
  
  
  

• Works out-of-the-box with Mac

  
  By A2WOJOAL4OAOR3 on 2006-12-21
  This is my 3rd WD external drive (the first was a 120 GB bought about a year and a half ago. never failed without even formatting, works with both windows and mac/ the 2nd is a 320 GB with card reader which i formatted for mac, so windows cannot read it, works flawlessly). This one is extremely small, needless to say, it comes without the power cord. So one USB connection and you are all set. I did not format it, nor do i intend to (so i can use it while i dual boot on the macbook pro from OS X to windows and vice versa).
  I do not know how other reviewers could not have their macs read it. I just got it so i cannot judge whether it will eventually fail on me. But judging from my past with WD, all their hard drives work perfectly. Highly recommended for both mac and windows users, who (1) need their files on the go (media, documents, applications, etc.) and (2) those who want to save space, and work without the always-intruding power cord. The hard drive also looks pretty sleek. Check the Western Digital website for the carrying case.
  
  Update: ok, turns out, the drive was flawed. I started hearing squeeky noises, and the loading speed on the drive was fantastically slow. So i called customer service up. Judging from two replacements i underwent at the same time, WD customer service is trash. Here is what happened (the other being a PS3):
  Phone-holding times were way too long on both sides, but I believe it is to be expected for Sony, given that it is a new product.
  I had to pay shipping for WD which was twenty dollars to have it one day and tracked. They never collected the drive from the courier for several days. Why? I have no idea. It took Sony about a week to deliver the empty box in which I would put the PS3.
  The replacement drive took about 3 weeks to show up since the beginning of the nuisance. It wasn't even in its retail box. It was just bubble wrapped and in a dirty-looking, punched-in cardboard box. For my PS3 however, after shipping it on a Wedn. (with a free supplied one day UPS shipping label), I received the brand new replacement (in its brand new box) on Friday morning.
  I understand i was one of the few unlucky ones to receive a flawed WD hard drive, and i really did not mind. But, after dealing with their customer service, I will defintely think again before buying another one of their products. For an alternative, check Seagate's new portable hard drives (up to 750 GB).
  
  

• Doesn't work with my Apple PowerBook G4 (15", 1.5 GHz)

  
  By A25JDSSLPPXZE2 on 2006-11-21
  This drive doesn't work with my Apple (Aluminium) PowerBook G4 (15", 1.5 GHz). A single port USB power is not enough to power drive. Therefore, not really Mac compatible. You need a Y power adapter.
  
  

• Troubleshooting why 120 GB Passport doesn't always work

  
  By AQHKXNMPP0Y7T on 2007-09-11
  UPDATE - 11/06/07
  
  Just keep noticing others with all sorts of issues that probably are variations of what I troubleshot and resolved early on on the 2 Passports we bought back in August.
  
  I might repeat that anyone USING AC-powered USB hubs that only have the smallest USB connector on them to mate via a cable with the full-sized USB connector on the computer almost guarantees failure - in out experience documented below.
  
  One of the medium-sized (the almost square) USB connector-equipped AC USB hubs also failed to drive either of our 2 Passports.
  
  In the update below, we attributed this smaller connector conpatability to Plug & Play issues. But it could also be that these (less expensive) hubs cannot supply the corrent/voltage required to run thse hard drives.
  Or both issues could exist.
  
  Avoiding such small connector AC hubs seems to be the way to avoid all sorts of problems...
  
  UPDATE - 10/31/07
  
  AFter using both 120 GB Passports for about 2 months with no real issues that weren't solveable logically, I had more troubleshooting tips.
  
  Trying to use one of these drives on an AC-powered USB 2.0 hub that uses (computer to hub) the smallest USB connector size (like the one on the Passport under the little rubber cover) may get it apparently recognized, but it doesn't usually work - write errors, read errors, loses drive recognition....
  
  We had several hubs lying around and only those using the full-sized USB connector to the hub from the computer, or the next size down (the nearly square one), actually were able to correctly perform Plug & Play to identify the Passport correctly, followed by no errors in use.
  
  My conclusion was that trying to use the Passports on any AC-powered hub that didn't use at least the medium-sized connector was a waste of time.
  
  And one of these also failed to work.
  
  The best results were when the Passport was plugged (using the short cable provided) into either a laptop or an AC-powered hub that used the largest USB connector from the computer.
  
  Probably the real answer is that most less expensive AC hubs with smaller conputer to hub connectors may not be able to actually successfully perform Plug & Play on large capacity drives... or other complex devices...
  
  We've had no problems or power issues on a notebook, a laptop and multiple hubs following the simple connector rules noted above.
  
  ======================original comments=================
  
  Having bought 2 of the 120 GB Passports, I tried them out separately.
  Neither would work plugged into a 6 ft USB extension. Failure to recognize the drive in XP was typical (unknown device). Failure to find sectors was another.
  
  A little troubleshooting found that most (even a hyped up HP workstation)
  failed to deliver enough voltage with any cable longer than the ~8 inch supplied USB cable. Using only that cable connected directly to any of our various computers (Averatec notebook, Toshiba laptop, HP workstation, etc.,) had no issues. Connecting to an AC powered hub with the short supplied cable was always OK.
  
  My conclusion about some of the startup problems & possibly the later failures (considering the typical high MTTF of 2.5" sturdy hard drives) is that many may be traced to trying to use Passports by not plugging directly into the computer (or AC powered USB hub) using only the short USB cable supplied.
  
  Failures would be the same for plugging into a NON-AC-powered USB hub.
  
  I converted the format on one from FAT32 to NTFS via the Convert RUN file found in the XP SEARCH HELP, Also formated the other (after copying the SW files off) using the format options from XP's Computer Management screen.
  
  Both drives are tiny, appear sturdy and are fast writing & reading.
  Use them to carry data from location to location. Synching one with the other periodically. Tried the backup SW with encryption and decided to go
  with simply synching folders with other SW. So the folders are open access.
  
  Always use the short supplied cable as noted above to avoid voltage drop
  that probably causes most of the failures noted in these user comments.
  
  Bought two of the double USB power/data cables from the WD web site, plus 2 little soft drawstring pouches. Just in case...
  
  So far so good...
  
  
  
  
• Simple Needs Met Superbly
  By A36A1ZYZH8568P on 2007-10-27
  Okay, after 20 years of working with PCs (and an Apple or two), I'm unique in that I've never used up a full drive. In the early days, most of what I saved was word processing and spreadsheets. Today, I'm all the way up to 2 gb pix of my grandchildren and nature photos. Maybe a few QuickTime and MS MediaPlayer "movies," but I'm selective so on my primary hard drive, I've used 40 of 60 GB.
  
  When I first got this Western Digital drive, I used it primarily for backup for my laptop. But then, with at least 80 GB left over, it became a second hard drive (most programs can be run off the drive) and it became a secondary storage drive for those pictures I wasn't sue about keeping.
  
  I haven't found a negative to it except *perhaps* the synchronization utility and software. I have three PCs, one that I travel with all the time. Yes, I should have loaded the software. I didn't. What I simply do is copy the three mail programs onto a USB drive and transfer them over before I'm taking a trip. (email, billing, spreadsheets, employee handbooks - that's it.) And something tells me that this is a short cut that save time...
  
  The pros are that it's relatively small, and will fit into a jacket pocket. It's 2.0 USB is fast. And I like the fact that the cable is only about a foot long (and detaches easily if you need to detach it).
  
  I'm going to get a 200GB WD soon. That I will use as a second hard drive for my primary PC, probably rarely to be disconnected and hooked up to my subnotebook or laptop. And when WD comes up with a 200GB drive half the size (and they will), I'll get that too.
  
  I give the Western Digital 5 stars. I've also tried Iomega (2 stars) and Maxtor (2 stars). Iomega makes it too complex, and the Maxtor didn't last the first week. (I try not writing about products that fail: that's often the users fault or just an anomaly and not fair to the manufacturers.)
  
  
• Underpowered
  By A2P5LCL4XLIQ4E on 2007-02-12
  Dell laptops do not have the power at the USB to run this drive without the extra USB Power Booster Cable (not included) and at the additional cost of $18.56 (with Shipping and Handling) which would be great except it's been perpetually out of stock, so my very sleek looking Passport USB 2.0 Hard Drive sits unused and useless. Don't make the same mistake.
  
  
• Can't Trust this to Backup My Files
  By A3A9011WWOQMDB on 2007-02-26
  No one will deny that having dependable backups of important data can be a real lifesaver. So far, the mechanical aspects of my Passport (after about 4 months) seem to be OK. However, after reading some of the other comments below, I do not get a warm fuzzy feeling about mechanical dependability.
  
  This said, my major problem with Passport is the WD Sync software utility that is intended to make it easy for one to make sure all important files are backed up. Unfortunately, this is one buggy piece of software. One big issue is lack of good documentation and instructions on how to use the software. Just try finding them. All you will find is a FAQ with about a dozen items. An even bigger issue is the fact that it will not automatically backup new sub-folders that were created after you configure the backup system. For example, if you configure the sytem to backup all files in your "My Documents" folder, it will only backup folders in existence as of the time when you created the configuration. If you later add a new sub-directory under "My Documents" it will not be automatically included in your new backups. In order to backup your new sub-directory, you must reconfigure your system backup settings in WD Sync. Of course, this is mentioned no-where in the slim documentation and once you have configured WD Sync (a very lengthy process I might add), you are most likely to run backups thinking (rightly so) that all your new sub-directories (and their files) are being backed up. DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
  
  
• Not Mac Compatible
  By A3GI1SV6U2P6VQ on 2006-12-08
  I have been trying to get this drive to work on my Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo for over an hour. It isn't readable in OS X, but will work if I boot in Windows XP. So it's not a USB power issue as some have said. I reformatted the drive in NTFS and the Mac Book Pro will read it, but this isn't what I bought the drive for, as you can't write to NTFS from OS X. I tried to reformat it as a Mac OS Extended - and it did reformat, but the Mac still won't read it. So it's a good PC drive, but won't read/write with Mac OS X.
  
  
• Beware of the Software
  By AUJFN0NKCDEOJ on 2006-12-02
  The software that comes with this hard drive does not synchronize well with the files on your computer. It only copies the names of the folders ... leaving you thinking that you updated your documents, but when you open the folders you will find them empty. You can overcome this problem by using different software or the old "copy & paste" method. Otherwise I do like the small size and light weight.
  
  
• Works on Macs but NOT out of the box
  By A2BLOACHT8C4NQ on 2007-01-05
  I purchased this drive yesterday to use with my mac powerbook (G4). When I plugged into the USB port the drive would click and was not recognized by the computer. I plugged it in my wife's Windows PC and it was immediately recognized. I plugged the drive into an AC powered USB hub and then into my powerbook and it was immediately recognized and I am able to use the drive. The problem is insufficient power from the USB port on the powerbook. There are three options 1. Use a powered USB hub (this sort of takes the "portable" out of this portable hard drive) 2. Purchase a USB Y cable that conects the drive to two USB ports simultaneously (uses up most if not all of your available USB ports). This cable is available for $9.99 on the Western Digital web site but is currently out of stock. or 3. Return it. Personally I think WD should include the Y cable in the box to make the drive live up to their claim of OS X 10.1.5 compatability
  
  
• SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!
  By A2UD0M8935Q7RP on 2007-02-25
  JUST 2WKS AFTER USE THIS(insert expletive)THING QUITS WORKING. OUT OF THE BLUE, IT JUST STARTED CLICKING and clicking and clicking...It did not show up in and needless to say I could not access the drive. This item is nothing but MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN.!!!!!!
  
  
• Windows users beware
  By A33GCAZ6VDAN60 on 2007-06-12
  Windows users (possibly only XP/Vista) who are running higher-end computers, be warned: This hard drive pulls a lot of power from a USB port. Some computers running Windows will limit the amount of power available to a USB device. As a result, to run this drive, you will have to buy an extra cable from Western Digital (for about $18 with shipping) that will split the power load between 2 ports. In addition to the extra cost (WD will not foot the bill), you will have to have 2 USB ports available instead of one. WD claims that the product operates without this problem on about 90% of systems, but I had the problem on both a 3-year-old Dell desktop and a less-than-1-year-old Dell laptop (Inspiron E1505).
  
  
• Failed in about 6 months
  By A2WVD0V1MKJ638 on 2007-07-09
  Similar to other reported problems, I can't read the thing now (tried it on several different PCs). I definitely was not rough on it. I think it is hit or miss if you get a good one, but when it fails don't blame me if you lose precious data, as I did.
  
  
• Doesn't work with Apple PowerBook G4
  By A2M0APMN8FTBQ5 on 2006-11-02
  This drive doesn't work with my Apple (Aluminium) PowerBook G4 (15", 1.5 GHz). Single port USB power is not enough, this drive is trying to spin up, but cannot. So it constantly struggles to spin up until I disconnect it. And there's no separate power supply. Probably I need Y-type USB cable (two A-type jacks to one B-type jack), but unfortunately it's sold only in the US directly from WD, and I am far abroad. Could not find any single online shop which sells that cable in the UK or anywhere in Europe. So now I have nice and useless USB drive (because it cannot spin up)...
  
  
• Very Costly Paperweight
  By A3ER8YTXHSAWI5 on 2006-11-05
  I am having the same issue as the former reviewer using this drive with an aluminum Powerbook (Mac).... well, not using it is more accurate. I purchased the thing this afternoon because I needed to transfer work to my laptop for tomorrow... it's now 2:40 in the morning and I can't get the info off of the drive, so I will be up the rest of the night burning DVDs instead. Ugh. They really need to provide better documentation and note that it is too low powered for (certain?) laptops.
  
  
• Failed within a week
  By A22XRFRVRTNT7W on 2007-06-19
  The redesign of this product is a dismal failure. I own several older models of these portable drives which have had no problem. The redesign eliminated the rubberized shock padding which worried me, but the real issue is that the new drives run HOT which damages the drive. Mine failed within a week taking all of my photos with it.
  While I recommended the old model wholeheartedly, I cannot recommend these new ones. Very disappointed in WD who seemed to cheap-out on a once-good product.
  
  
• WARNING: WD SYNC software is NOT a backup program
  By A3SFLR06XFZUU0 on 2007-06-30
  I can't say if the drive works well or not, but I can tell you NOT to use the WD Sync software provided with the product. It is a syncing software only, and will not be of any use whatsoever in attempting to restore data after a crash. I repeat, do NOT use the WD Sync software for backing up your data. Use drag and drop, or anything else besides WD Sync.
  
  
• It does what it says on the box
  By A1OR78ZN84VGDB on 2007-11-10
  I bought a 70GB passport 2 years ago, that is now full. This one is even slimmer, it fits in my computer bag OK (in one of those side compartments). I plugged it into my PC last night and I backed up my work files in 35 minutes (7 GB). It is great for those who travel, I am on the road 46 weeks a year overseas. My only regret is that I did not buy the 160 GB one.
  
  
• Lost all my data
  By A184VKQISW3323 on 2007-02-08
  File and folder names started to include gibbrish at some point and after that computer stopped to recognize the disk.
  
  
• Great Hard Drive, Terrible Software
  By A3QH79AJU2O4Z8 on 2007-03-03
  I love the hard drive! It is fast, silent and efficient and fits in your pocket. It only weighs a couple of ounces and requires no external power supply. One issue worth noting though is that I am not able to use my USB mouse and the hard drive at the same time since the power required by both devices exceeds that available. The cable is supposed to be 22 inches long according to the documentation but mine is only about 6 inches long. Other than that, I have no criticisms of the drive. The software on the other hand is virtually useless. The software provided is "Dmailer" and is billed as providing backup and encryption. I have 53 gigabytes of files on my hard drive. Dmailer estimated that it would need 25 gigabytes of space on the external drive (it really used 43 GB so you can see that the estimation function is useless). It took 14 hours (yes, that isn't a typo, 14 hours!) to back-up my data. I made a few changes, erased a couple of files saved a couple more then asked it to re-synchronize. It took over an hour and a half! I could go on and on about the little problems with the software but you don't need to know about all the bugs and idocyncricies. I wanted a backup with no identification in case the drive fell into the wrong hands. I used notebook to look at the data file that contained all of my data on the drive and right at the beginning of the file was my name! So much for encryption! So tomorrow I plan to erase everything on the drive and use TrueCrypt and Retrospect to do my backup.
  
  
  
  
• works flawlessly
  By A31TT5GZM82PME on 2007-04-13
  This hard drive is everything that I was hoping it'd be. It's very compact, very light, and incredibly easy to use. As other reviewers have noted, just plug this thing it and it's set to go. I use it just like I'd use a flash drive.
  
  It only took me like 30 minutes to transfer all my files from my old Dell to my new Dell, and I have a ton of stuff on my hard drive. I wish that the USB cable it came with was a little bit longer (the cord is only about 10 inches long or so) but other than that, I'm completely satisfied and would highly recommend this drive.
  
  
• Passport passes with an A-
  By A3PGHTSVNTIJEB on 2007-05-13
  THE MINUSES: I'd really like to see a design that accommodates storing the USB cable inside of the enclosure; death to the dangling dongle! Also, a carrying case would be nice addition to the package.
  
  THE PLUSES: True plug-n-play; absolutely no problems no matter where I connect the drive. For a small IDE drive spinning at 5400rpm, data transfer is quick; quick enough to accommodate fast large file transfers as well playing multimedia files directly from the drive. Sleek, attractive design. The Price was right; under $100.00 for 120GB of external storage in a compact design.
  
  THE VERDICT: I'm very happy with the drive, and now that I have had it for a little while I wonder just how I got along without it. Would I buy one again?...YES.
  
  
• Failed after about 6 months
  By A261BPI2VT3GBV on 2007-07-02
  This drive failed on me at a critical moment in the field. I had only owned it for 6 months, and it was not used very intensively. It spent its short life in my laptop satchel and was never dropped or otherwise damaged.
  
  During a photo shoot, I tried to copy data from my full laptop hard drive to the Passport. The drive simply would not work. It was powered on and spinning but the computer could not see it or use it. After trying to get it working, it began making clicking noises and I determined it to be dead.
  
  I'd hate to think that being jostled in my bag was enough to cause this drive to fail. If that's the case, then it has serious durability issues.
  
  
• Great drive BUT Be careful when unlplugging - Mine Failed
  By AJF73N55EKRIP on 2007-12-04
  I purchased this drive to act as a backup for both my Mac OSX and PC XP. It works (and shares) between both computers perfectly.
  - BUT -
  When I plugged this drive into the Mac yesterday, it did not show up on the drive list right away. I was a bit impatient and thought that maybe it wasn't plugged in securely so I unplugged and replugged it. I immediately got the Mac caution about not properly unmounting the volume before disconnecting. Sure enough, the drive could not be mounted again in either the Mac or Windows. My quick unplugging corrupted the FAT. I managed to retrive the data using IRecover (Ipatch could not fix the FAT) but will have to reformat the drive and start over.
  
  Word to the wise, and this goes for any portable drive: be sure you eject or unmount this drive properly in PC and Mac, and certainly not while it's writing something to the disc.
  
  Since it was my impatience that caused this problem and not the drive, I would certainly recommend the WD drive to everyone.
  
  
• MUST READ: WD Passport works great...WITH power USB hub!
  By A3MZF3IL19IT7T on 2007-03-30
  I had a 60 GB Passport for nearly a year, then it began "clicking" and had lots of errors and corrupted data. Read all the other reviewers with similar problems. I sent it back to Western Digital. I also ordered 120 GB Passport from Amazon, but returned it. Meanwhile, WD sent me a replacement 60GB and I bought at a retail location a Passport 120 GB. Both these units either clicked or were dead! I used 3 different USB cables, too. THEN: Was advised to buy a POWERED USB 4-port hub (Belkin), as there isn't quite enough voltage coming from any of the USB's on my fairly new PC. Upon powering up the powered Belkin USB 4-port (or 7 port, if you want), BOTH Western Digital Passports worked FLAWLESSLY! This info fits, as Mac Notebooks suffer similarly. Maybe the newest of the new computers have enough juice to run the WD Passports, but before throwing in the towel, go get a powered USB Hub; it will probably solve most of the clicking / DOA units' problems. I'm thrilled that my problem was solved; now Western Digital needs to address this weak link. Highly recommend that buyers who have had clicking or dead Passports of all GB sizes FIRST try a powered USB hub. Works for me; the onboard USB ports work for everything else; and even my 60GB passport until 1 month ago. Powered USB Belkin hub + WD Passports = They Work Great (even w/ 6' USB cable!
  
  
• Nice compact design and easy to use..
  By A2OP7ZWGITHNE3 on 2007-05-18
  This is nice and small, compact, and easily portable. You can stash it /hide it somewhere safe after backing up your PC to it. Fits well in the palm of your hand. The software that comes with it not only backs up the files+folders on your PC, but your Internet Explorer Favorites List, Your Outlook Contacts, Outlook Address Book, Outlook Emails, and other types of data also! The software interface is intuitive and very easy to use.. The backup happens with ease and quickly. Saves you having to remember all the items to backup and is like a larger version of a jump drive /flash card. Would have given it 5 stars... but.. The USB cable that comes with it is short and though easier to use with laptops - that worked for me since my laptop sits in a docking station - not so easy to use with desktops, so you may need to also purchase a longer USB cable. Also it would have been nice if the manufacturer provided a safety case for this gadget. Since it contains a life time's data thats so precious, it would be good to safeguard it in a case of some sort. The manfacturer could have charged a couple bucks more and provided a case.
  
  
• Works for me
  By A1AGU2XO1LL0BI on 2007-07-14
  I think it's great. Easy to use, and so far very reliable. It works well from my desktop and from my notebook (both PCs). Fast and quiet. This is my second WD Passport (the first one was 60GB), and I don't know why anyone would have a problem with them unless of course you get a lemon.
  
  Since I last wrote that, I've found that I need more and more space, so I've moved on to the 250 and 320 gig drives. But I continue to be impressed with the speed and durability of these Passports.
  
  
• Laptops beware
  By AMH3D5K8VNHP1 on 2007-08-01
  There's a pretty blue light that comes on when I plug this into my PowerBook, but that's as far as it goes. As the tech support site points out the unit is not compatible with the machine -- so why did I have to buy to find that out? They'll happily sell a power booster, but no thanks. I paid for a fully working unit. This isn't it.
  
  
• The vanishing passport
  By A7WSN2M2I9H8W on 2007-10-16
  Although it's sleek, lightweight and beautiful looking I've repeated instances where the passport just disappears from my list of drives, sometimes in the middle of a copy. Very annoying. In truth I don't know wether to blame Western Digital or My Dell Windows 2000 box. However I don't have this problem with other USB drives. For some reason the sysem doesn't always recognize it. So bewarned.
  
  

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