Customer Reviews

Western Digital 60 GB USB 2.0 Passport 2.5" External Hard Drive ( WDXMS600TN )

5 star:		(39)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I have now had this hard drive for over two months. I'm delighted with it. I did a good deal of research before settling on the WD 60GB passport drive (more GB just seemed like overkill, and other brands are not reviewed as positively). Took it out of the package, hooked it up to the USB cord that is included, plugged it into the 2.0 USB socket, and it simply worked like a charm. I backed up 30 GB worth of personal files from my computer in less than 15 minutes. Nothing to install, no additional USB connection needed, and no juice required. The drive is completely silent. Love it. And it's really small, light,and cute. Even a little sexy ... all smooth and shiny. Hope it lasts.

Update: I've now had it for 9 months, and it's still running perfectly.

Update: I've now had it for 18 months, and it's as good as ever. But I am finding it a little small, so I'm moving on up to the 250 and 320 gig Passports. Dyin' to try the elite.

I wanted a very cheap external hard drive with more than 50GB. I got this at Best Buy for fifty bucks. I am so glad I did. Not only does it get the job done, but it's nicely designed just like an iPod, DS lite, or Macbook computer. Very portable also. Only one and a half times the size of a sixty gig ipod. Don't buy it for more than seventy dollars. Lots of good deals on this, sometimes as low as forty dollars.

I did a lot of research and am so glad that I purchased this external hard drive. I wanted something to back up large files that could work between a Mac and PC, but didn't want to spend an arm and a leg because. This has been amazing. I just plug it into my music producers rig, back up the sessions and am able to open them up on my Mac to manipulate. No need to install any sort of hardware, just plug in and go.

I bought this product because I wanted to get a portable USB external hard drive that can store about 50 GB without requiring a separate AC power adopter. I've been using it daily for about a month now without any problem. It connects to both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux very well on my notebook (IBM T43) and desktop computers. Although this is one of the better designed portable external hard drives in the market, the top and side surfaces can be easily scratched like some iPods (but those scratches are hardly visible unless you shine light on the surface). Nonetheless, I'm extremely satisfied with the performance of the product overall.

I have the silver verison of this same hard drive, but for some reason it won't run on my Powerbook G4 (it does run on my Mac desktop.) But this, the black version, does. It's very light weight, well designed, and will be useful for the work I do. A 120gb or more model would probably be best for long term storage. This 60gb is best used for transporting data from one computer to another. So far I'm impressed by this drive and its affordability.

Seeing that Passport drives of twice the capacity were available for less than an additional 20 bucks, I was about to bite on the "bigger is better" lure. But then I realized that I haven't come close to filling the 20 gigs on my iPod and that I would be using the unit for portable transfer--and not for the transfer of numerous feature-length movies. Moreover, Amazon consumers, as is apparent in the ratings, register greater satisfaction with the 60 gig unit than the larger sizes.

This one is as convenient to use as my Sandisk flashdrive, and a lot harder to misplace. When I decide to get a 250-500 gig drive for backing up my hard-disk, it will make sense to look at something that's less portable and plug & play than the Passport series. Western Digital's My Book series appears ideal for that purpose (though I do feel that the supplied 6" cable is too short. 12"-18" would be optimal).

[3 months later: At present the prices are so bent out of shape that the WD 60GB drive is priced at and even above the WD 80 and 120 drives, not to mention a rugged favorite, the Toshiba 120 GB portable. I would suggest waiting for a price break or going for the larger-sized drive.]

Take it out of the box - that's the toughest part - plug it into your computer or laptop and drag all that you want to copy to it. Then plug it into your other computer, and reverse the process. Or put it in your briefcase or suitcase and take it to wherever you happen to be going, and show whoever wants to or is willing to watch your "slides" what's on the drive. It's true plug and play. And it really is fast.

This drive, while a little more costly per gbyte, worked perfectly out of the box with both a MAC laptop and a HP desktop. No problems and fast.

My new machine at home has Microsoft's Vista Home Premium operating system and I have had terrible luck with compatibility issues involving software and hardware. This worked perfectly right out of the box - it installed the software automatically and quickly downloaded data I had loaded on it from my pc at work (which runs Windows XP Professional). A great little unit ...

I was looking for something that was fast, portable, and easy. I have backed up my documents on three computers, including photos and music and still have tons of space in reserve. It's small, looks great, fast and, so far, very dependable.