Western Digital My Passport Elite 400 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Bronze)

by Western Digital

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001F9PLM2
• Item model number: WDMLZ4000TN
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 2008

Product Description

A luxurious soft-touch finish makes these drives easy to grip, comfortable to hold, and beautiful to show off to your friends. Combine that with mega-capacity that fits in your pocket, plus four powerful features -- capacity gauge, automatic backup, sync and encryption, and remote access software -- and you'll understand why we call these little drives Elite.

Soft-touch finish - A luxurious, soft-touch, finish makes these drives easy to grip, comfortable to hold, and beautiful to show off to your friends.

Capacity Gauge - Connect My Passport to your computer and see at a glance how much space is available on your drive.

Automatic backup - The same powerful backup software that we include in our desktop external hard drives is now available in this elegant little portable drive. Save a copy of your photos to an online sharing service, duplicate your e-mail and contacts to your iPod®, and back up all the precious files on your computer to your My Passport. Set it and forget it; every time you plug your My Passport into your computer your data is automatically backed up.

Synchronized and secure - WD Syncâ"˘ synchronization and encryption software lets you take your critical data with you. Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption. (Windows only)

USB Powered - Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power supply is needed.

Remote access - Connect My Passport to any PC and run MioNet® Key software to remotely access files, music, and photos from any of your computers with MioNet software installed. Free for the life of the drive (Windows only)

Easy - Installation is a snap because you don't really "install" this drive; you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you pl