WD 4TB My Passport USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive (2019, Sky)
$87.99
In stock
Description
Always have your files on hand with the sky WD 4TB My Passport USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive. Designed with a slim form factor, it’s also available in a variety of colors to suit your style. Aside from its 4TB of storage capacity, it’s built with 256-bit AES hardware encryption to help ensure your files are protected, and features USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity for fast transfers. It and comes formatted NTFS for Windows 8.1 and 10, but may be reformatted for other operating systems, and connects to your host system using an included micro-USB to USB Type-A cable. Users can take advantage of WD’s Discovery and Backup software to help manage and back up their files as well.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.66 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.7 × 4.9 × 1.5 in |
| Storage Capacity | 4 TB |
| Connection Interface | 1 x USB 3.2 / USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB Micro-B) |
| Pre-Format | NTFS |
| Encryption | 256-Bit AES |
| Internal Interface | SATA (Unspecified) |
| Type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Power Source | USB Bus Power |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 4.2 x 3.0 x 0.8" / 107.2 x 75.0 x 19.2 mm |
Reviews (595)
595 reviews for WD 4TB My Passport USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive (2019, Sky)
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Lindsey Will (verified owner) –
locked up after less than one week, made a weird clicking sound, returned and got the solid state drive
Heath Langosh (verified owner) –
I’ve been using the WD 2TB, 4TB, and 6TB hard drives since the start of my professional career and I haven’t had a single issue since. The WD 2TB has been the perfect travel hard drive for countless adventures and continues to be a reliable and trusting safety storage for all my images the past 6 years.
Christ Wiza (verified owner) –
I really like this product. It works great! Thanks!
Jefferey Bins (verified owner) –
WD Passport portable drive that provides plenty of space for file backups. Longer warranty than the Elements series.
Tillman West (verified owner) –
This is the worst external drive I have ever purchased, and I have purchased many through the years! I bought this to use as a Time Machine backup. I should have been worried right away when I could not click on the Privacy Policy during setup, without the setup freezing and, thus, having to start anew. It did not work on my Mac out of the box as touted; I had to reformat the drive. I managed to get one backup done, but there were no files in it. It would not do automatic Time Machine backups; I need to eject the drive and reconnect every time to get it recognized. Then, there are still no files in the backup. In addition, it was a ridiculously hard process to do an online warranty with Western Digital, and it’s not even a device that is listed in their support menu! Buyer beware!
Glenda Beatty (verified owner) –
The drive works perfectly. Plugged it in and time machine automatically wanted to back up the computer’s hard drive to the external hard drive. Backed up the whole computer in under an hour. Fast, and I’ve used it a couple times so it does seem reliable. The drive is a lot smaller than I thought and probably fits in a pocket (but I wouldn’t carry a delicate hard drive in my pocket!) but the size is great because it saves space for other USB drives in my small fire resistant safe. My only real complaint is that it seems to make a little bit of noise but then again, this is not a flash drive/solid state drive, it is a mechanical hard drive with moving parts so of course it will make a little bit of noise. It’s noticeable, but definitely not annoying.
Henry Schowalter (verified owner) –
between 2 TB and 5 TB Hard Drives. The 5 TB requires more power. Did not know this and when the information on the drive was not showing up it required a call to technical support. They were great to deal with and helped me with my problem. My drive works perfectly now.
Alek Waters (verified owner) –
This is my third Passport Drive; so far they have all worked flawlessly. And B&H has once again been a pleasure to deal with.
Jeremy Morar (verified owner) –
Had a WD My Book that I was using for a Time Machine Backup. It had taken a couple of tumbles and I felt it was time to replace it. This is a lot smaller than the My Book. Decent transfer rate for the price. Would buy again
Shany Green (verified owner) –
Well if you aren’t getting 2 TB and above drives these days you may find that you can’t quite get the job done. I loved the color. Everything works great!
Erik O’Reilly (verified owner) –
No complaints, works well with MacBook Pro. Plug it in and it works…
Laverne Stehr (verified owner) –
Smaller than my last Passport with twice the capacity.
Graciela Monahan (verified owner) –
I use my Western Digital 1TB to backup my Mac. It is waaaaay faster than other external drives!!! With its USB 3.0 the transfer speeds are jsut incredible!!!
Marge Macejkovic (verified owner) –
We used this drive to capture video from multiple tape formats. The drive was formatted properly out of the box and performed perfectly.
Fidel Leffler (verified owner) –
I’ve been looking for a larger portable USB drive as the last piece of my photography storage and backup solution. I really wish they made an 8TB model but the 5TB capacity is certainly a welcome improvement over the 4TB models. I have two WD MyCloud devices that I use for storing my photo images. RAW files go on one device and my Lightroom DNG files on the second. I then synch each of those to a WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra for on-site backup. I also wanted to have an off-site backup copy. I’ve tried cloud options but in spite of having 250+ GBps download speeds my upload is terribly slow and it’s not practical to synch. This 5TB WD Passport solves the problem. I connect it to the back of the EX2 and use the built-in USB backup tool. You can set it in synch mode so it only backs up changes, or you can do a full copy. Once the backup is done, I take the Passport to my office then bring it back every month to update. This way I have redundancy from disc failure, device failure and a location disaster. It’s a little bit of manual work but worth it.
Danny Kohler (verified owner) –
I plugged the Passport into my Mac, followed the online directions and Time Machine did the rest. The compactness of the Passport make carrying it easy.
Darrick Windler (verified owner) –
Plug and play ,rock and roll!
Benny Turcotte (verified owner) –
Fit in your pocket and is relatively fast
Jacinto Weber (verified owner) –
This HDD is fast. I tried to copy/past 5.4GB archive file from my LenovoThinkPad e550 (16GB RAM DDR3 / Intel core i7 5500 CPU @ 2.40 GH X 2 / HDD 1TB ext4 file system) to this WD 5TB My Passport HDD. Process needed 1 minute & 9 seconds. The same process needed 14 seconds when I repeat it with Sansung SSD SATA3 2.5 inch 870 EVO connected to my laptop externally via Orico SATA3 external enclosure. In both cases I connected externally located disk to built-in USB 3.0 port of my Lenovo. I think it is excellent speed for HDD with data transfer speed of 5Gib/sec to complete copy/past of 5.4GB file over 1 minute & 9 seconds. Combining this with it’s size (5TB) it’s price (109$) is cheep !
Reyes Larkin (verified owner) –
Works well, plug & play. Increased capacity of P/S 4 was 500GB, now can get many games with out deleting others.