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- Top features: – Keep your files and folders safe with back up and encryption software – Rapid transfer rates up to 5 GB per second – Smart and compact design Keep your files and folders safeDon’t be fooled by the compact WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive. Its 1 TB storage and ultra-fast USB 3.0 transfer make it a must-have storage device. WD’s backup software ensures important data and files are regularly saved to your system on the schedule you choose. You’re safe in the knowledge that you don’t have to worry about data recovery.With optional 256-bit AES hardware encryption, WD Security software and password protection, your files are safe and private. You can add a ÛÏreturn-if-foundÛ message as the password prompt just in case.Transfer files rapidlyUSB 3.0 offers rapid transfer rates, and the WD My Passport Hard Drive can move files at up to 5 GB per second, so you aren’t left waiting for long.My Passport is compatible with USB 2.0 connections and transfers at up to 480 MB per second.Sleek and reliableThe Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive comes with a three-year warranty for your peace of mind, and packs a punch for a device which fits into the palm of the hand.
- Product codes: 718037853512
- Model number: 10154424
- Product ID 1: 3704358213
- Product ID 2: 10154424
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WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive is available currently from Currys for just £59.99, which is a great deal but we’re going to dive a little deeper into the price to explain why it’s such a good deal.
To help understand the average price you should expect to pay for External hard drives we analysed the price of every product in that category. The average was £92.35. But perhaps more importantly you’d also want to know what you would expect to pay for a particular brand, so we also analysed the average price you would pay for a product from WD. The average was £107.67. But that perhaps isn’t the fairest analysis because we know that WD make more than just External hard drives. So we went a step further and analysed the average price of WD External hard drives, this was £101.08. So you can see that WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive is a bargain at £59.99. Especially when you look at the table below which shows you the average price of products with certain features and specs. For example you’d expect to pay £102.30 for a product meeting the Type: Portable hard drive spec.
Specification / Price Comparison
| Feature | Spec | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Portable hard drive | The average price of External hard drives with this Type spec is £79.09 |
| Capacity | 1 TB | The average price of External hard drives with this Capacity spec is £102.30 |
| Power supply | USB | The average price of External hard drives with this Power supply spec is £236.66 |
| Device compatibility | Windows | The average price of External hard drives with this Device compatibility spec is £110.39 |
| Wired connections | USB 3.0 x 1 | The average price of External hard drives with this Wired connections spec is £74.40 |
| Password protection | Yes | The average price of External hard drives with this Password protection spec is £65.24 |
| Data encryption | 256-bit AES | The average price of External hard drives with this Data encryption spec is £74.99 |
| Automatic backup | Yes | The average price of External hard drives with this Automatic backup spec is £108.17 |
| System requirements | Windows 7 or later | The average price of External hard drives with this System requirements spec is £100.74 |
| Software included | – WD backup software – WD Drive utilities – WD security software |
The average price of External hard drives with this Software included spec is £67.49 |
| Colour | Blue | The average price of External hard drives with this Colour spec is £117.46 |
| Box contents | – WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive – USB 3.0 cable – Quick install guide |
The average price of External hard drives with this Box contents spec is £67.49 |
| Dimensions | 110 x 81.5 x 16.3 mm (H x W x D) | The average price of External hard drives with this Dimensions spec is £67.49 |
| Weight | 170 g | The average price of External hard drives with this Weight spec is £89.74 |
| Manufacturer’s guarantee | 3 years | The average price of External hard drives with this Manufacturer’s guarantee spec is £169.21 |
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Reviews of WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive
Reading customer reviews will of course be a big part of your decision on whether to buy WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive or another alternative. We’d advise reading reviews from trusted sources like ao.com or Currys, for the obvious reason that you know the people adding the reviews are verified buyers. Likewise we also suggest only buying from trusted online sources too, chances are, if you’ve found a deal that seems too good to be true, it probably is. Having a quick reference score/rating is also really useful as a benchmark to deciding between two products, we provide a score out of 10 for our reviews based on customer feedback from Currys. WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive scored an incredible 8.9 out of 10, thanks to the feedback from 12 customer reviews. You can read these by clicking the “Read Full Review” button that’s hovering on the bottom of your screen now.
Alternatives to WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive
As you can imagine, there’s absolutely loads of choice when it comes to buying External hard drives. In fact there’s 39 products available in the External hard drives category at Currys. There are also 25 products available from WD. And 11 items from WD in the External hard drives category. So it’s not surprising that many people feel overwhelmed by choice, our advice is to not get too bogged down in comparing every product out there. Instead choose a brand, style, budget and pick some key features that you consider to be a ‘must’ as that will really help you to filter down the amount of choice available.
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