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Compact size with a large capacity
The Western Digital Passport line of hard drives is excellent. After using a 160 GB hard drive for 6 months, I realized that the reliability and ease of use of this drive was hard to resist. Priced competitively to other manufacturers, it has a great value.
I purchased the 250 GB hard drive to augment my portable storage to keep all of my necessary files without having to resort to finding an outlet that most external hard drives require.
The most important thing to do be...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/19/2007
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Don't believe the doubters about power consumption issues
All good reviews, but don't believe the issues with power. WinXP SP2 blocks the use of the drive because it thinks it draws too much power. But there is a simple procedure to override this (from WD site):
"Problem:
Under Windows XP, an error message of "Power Surge on Hub Port" or "USB device has exceeded the power limits of it's hub port" is displayed when connecting a USB device to a USB port on a computer or Hub.
Cause:
Under some computers, USB devices are onl...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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12/31/2007
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iPod-like Sleekness, Huge Drive- Just Plug and Save!
I'm using the 250GB Western Digital Passport to back-up files on my Macbook, which only has a 100G drive, so this is 2 1/2 times bigger.
I read a lot of reviews on different websites before purchasing this drive.
PROS:
1. Portability: The Passport is just slightly bigger than my iPod.
2. Piano black finish looks: This will be sitting on my desk most of the time and looks great next to my black Macbook.
3. Does not need an additional power block: This portable drive ta...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/22/2007
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ACTUAL OWNER OF 250GB WD PASSPORT!!
Being a medical student, its my nature to want to help others out. So this review is to help out all my friends here on Amazon interested in an 250GB Passport like I once was. Now that I own one, let me be the first ACTUAL OWNER of one to give you all an heads up about it. If you have any further questions after this review, feel free to message me on Yahoo Messenger (my ID is amitd0c2b - thats a zero in 'd0c' not the letter O).
Why do I give this external hard-drive 5 stars?
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[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/13/2007
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95%
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No Power Booster Cable
This is a very good drive but be aware that it does not work with all USB ports - a lot of them will not supply enough power to run the drive so you will need the power booster cable WDCA029RNN which connects to 2 USB ports to get enough power to the drive. The pity is that WD do not include this as standard since quite a number people buying this item will actually need it to run the drive. Would have got 5 stars were it not for this.Western Digital WDXMS2500TN Passport Portable 250GB Hard Driv...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/09/2007
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92%
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Good drive but does not work on some computers
This might be a good drive, but it is not usable on some computers. To power up, drive requires ~ 650 mA, which is more than USB on my HP laptop can provide.
USB 2.0 Power Booster cable can be used to solve that problem. It combines power from 2 USB ports, but it is currently out of stock on Western Digital store. I am not aware of any alternative solution and I could not find similar cable on the Net.
Before purchase, I would recommend:
1. Check USB settings on ...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/05/2007
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91%
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Very happy with this 'little' HDD
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) Works as described. Extremely light. Using it with a MacBook Pro as a Time Machine backup drive. There are other drives that are portable, however they need 2 USB connections - one for data and the other for power. This one works with the single cable that's included.
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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12/25/2007
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I highly DO NOT recommend this drive for portable use
If you planning on keeping this drive in one spot such as on your desk and not using it for on the go, then this drive may work out.
This drive is no passport portable device, it needs to be stable to prevent damage to its internal disk and moving parts-
I bought this drive planning to use it for school and even with careful packing in my computer case the drive still got messed up. So instead I bought a 16gb flash drive that does not have the internal moving parts like this driv...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/16/2007
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80%
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Not for Mac powerbook, or macbook (pro) users
I gave this hard drive one star for one reason only - it does not work with Mac laptop computers - other than that I have used it on a windows laptop and it works fine.
This is my story - Recently, after doing extensive research about portable hard drives, i decided to get the WD Passport 250GB drive to use with my Mac Powerbook G4. In all of the WD ads, and on their web site, they say these drives work with Macs and nowhere do they qualify this statement. I received the drive toda...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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12/24/2007
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76%
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Drive Failures Within a Week
Western Digital has always had a tremendous reputation for quality drives. I used a TEAC casing with Seagate drive for years as a portable drive without any issues.
Within a week of getting this model, the drive wouldn't spin up. The drive had been carried in a protective case and used on solid surfaces when in use--a desk, in most cases. One reviewer, Brandi, reviewed that the drive has problems when being moved--I'm not sure if the movement caused the issue or not, but if that's ...
[Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable USB Hard Drive (WDXMS2500TN) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/25/2007
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54%
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