WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black

I want to correct the false information left in many reviews from people that simply don't understand what they have bought or how to use it. There is nothing wrong with the speed or size of this hard drive, let me explain. A common complaint is that they have bought a 5TB drive and only got 4.5TB. That's how hard drives are made and it has been for decades since they were first designed. Yes, a 5TB drive will only have 4.5TB in the same way a 32GB memory card will only have around 27GB. It isn't a rip-off or a con, that's how they're measured. I've seen ludicrous things like people asking Amazon to send them the missing 0.5 TB in the post (?) or complaining that if they bought 6 apples then they wouldn't expect to only get 5. True, but would you eat ALL of each apple? Even the core? No, there's nearly always a bit of waste in anything you buy. As for the speed, it transfers data at the rate of a steady 121MB per second as you can see from the image I have uploaded. The reason people get lower speeds is that they've plugged it into a USB 2.0 port instead of a USB 3.0. Look for a blue USB port, plug it in there and the speed will be fine! If you have a green port then that's fast too. I've had no issues at all with speed at all, despite this drive drawing all of its power from the PC. People complain about how slow it is when it's plugged into USB 3.0 because it has very low speeds when they're copying lots of files. Again, this is the user not understanding how hard drives work. They will always copy big files faster than lots of small files. Think of it like me tasking you with carrying a big box from one side of the room to another. It may be heavy but it's just one thing to move. Now imagine me tasking you with carrying 100 tiny boxes from one side of the room to the other, being able to only carry one box at a time. It will take you longer because you have to keep going back and forth - just like a hard drive does! There is nothing wrong with this drive at all. It's fast and so small it fits in a shirt pocket. I didn't have to do any set-up at all, just plug it in and off I went. There was the usual Windows error message saying the drive had errors but then when you click to repair the drive" it says it doesn't need repairing because there are no errors! That's a quirk of Windows 10 that I have with every drive I ever plug it. Buy it and enjoy it - it's great!

Brilliant - great price for the storage on this device

This formatted easily for a MacBook backup drive - which enables Apple's "Time Machine" app to make the contents searchable. The device is small, runs quiet and works well for me if you aren't needing ultra quick access to the contents as the value per TB is about the best for a 'big name' brand disk in May 2026 for a portable drive. Only thing - this comes without a bag - in the past my new external HDDs used to come with a small sleeve to keep the dust and fluff out of the USB contacts. So factor in the cost of that when drawing up your shortlist.

First delivery of this was a dead disk. The device light comes on when connected but no further interaction - all manners of connection failed across multiple desktops and laptops. Nothing audible nor any signs of movement. Got on to product support and they agreed disk is faulty and sent out a replacement. The replacement works fine - connects first time. So now I got 5TB in a single disk, hurray. Noted what other reviews said about the connection cable, I will try get a better quality one to try - speed is poorly. Between another USB 3 disk ("X") via the desktop to this 5TB disk (type C), over the same USB powered hub (100w), the speed maxed at 30MB/s, with a bit of 31. Slightly slower speed, averaging about 22MB/s when copying from same 5TB disk to itself. Maybe 5400rpm answers it. This is copying 120GB folders and files. I am after the capacity, much less about the speed. Further tests, copying from X drive to internal SATA disk on another computer over the same LAN, the speed peaked about 40MB/s, mostly in the region of 32MB/s. Copying back to the same SATA disk peaked at 82MB/s, mostly 45MB/s. The SATA disk is for storage rather than speed, 5400rpm. While writing this, I also discovered that using my alternative type c cable (not sure if it is better or worse than the supplied short cable), along with the type c - A adaptor, has been stable, compared to (a) the same cable and adaptor to the usb port on the front panel (motherboard header), and (b) the same cable on to the type c, front panel on mb header. In both cases of (a) and (b), the drive "disappeared" / disconnected when not in use for say 2-3 minutes. I assume that's because of the quality of the cable and lack of power. Using the powered USB hub solved the problem. But next on shopping list is a good quality type c cable. Happy to give 5 star however for many people speed will be important. In longer term with larger capacity, this disk with its speed will quickly rank near bottom. When I start using this for live reading and writing video processing and scratch temp it will struggle to keep up. So, 4 star. --Update-- With a new 100w type c cable : --- On type c header on motherboard, - copying from from the X drive to the 5TB, this peaked at 40MB/s, with a bit of 41, - writing back to the 5TB (copying) peaks at just over 13MB/s (didn't achieve the 22MB/s above) --- On type C with USB adaptor into the 100w powered USB hub - copying X to 5TB: surprisingly, this time it is peaking 20MB/s (second test, same outcome) - copying 5TB to itself: also just over 13MB/s Rather confused with the lower speed with the new type c cable. Is it doing some load balancing / queueing. I then tried copying one file 565GB from same X drive to the 5TB (over 100w hub), peak is 20MB/s. Copying the file to 5TB itself, same as above, just over 13MB/s. Not sure what to make of it. A big tanker indeed but not sailing in a rush.

Best Item i have bought this year. Simple to use simply plug in and play/use. reliable and portable just as it says also not really noticed any noise from it either.

Great external hard drives. I own many of them and they never fail me.

Great size looks and feels great does the job very quiet

Very disappointed in this purchase. This is not a plug and play item. You have to download software to use and give it access to all sorts on your computer, along with reducing your security levels on your computer in order to give it access to what it wants. Even after a complex attempt to do all this, it still would not work on my MacBook. To add more annoyance, in order to delete the software that did download, you have to follow instructions on the WD website and download their uninstall software to be able to delete what is downloaded. On top of that, there is a list of hidden files you have to find and delete on your laptop. The whole process was ridiculously complicated, when my old WD passport still just plugs in and away you go. WD have made this too complicated and require too much access and downloads just to use this drive. So annoyed I went through the whole process just for it to not work anyway. I would not recommend this drive. Find a plug and play drive and save yourself all this hassle. I would also not recommend this for MacBook. Sent back for refund.

Muito bom, a qualidade do produto é boa e a concha é bonita.

Tamaño perfecto para llevártelo de viaje y bastante almacenamiento, yo lo uso para mí móvil y va perfecto super rápida la transferencia de datos también.

This is yet another small miracle in my working life, to have this tool for making an orderly and permanent record of over 40 years of my projects on a no muss/no fuss basis. It took only two 16-hour days to sort out, if you can believe that. This little critter just burped and asked for more. Thank you, Western Digital.

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