While shopping for a portable USB 3.0 external hard drive, customers have lots of things to consider. It should be sleek, easy to use, light weight and should have an abundant storage capacity. Keeping all this thing in mind, Western Digital has come out with its latest addition. Western Digital My Passport Essential 1TB HDD is a small portable hard drive that can be easily identified because of the WD logo embossed on it. Moreover, it is the only hard drive with a massive 1TB space and doesn’t need any external AC adapter. The hard drive has an interface that allows it to be connected by USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. The drive helps you access and save files three times faster when connected to USB 3.0. As the name suggests, it has a storage capacity of 1TB which is definitely huge but it weighs only 7.2 ounces. Having 1 terabyte space means 75 Hours of digital video, more than 2 million songs and around 200 DVD movies. My Passport Essential comes with single platter drive with an average read speed of 74.7MB/S and writing speed of 56.6MB/s. They are available in four colors; black, blue, red and silver.

My Passport Essential 1TB HDD is bundled with Smartware software that works fine with windows and MAC. These drives come formatted for Windows NTFS format only and if you need to use it on Mac you have to reformat for HFS+ or FAT32. This software automatically launches on your system the first time it is connected. This offers an automatic backup with a visual interface that shows the backed up data. The software will keep you up to date on the backup progress by visualizing the data that has already been copied. Restoring files is also easy when using Western digital software. Versioning is another option that one needs to set manually by which you can back up numerous versions of data based on time stamps. This HDD also offers encryption of 256 bit that locks the drive with password protection and avoids unauthorized access and theft of data. The package from western digital comes with a portable hard drive, WD smartware software, USB cable and a quick installation guide.

It is an outstanding storage device for the users who need to carry a lot of data with them. It is too small to easily fit into a packet or a hand bag. Portable devices have always been popular and Western digital is a brand name for providing the best storage solutions. They are becoming extremely popular by making use of advanced technology and their expertise. Western Digital My Passport Essential 1TB HDD is a high capacity storage drive that gives you abundant space besides being compact and sleek. This is certainly one of the most liberally designed portable hard drives available in the market today that perform multiple backing, encryption and display function. My Passport essential delivers excellent performance at a lower cost but its performance might vary depending on the hardware and system configuration of the user. Overall, a 5 star rated device which can be really amazing to use.