Western Digital Passport 120 GB 2.5inch Portable Drive

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Review: Western Digital Passport 120 GB 2.5inch Portable Drive



Hey guys today I was on a hunt for a portable solution to shift my download’s to my laptop and was in the market looking for a external hard drive.

I had a few options in my mind:



A – Seagate Free Agent – 120 GB – 4200 Rs.

B – Hitachi / Wd Laptop HDD + Transcend Casing – 3250 Rs + 700 Rs.

C – WD Passport – 3600 Rs.

I opted for the cheapest option, I could have saved a little more by going for the laptop hard disk along with a cheap 150 Rs casing but I preferred the WD passport.

[BREAK=Specifications, Dimensions, Design]

I had clicked some snaps , but I am not able to upload them as of now some problem with VISTA not detecting my phone for some reason as of now. Well I took the snaps from the net that is why which I am posting here.





Here are the specifications and dimensions of the drive



Performance Specifications

Serial Transfer Rate

USB 2.0

Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mbits/s (Max)

Physical Specifications

Capacity 120 GB

Interface USB 2.0

Physical Dimensions

English

Height 0.590 Inches (Max)

Length 5.110 Inches (Max)

Width 3.14 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)

Weight 0.23 Pounds



The drive looks all sleek with a nice glossy finish but is very prone to fingerprints. Overall it looks all nice drive to be with.

[BREAK=Benchmarks Thoughts & Conclusion]



Here is the benchmark on HD TUNE .





The drive as you see goes at a fairly nice average transfer rate of 32.6 Mb/sec which is quite satisfying for a USB 2.0 drive.



The wd drive is a nice package over all. At a very good price compared to its competition it offers great value for money. Bundled with a USB cable which is very short and does not come along with any carrying case are the only drawbacks in the entire deal.

The drive comes preloaded with WD SYNC which is a nice utility for back up and has 128 bit password encryption option also.
 
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Thanks for the review. Do add some real world file transfer testing if possible :)

BTW what other capacities is this drive available in? I was looking for something between 40 and 80 GB, does anybody know the prices?
 
^ Prices for the 80 gb were insane for some reason at the moment 3350 but am sure i was qouted wrongly. The 160gb one was for 4700 rs. WD.
 
I bought a transcend casing from lamington road for 450 bucks.So a 120 GB Seagate/WD with casing would cost somewhere around 3700.

Cost of 80 GB Hitachi was approx 2250 few days back and that of 100 GB was 2500.Add to that a transcend casing and you are good to do.
 
even i was qouted 2600 rs 1st for the 80 gb WD passport , but then in 5mins i dont know it ran out of stock or what he told me 3350 . I feel much better with already cased drives as such . plus the DRIVE IS MADE IN THILAND with 3 years warranty. the 80 gb laptop HDD was 2200 bucks. and for the 120 gb were 3300 rs.
 
congratulations on the purchase buddy. so its easier for me now, i will take all the movies on your new purchase instead of bringing in dvds, :)
 
stormblast said:
nice review. any idea how much 80gb & 160gb will cost. will be really helpfull.
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160 is for 5100 here.
better get the hitachi 5k160 160gb hdd + a transcend casing, works out to be slightly cheaper and you get 5 years warranty compared to 3 yrs for the passport
 
sydras said:
Better in what way?
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The seagate drive comes with a feature where in u can install applications before hand on the drive and use it on multiple computers without installing them. Its very similar to the software the sandisk flash drives come with. But i find the feature quite nice, also there is a small rectangle on the front of the drive with an orange led which blinks whenever the hard disk is reading/writing, looks awesome unlike the wd passport drive :D

And reliability wise also seagate drives are better compared to wd :P
 
apollyon said:
160 is for 5100 here.

better get the hitachi 5k160 160gb hdd + a transcend casing, works out to be slightly cheaper and you get 5 years warranty compared to 3 yrs for the passport
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the transcend casing has 1 year warranty afaik. the WD PASSPORT 160gb was 4.7 k all inclusive making it still a cheaper buy.
^ and how is seagate better in what sense ? better speeds ? ? or what. could you enlighten me so that next time i may be opt for that because this wont last very long for my needs i need more space all the time
 
Forgot to add one more benefit of buying the freeagent pro is that you get a 5 year warranty compared to the 3 year warranty from wd.
 
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