My Passport
Portable Hard Drives
Product Features
Product Specications
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As used for storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabit per second (Mb/s) = one million bits per second, and
gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
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Ultra-fast transfer rates
When connected to a USB 3.0 port,
My Passport portable hard drives let
you access and save les with blazing
speed. Reduce transfer time by up to
3 times when compared to USB 2.0
transfer rates.
Performance may vary based on user’s
hardware and system conguration.
USB 3.0 and USB 2.0
compatibility
With this single drive you get compatibility
with your USB 2.0 devices today and the
ultra-fast speed of USB 3.0 when you’re
ready to step up to the next generation.
High capacity, small design
Offering up to 2 TB capacity in a
compact drive, My Passport is the
ideal companion for anyone with lots
of videos, photos, music and les that
they want to help protect and take on
the road.
USB-powered
Powered directly from the USB port on
your PC. No separate power supply is
needed.
Automatic, continuous backup
WD SmartWare automatic backup
software works quietly in the background
to help protect your data using minimal
PC resources. Whenever you add or
change a le, it’s instantly backed up.
WD Security
™
WD Security allows you to set password
protection and hardware encryption for
your drive to help protect your les from
unauthorized use or access.
WD Drive Utilities
™
Register your drive, set drive timer,
run diagnostics and more using
WD Drive Utilities.
USB 3.0 transfers les up to 3x faster than USB 2.0*
*When connected to a USB 2.0 interface data transfers will occur at USB 2.0 speeds.
With USB 3.0
54 seconds
500 Photos
With USB 2.0
2 minutes 2 seconds
With USB 3.0
4 minutes
2000 Songs
With USB 2.0
8 minutes 27 seconds
With USB 3.0
4 minutes 50 seconds
2-hour HD Movie
With USB 2.0
14 minutes 27 seconds
CAPACITIES AND MODELS DIMENSIONS
500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB 500 GB 750 GB and 1 TB 2 TB
Midnight Black
Metallic Blue
Metallic Red
Cool Silver
Arctic White
WDBKXHxxxxxBK / WBBBEPxxxxxBK/
WDBY8LxxxxBBK
WDBKXHxxxxxBL / WBBBEPxxxxxBL/
WDBY8LxxxxBBL
WDBKXHxxxxxRD / WBBBEPxxxxxRD/
WDBY8LxxxxBRD
WDBKXHxxxxxSL / WBBBEPxxxxxSL /
WDBY8LxxxxBSL
WDBKXHxxxxxWT / WBBBEPxxxxxWT
Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
0.60 in (15 mm)
4.37 in (111 mm)
3.24 in (82 mm)
0.30 lb (0.14 kg)
Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
0.70 in (19 mm)
4.37 in (111 mm)
3.24 in (82 mm)
0.43 lb (0.19 kg)
Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
0.82 in (21 mm)
4.37 in (111 mm)
3.24 in (82 mm)
0.51 lb (0.23 kg)
INTERFACE OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY LIMITED WARRANTY
USB 3.0 (backward compatible with USB 2.0) Data transfer rate:
1
Up to 5 Gb/s
in USB 3.0 mode and up to 480
Mb/s in USB 2.0 mode
Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C
1
A USB 3.0 host and USB 3.0 certied cable are
required to obtain USB 3.0 performance rate.
Formatted NTFS for Windows
®
XP, Windows Vista
®
, Windows 7
and Windows 8
Requires reformatting for
Mac OS
®
X
2 years
3 years
Americas/EMEA
APAC/Japan
PACKAGE CONTENTS
Portable hard drive
USB cable
WD SmartWare backup software
Quick Install Guide
