Great price and thanks to Skido
Enjoy :)
About this item
- A tough SSD drive built to travel
- Compact and integrated
- Worry-free portability
- Compatible with PC or Mac computer
- Includes automatic backup software1 for Windows
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This series is pricy!
nice work
Not bad, I heard it’s not so great in the enclosure but good if you want to shuck it for the internal m.2 drive
The Samsung T5 2TB was $200 recently which is much better for an external SSD but if you shucked it you got an mSATA drive
After my previous WD drive died with the dreaded click of death, no more WD for me.
Does anyone know if this series is resilient to it?
It's an SSD, so it's not going to click…
I can guarantee 100% you won’t get the dreaded click of death from this one!
Thanks guys :( Still need to take it to a recovery center.
You shouldn’t ever store anything important on a single physical media. Put important stuff on two things or store it in cloud.
if you trust the privacy of MS, Google, Apple, etc.
same thing happened to me. WD drive. I lost 3 years of photos. WD wanted $1500 to 'recover' at their centre. I said no.
If this is anything like the 500GB model the write speeds are awful, 150MB/s.
I presume the same, can’t just miraculously be so much better being the same type
Still better than the one I got from Amazon when they cancelled my order. I got a $10 credit for my troubles.
they canceled mine too but I didn't get the $10.
I had to chat with them for that to happen.
First they said "It's not available anymore."
So I sent the URL that showed it available.
Then they said, "Supply and demand, third party seller."
I then linked them to Amazon AU having it in stock and selling it as well.
I then said, "What's the point of taking the order if you're not going to fill it?"
He then said he would send to the proper department and offered me $10 piss off money.
@Daabido: that's neat. But they used to automatically offer some credit without you haggling for it. Yes, even if they are unable to locate stock anymore.
150? Mine never goes above 75MB/s on average. Garbage SSD drive
that's worse than my mechanical HDDs.
Yep my mechanical gets 111MB/s
I found the write speeds on my 500GB model were as low as 85MB/s lol
build-in cable, I don't recommend. cable easy broken, more chance lost all data,
Losing all data because of a broken cable sounds a bit like exaggeration. You can open the enclosure and put the drive into another one.
assuming it's not soldered in. Sometimes it is. You'd best check.
It isn't, see Clear's comment above about it being shuckable
picked up my $50 officeworks one today, and thought the same thing about this cable - it looks like a big point of weakness.
That's not true. It's a USB-C to USB-A cable so you could crack open the case and stick a new one in. Or alternatively take the M.2 SSD out.
My 500 GB wd passport ssd keeps disconnecting, anyone know a fix?
Not sure about yours but I had the same problem. The issue goes away once I put it high enough beyond my 2 yo’s reach.
No I just got mine too.
Check if the are signs of oxidation on the usb connector and pins.
Otherwise it could be your USB port too lose.
is it plugged into a fast enough port? Is it being shared in a hub with other devices?
I plugged into the front port of my tower.
Try the ports behind the tower. Specifically look for blue coloured ports or ports with word SS and power sign.
How does an NVMe drive only reach 400 MBps?
It's not an NVMe drive, nowhere does it state that :) It's a SATA SSD in an enclosure
Ah yes, you're right. M.2 format but only SATA.
I bought a 500GB version of the exact same thing for $49!! from Office Works. It's fantastic,
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/wd-500gb-m…
Sorry, I don't find it cheap at all !