It may not connect and you might experience the same problems that I have. Beware of using this drive on an older computer. Other devices using either USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 can connect directly to my desktop computer but not the Passport. My desktop computer has no problems with other SATA drives nor problems with Seagate USB 2.0 drives from 500 gigs to 2 terabyte capacities. Since I wanted to use the drive as a storage only unit to transfer files from my desktop computer's two terabyte drive to the new one terabyte Passport, I had to use a network transfer from my desktop computer to the laptop and then to the Passport. I had to manually prevent the drive from backing up all the files on my laptop.
WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SLOW WINDOWS 7
When I connected it to my laptop with Windows 7 Pro, 64bit, it worked just like it should and showed that it was pre-formatted. My Windows 7 Pro, 32bit computer only wanted to format the drive and the management on the computer said that the drive had a RAW format. I could not get it to connect at all on my desktop computer, despite the presence of both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports.
The specifications say that while is has USB 3.0, it will also work with USB 2.0.
It is designed to be used as an automatic backup unit for a computer, automatically backing up files with the included utilities pre-loaded onto the Passport. The drive came pre-formatted and, while most drives lose about 10 percent of their capacity when formatted, the Passport had near 100 percent of the specified one terabyte capacity available. With a new, stylish design that fits in the palm of your hand, there’s space to store, organize, and share your photos, videos, music, and documents.
WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SLOW PORTABLE
While the media player had it's problems, once I got the player to recognize the hard drive, the drive worked just like it should. My Passport Portable Storage wd.com The My Passport drive is trusted, portable storage that gives you the confidence and freedom to drive forward in life. This is due in part to its small SLC cache. I purchased this to use with a media player. The WD My Passport SSD serves up fast performance when it reads back large files, but it falls behind the test pool during the large file copy tests. When you finally get it to interface to a computer or other device, it works just as specified.
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