WD - Elements 1TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

This particular product extends and surpasses the expectation of storage, connectivity, and size. I use this product to store my pics and videos. I have very large database of pics and it keeps adding every week. It is very easy and fast to transfer pics from laptop to this hard drive. This portable hard drive is very sturdy and works perfectly fine even after a drop on the floor. It does come with the Cable. Great price and great customer service from WD. When you buy this particular product from the best buy make sure about the return policy (If you ever have to return or if you don't like this product, which might be unusual) for this product.

Hard drive does not have firmware upgrade to allow it to play with my Samsung LED 55in TV. So, this hard drive shows no videos after plugged into multiple USB ports on TV. It will only show videos on my laptop and other computers. I returned the item back to store.

So far, this Western Digital drive has been great. Very fast. I use it on my macbook pro - just reformat it and start using. It seems a little noisier than some other drives I have. Not much, just a little. Also, the cable that comes with it is very short. I love that the WD drive comes with a 3 tear warrantee. I'll give an updte in 3 years to see if it really lasts that long.

I was looking at getting a flashdrive, but to get decent speeds, I'd have to spend over $50. This drive came on sale for just $40 and I had to snag it. It's very small, looks well made, and transfers quickly.

I got this on sale just to keep some extra files from slowing down my computer and to use partially as a backup. It is super compact, carries a great amount of storage, and came at a great price.

I have two computers in different parts of the house. I have all my files stored on an external hard drive next to my main desk top computer. I wanted the same setup with my downstairs laptop. I copied the upstairs external drive to the small WD 1 TB USB 3 unit and it works fine whenever I want to look up something from the past with my laptop. I wouldn't be able to store all that information on the laptop's rather low capacity hard drive.

Note: I HAVE tested this hard drive on BOTH PC & MAC operating systems, and they both work immaculately well. If need be, sometimes it is recommend to partition your hard drive BEFORE you test your hard drives on different platforms.* This hard drive is a steal. Not only is it compact, but it gets the job done when it comes to placing files within the hard drive, and making life a breeze. Be mindful that sometimes older computers cannot detect 3.0 based usbs for devices, but this one is quite helpful in both 3.0 and 2.0 ports. If you're not sure that the device isn't being read by your computer, simply shut down the computer (Not just the restart button), and power your computer back on. I can guarantee you, your issues will be resolved. So far, have had this 1TB drive for well over a month, and I can confidently say, that Western Digital is not only one of the best company's out there today, but the do make quality products.

I missed the $39.95 sale on this by a day, and so took advantage of a coupon that reduced it to $44.95 - which is a good price for a TB of portable storage. Item just plugs in and works on Windows, no surprises; it transfers data at the speed I expect more or less, and just does what I want for my portable storage needs. This is my 3rd WD MyPassport, 500GB, 1TB and 1TB, and I use them on multiple machines in multiple locations, plus use them for backing up (routinely) and transferring data (when setting up a new machine)