Questions about WD My Passport

The enclosure contains a special WD blue 4 TB HDD, which is not designed for continuous operation. As a cheap network drive on a router, I would use a WD red in an external housing. Or then just a real NAS for about 100 more. I would never use it as an external hard drive on a NAS. Firstly, it will then run permanently again, and secondly, it has a proprietary USB3 connection; i.e. I cannot integrate it into the NAS as a RAID. However, it is certainly suitable as a (manual) backup for a NAS that is connected when needed.

This cable does not work. However, a cable is included with the My Passport and it works on USB-C!

If you format an external data medium (hard disk, stick, etc.) with exFAT, you can read and write to it both on Mac devices with OSX from 10.6.5 (Snow Leopard) and on Windows from Win7. The disc probably comes pre-formatted with NTFS. It is best to format the disc under Windows with the exFAT file system.

Yes, that is possible.

Thank you very much for pointing this out! We will be happy to have the price checked by the relevant department.

Yes, just format it in the format of your choice the first time you use it.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm using it in a Linux environment in which it is formatted as EXT4. I would say that any USB3 compatible drive should work on the box, provided the file system is compatible (so probably FAT32 in theory, but more probably NTFS and maybe HPFS). As for Time Machine, I can't say for sure. It came formatted as NTFS, is not loud at all and does the job well.

Yes, and probably also different purchase quantities and possibly also different suppliers. The colour black is therefore likely to be the most favourably priced for various electronic products.

Hello Bgrunder If this HD is formatted for a Mac, the pre-installed WD software can no longer be used. However, there is a Mac version of this hard disk. WD My Passport for Mac (4000GB) This also contains the corresponding software for the Mac. Greetings neptune88

Not to my knowledge, for this I use Bitlocker in Windows

The hard drive has built-in Windows software that allows the drive to be encrypted. However, be sure to remember the password if you intend to use it, because if you lose the password, the data cannot be recovered.

Simple answer: Yes.

Yes, you can check the following two things: Is it recognised in the BIOS? If yes --> check in the disk management (subitem in the compute management, just enter in the windows search) if it is listed, maybe as not formatted/allocated medium, then you can create this there.

It should be, it has had no problems connection every device i own. Smart tv, pc, laptop etc.

Yes, USB is fully up/downwards compatible

According to earlier contributions approx. 80 - 90 MB/s

Maybe this product will help you: Seagate Game Drive for Playstation 1TB SSHD (PS3, PS4)

Hey TheRealBeaky Yes, you can use this drive as a backup drive for your NAS. My recommendation is that you do not connect it 24/7. That way it would not be secured against a virus attack. Just connect it to your NAS once a week. Greetings

Unfortunately, I can't tell you what kind of HDD is under the casing. You can't simply open the case. I got write rates of between 80 MB/s and 90 MB/s on a USB 3.0 port. Other buyers came up with similar values. Here is an external test report: http://www.allround-pc.com/artikel/speicherprodukte/2016/test-wd-my-passport-4tb Greetings, neptun88

The WD Discovery software recognises the hard drive when it is connected to a USB 3.0 port on the PC with Windows 7 or newer. On a Mac, it would have to be reformatted on the Mac, but then access via the Internet Box might no longer be possible. As long as the hard drive is connected to the Internet box, the hard drive is accessed from the PC via the network, but not with the WD Discovery software, but from Windows as network storage. So the question is, is it a current Windows? Otherwise, the hard disk can still be accessed via the network at the Internet box. The only restriction is that encryption, which requires the WD Discovery software, is no longer possible.

Yes, PDF works.

Hello! It is usually about 40 centimetres long :)

Produktkategorie: Externe Festplatte Festplatte ist HDD SSD ist nicht Festplatte Externe SSD: https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/producttype/externe-ssd-2591

I think this is a mistake, because at least 2 hard disks are needed for a RAID and this will never fit into this enclosure.

Can be used on the Mac without any problems. The HD is pre-formatted for Windows, but is recognised by the Mac without any problems. Since I only use my external HDs on the Mac and don't need the software on them, I partition them with HFS+ using Disk Utility. It's quick and works without problems.

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