The tiny hole near it is an activity LED indicator. The port you see from the first picture is the USB 3.0 port. It has a thickness of only 0.48 inches and weighs around 0.30 pounds. The WD My Passport Slim is relatively small and slim. There are no rubber feets but it would be nice to have them to avoid accidental slipping of the drive. The top portion of the My Passport Slim, as well as the bottom portion is made of aluminum.
The package includes the portable hard drive itself, a USB3.0 cable, a soft pouch, and a quick install guide. The WD My Passport Slim 1TB comes in a nice small packaging. Warranty: 3-year warranty Packaging and Closer Look
WD My Passport Slim SpecificationsĬapacity: 1TB (WDBGMT0010BAL) and 2TB (WDBPDZ0020BAL)Ĭompatibility: Formatted NTFS for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating systems Requires reformatting for Mac OS X You can install a clue to help you remember your password. Forgetting your password is already equivalent to losing all your date in this drive. But make sure to remember the password because WD has no way of retrieving the password if ever you forget it. Setting up a password will automatically enable the 256-bit hardware encryption. You can also set a password on the My Passport Slim, so that no one but you can access the files within the drive.
Aside from the slim body and nice aluminum enclosure, the My Passport Slim also comes with diagnostic tool (WD Utilities) and software like the WD Smartware Pro – an automatic backup software that works quietly in the background to help protect your data using minimal PC resources. It doesn’t need an external power to run this drive, since it is powered via the USB connection. This portable drive uses a USB 3.0 connection, and it is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. It is ideal for backing up your PC or laptop, or if you have lots of files (or large data files) that you want to transfer or bring with you. Just like any other external drive or USB flash drive, it acts as an extension or your PC or laptops’ internal storage. Below I’ll show you what is inside the enclosure.
The WD My Passport Slim 1TB is basically an external hard drive enclosed in a slim aluminum enclosure. Please continue reading my review below and find out if this portable drive is for you. The specific model and capacity that I am going to review is the WD My Passport Slim 1TB WDBGMT0010BAL. It’s one of their newer portable storage drive, featuring a slim body compared to its predecessors, an aluminum enclosure, uses USB 3.0 connectivity, has cloud backup feature and comes with a 256-bit hardware encryption protection. Today, let’s take a look at one of Western Digital’s mobile storage solution – the WD My Passport Slim.