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title: "My Passport"
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# USB 3.0 SuperSpeed 5Gbps 2TB massive storage 256-bit AES hardware encryption My Passport

**Brand:** wd
**Price:** AED 754
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Carry your digital world securely, stylishly, and at speed!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** My Passport by wd
- **How much does it cost?** AED 754 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/157530322-my-passport)

## Best For

- wd enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted wd brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Ironclad data security:** Built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection keeps your files locked tight.
- • **Turbocharged transfers:** Experience lightning-fast file backups and transfers with USB 3.0 SuperSpeed connectivity.
- • **Pocket-sized powerhouse:** Sleek, ultra-portable design fits perfectly in your palm for on-the-go productivity.
- • **Set it and forget it backup:** Automatic backup software lets you schedule hassle-free data protection on your terms.
- • **Seamless device compatibility:** Works effortlessly with PC, Xbox, and PlayStation—your digital life, everywhere.

## Overview

The WD 2TB My Passport is a compact, stylish external hard drive featuring USB 3.0 connectivity for fast data transfer, 256-bit AES hardware encryption for robust security, and preloaded backup software for effortless data management. Compatible with PCs and major gaming consoles, it offers reliable, portable storage with a 3-year warranty, making it the go-to choice for professionals who demand performance and peace of mind on the move.

## Description

Compact, stylish 2TB portable hard drive with USB 3.0 connectivity, backup software, and password protection to securely store and organize your digital content.

Review: Seems very good, so far... - This review is for the My Passport 2 TB standard version (not Ultra) - I just got this drive yesterday, and I'm a bit wary of writing such a positive review so early on, but I know if I don't do it now then I never will and I'll forget all the details. I'll definitely update it if I do start to have any problems with it later though. Be warned - this review might be very long, but there don't seem to be that many reviews of this particular model so I'd like to cover everything that would have been useful to me in case any of it helps anyone else. The reason I went for this particular drive is that I needed a portable drive of at least 2 TB, but wanted it to be as small and light as possible, so while 4 TB would have been nice, those seem quite a bit bigger and heavier and the reviews for them seem worse in terms of both performance and reliability, so decided to stick with 2 TB. All the drives I could find to have plenty of reports of them failing etc in the reviews, but the WD ones *seemed* to have less, and I get the impression that most knowledgeable people on other forums etc with experience of different drives tend to favour WD for reliability over other manufacturers these days. I almost went for the Ultra version, as my new laptop has USB-C and it does seem nicer than the extra-wide MicroUSB 3 connector, but I didn't particularly want it to be made of metal (it's just extra weight for me), and my laptop's USB-C ports are usually taken up by the charger and a hub anyway. Plus lots of reviews say the USB-C cable that comes with it is really bad, and I didn't like the choice of colours. So when I realised the standard version was £20 cheaper, available in black, and doesn't seem to have any real drawbacks apart from the wider connector (maybe the performance is slightly worse, but I'm not sure because that's not really mentioned anywhere) I decided to go for that one instead. desertcart's packaging of it wasn't great - I saw other reviews saying to order other items at the same time as a hard drive so that they get packed around it in the box, so I did, but unfortunately that didn't help because the packaging consisted of one small strip of the large air bubble type stuff placed on top of all the items, which left literally half the outer box empty for everything slide around in. Just picking up the box after it was delivered, everything loudly slid over and thudded into the other side of the box. It seems to have survived ok though (and of course it was in its own retail box which I would hope provided some protection). From looking into it I've found people saying that hard drives these days can survive huge forces as long as they're not turned on at the time, so anything that was enough to damage it in transit would have caused visible damage to the casing too (in this case even the cardboard retail box it was in doesn't have any signs of damage), and that it would be likely to not work properly at all straight away rather than just failing later. So I think it's fine. I currently have two similar-style drives - an older WD My Passport (Essential SE, apparently) 1 TB from sometime around 2010 which has a MicroUSB 2 connector, and a slightly newer Samsung M3 1 TB with MicroUSB 3 (same as this drive), so it's interesting to see how this compares to those. The first thing I noticed when unboxing it was that it is considerably smaller than either of those (about half the height, despite having double the capacity), and also noticeably lighter. So I am impressed and pleased with that - it looks very sleek, and the casing feels solid, so definitely no complaints about the plastic of the drive itself from me. When plugged in and spinning, it is slightly noisier than my Samsung M3, but still pleasantly quiet (no noticeable seeking noises at all so far, just the constant spin). And this is with a Razer Blade Stealth (late 2019) laptop which is almost completely silent when not doing much, and the drive in front of it at the moment, so I probably wouldn't be able to hear it at all if I wasn't in such a quiet environment. The cable that came with it seems to be working fine so far, but possibly is of similar bad quality to the USB-C version - it is quite stiff, possibly a bit wobbly when connected in the ports on both ends (although no loss of connection so far even when moving it) and is noticeably thinner than the cable (of the same type) that came with my Samsung M3 drive. So I might still get a better cable at some point, at least if/when this one starts to have any connection issues. In terms of performance (which I'm surprised isn't mentioned at all in the product details/marketing etc, other than I think I saw the USB 3.0 maximum speed of 5Gbit/s mentioned somewhere which is obviously ridiculous as the drive won't be capable of anywhere near that), I'm getting maximum read/write speeds of 126/116 MB/s in ATTO Disk Benchmark, and sequential read/write speeds of 138/116 MB/s in CrystalDiskMark (just as it came, with NTFS formatting and nothing on it yet). My Samsung M3 (which I remember performance being a point of when I bought it, although I hadn't been able to make full use of that until recently as my old laptop only had USB 2) seems to be maxing out at about 85 MB/s for both read and write (although with a lot more data on it, if that makes any difference), so I'm pleased with this. One issue I have with my old My Passport drive is that it always seems to spin down (to a lower speed if not completely off, I'm not sure) about 20 seconds after it was last accessed, and then takes about 5 seconds to get going when something tries to access it again, which can get very frustrating. I've tried increasing/turning off the sleep timer in both WD Drive Utilities and the Windows Power Management "Turn off hard disk after" setting, but neither makes any difference, it seems to have its own fixed internal idle timer for some sort of low-power mode which even WD's own software can't change. Thankfully that doesn't seem to be an issue with this new drive. I've tried enabling the encryption on this drive to see if it makes any difference to performance - it doesn't, but as the "encryption" process is so basic (it's basically just setting a password on the drive in the "WD Security" software, and it seems to take effect immediately), I'm guessing the drive is actually encrypted at the hardware level all the time (as otherwise it would surely take time to encrypt/decrypt the existing data when setting/unsetting the password). So I'd say that's a drawback as it means even if you don't use the drive encryption, if the controller fails but not the drive itself, you can't take out the actual drive and connect it up to something else, but on the other hand you apparently can't do that with these particular WD drives anyway as the controller board is soldered directly to the drive rather than it using standard SATA connectors or anything. I'm not sure how the password system would work if you connect it to other devices such as phones/tablets etc (on Windows, the drive having a password set causes it to appear as a CD drive with an executable file on it which you run and enter the password into, which then causes the actual hard drive to show up as well), but if I wanted the drive encrypted I don't think I'd rely on this as a solution anyway as WD's system apparently has a lot of vulnerabilities. I also tried enabling write caching for the drive in Windows (before trying the encryption), but it seemed to make barely any difference at all (write speeds very slightly higher, read speeds possibly actually lower, but probably all within the margin of error anyway) so I'm going to leave that off as it's not worth the extra risk if the drive gets disconnected by accident (especially if the cable does become dodgy). I think that just about covers everything I've thought of so far, so I hope someone finds it useful :)
Review: Best item i bought this year - Best Item i have bought this year. Simple to use simply plug in and play/use. reliable and portable just as it says also not really noticed any noise from it either.

## Features

- Every journey needs a passport. The My Passport drive is trusted, portable storage that gives you the confidence and freedom to drive forward in life. With a stylish design that fits in the palm of your hand, there’s space to store, organize, and share your photos, videos, music, and documents. Perfectly paired with backup software and password protection, the My Passport drive helps keep your digital life's contents safe.
- Slim style. Make the most of your journey with style that suits you. The new My Passport has been redesigned to feature a convenient, slim form factor and is available in a range of vibrant colors.
- Backed up. Make sure everything you create while on your own life journey - photos, videos, music, and documents - doesn't get lost. The My Passport Drive comes equipped with backup software that can be set to run automatically to your schedule. Just pick the time and frequency to back up important files from your system onto your My Passport drive.
- Locked down. The My Passport drive’s built-in 256-bit AES hardware Encryption with password protection helps keep your digital contents secure. Just activate passport protection and set your own personalized password using our downloadable software.
- Super Easy. My Passport portable storage is ready right out of the box with the necessary cable. And with SuperSpeed USB (5Gbps), you can quickly start backing up everything in your life and keep driving forward.
- Ongoing confidence. There's no telling what's ahead in your own Journey. That's why WD builds drives to demanding requirements for durability, and long-term reliability. On top of that, it comes with a 3-year limited warranty
- This product has been certified to meet Google's compatibility standards. Chromebook and the works with Chromebook badge are trademarks of Google LLC

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07VTFN6HM |
| Best Sellers Rank | 298 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 6 in External Hard Drives |
| Box Contents | Portable hard drive, SuperSpeed USB cable, WD Discovery™ software, Quick install guide |
| Brand | WD |
| Brand Name | WD |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 2 |
| Color | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Computer, Xbox, PS4 |
| Connectivity technology | USB |
| Customer Package Type | Standard packaging |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 102,747 Reviews |
| Data Transfer Rate | 1 Megabits Per Second |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 2 TB |
| Digital storage capacity | 2 TB |
| EU Spare Part Availability Duration | 2 Years |
| Enclosure Material | aluminium Plastic |
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Hard Disk Average Latency | 5.56 Milliseconds |
| Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard Disk Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 5400 RPM |
| Hard disk form factor | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard disk interface | USB 3.0 |
| Hard-Drive Size | 2 TB |
| Hardware Connectivity | USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB 3.2 Gen 2 |
| Installation Type | External Hard Drive |
| Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 27.2L x 19W x 2.8Th centimetres |
| Item Type Name | WD My Passport 2TB external hard drive 6.35cm (2.5") USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB 3.0) Black WDBYVG0020BB |
| Item Weight | 4.23 Ounces |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Media Speed | 0.125 MB/s |
| Model Name | My Passport |
| Model Number | WDBYVG0020BBK-WESN |
| Network Connectivity Technology | USB |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Features | Portable |
| Product Warranty | 3 year manufacturer |
| Special feature | Portable |
| Specific Uses For Product | Gaming, Personal |
| UPC | 718037869476 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 count |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** WD
- **Colour:** Black
- **Compatible devices:** Computer, Xbox, PS4
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Digital storage capacity:** 2 TB
- **Hard disk description:** Mechanical Hard Disk
- **Hard disk form factor:** 2.5 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** USB 3.0
- **Installation type:** External Hard Drive
- **Special feature:** Portable

## Images

![My Passport - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/510+J06fz0L.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color, Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does a cable come with it?**
A: Yes it comes with a very short cable which will connect it to USB (the normal, rectangular kind). Also, know this isn’t the question but FWIW, I’m using it with my Mac PowerBook as a "Time machine" back up, but I had to format it with the disk utility first.

**Q: Could i use a wd usb-c cable with this?**
A: It appears the My Passport and the My Passport Ultra take you to the same Questions and Reviews. Amazon seem to do this a lot and need to fix it. The Ultra supports USB-C (and seems to be more expensive). Check before you click to buy. One last thing, it's not worth paying more for the Mac versions, though you may need to reformat.

**Q: I've a pc and a mac...can i format it in 2 partitions ? one mac formatted and another windows pc formatted ?**
A: This should be possible, though if you want to use the drive with both mac and windows devices you would be better off formatting the partition in exFAT format, which allows both OSX and Windows read and write access.  Of course, this is best done when the drive is new and has no data on it, otherwise you would lose data stored on the device!

**Q: Just took delivery of this for my mac running catalina.. can't import my files(images) from icloud because it keeps asking for social media**
A: It will auto back up all your files on your Mac if you connect to Time Machine, are your files in iCloud different from those on your Mac?

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seems very good, so far...
*by E***M on 7 October 2020*

This review is for the My Passport 2 TB standard version (not Ultra) - I just got this drive yesterday, and I'm a bit wary of writing such a positive review so early on, but I know if I don't do it now then I never will and I'll forget all the details. I'll definitely update it if I do start to have any problems with it later though. Be warned - this review might be very long, but there don't seem to be that many reviews of this particular model so I'd like to cover everything that would have been useful to me in case any of it helps anyone else. The reason I went for this particular drive is that I needed a portable drive of at least 2 TB, but wanted it to be as small and light as possible, so while 4 TB would have been nice, those seem quite a bit bigger and heavier and the reviews for them seem worse in terms of both performance and reliability, so decided to stick with 2 TB. All the drives I could find to have plenty of reports of them failing etc in the reviews, but the WD ones *seemed* to have less, and I get the impression that most knowledgeable people on other forums etc with experience of different drives tend to favour WD for reliability over other manufacturers these days. I almost went for the Ultra version, as my new laptop has USB-C and it does seem nicer than the extra-wide MicroUSB 3 connector, but I didn't particularly want it to be made of metal (it's just extra weight for me), and my laptop's USB-C ports are usually taken up by the charger and a hub anyway. Plus lots of reviews say the USB-C cable that comes with it is really bad, and I didn't like the choice of colours. So when I realised the standard version was £20 cheaper, available in black, and doesn't seem to have any real drawbacks apart from the wider connector (maybe the performance is slightly worse, but I'm not sure because that's not really mentioned anywhere) I decided to go for that one instead. Amazon's packaging of it wasn't great - I saw other reviews saying to order other items at the same time as a hard drive so that they get packed around it in the box, so I did, but unfortunately that didn't help because the packaging consisted of one small strip of the large air bubble type stuff placed on top of all the items, which left literally half the outer box empty for everything slide around in. Just picking up the box after it was delivered, everything loudly slid over and thudded into the other side of the box. It seems to have survived ok though (and of course it was in its own retail box which I would hope provided some protection). From looking into it I've found people saying that hard drives these days can survive huge forces as long as they're not turned on at the time, so anything that was enough to damage it in transit would have caused visible damage to the casing too (in this case even the cardboard retail box it was in doesn't have any signs of damage), and that it would be likely to not work properly at all straight away rather than just failing later. So I think it's fine. I currently have two similar-style drives - an older WD My Passport (Essential SE, apparently) 1 TB from sometime around 2010 which has a MicroUSB 2 connector, and a slightly newer Samsung M3 1 TB with MicroUSB 3 (same as this drive), so it's interesting to see how this compares to those. The first thing I noticed when unboxing it was that it is considerably smaller than either of those (about half the height, despite having double the capacity), and also noticeably lighter. So I am impressed and pleased with that - it looks very sleek, and the casing feels solid, so definitely no complaints about the plastic of the drive itself from me. When plugged in and spinning, it is slightly noisier than my Samsung M3, but still pleasantly quiet (no noticeable seeking noises at all so far, just the constant spin). And this is with a Razer Blade Stealth (late 2019) laptop which is almost completely silent when not doing much, and the drive in front of it at the moment, so I probably wouldn't be able to hear it at all if I wasn't in such a quiet environment. The cable that came with it seems to be working fine so far, but possibly is of similar bad quality to the USB-C version - it is quite stiff, possibly a bit wobbly when connected in the ports on both ends (although no loss of connection so far even when moving it) and is noticeably thinner than the cable (of the same type) that came with my Samsung M3 drive. So I might still get a better cable at some point, at least if/when this one starts to have any connection issues. In terms of performance (which I'm surprised isn't mentioned at all in the product details/marketing etc, other than I think I saw the USB 3.0 maximum speed of 5Gbit/s mentioned somewhere which is obviously ridiculous as the drive won't be capable of anywhere near that), I'm getting maximum read/write speeds of 126/116 MB/s in ATTO Disk Benchmark, and sequential read/write speeds of 138/116 MB/s in CrystalDiskMark (just as it came, with NTFS formatting and nothing on it yet). My Samsung M3 (which I remember performance being a point of when I bought it, although I hadn't been able to make full use of that until recently as my old laptop only had USB 2) seems to be maxing out at about 85 MB/s for both read and write (although with a lot more data on it, if that makes any difference), so I'm pleased with this. One issue I have with my old My Passport drive is that it always seems to spin down (to a lower speed if not completely off, I'm not sure) about 20 seconds after it was last accessed, and then takes about 5 seconds to get going when something tries to access it again, which can get very frustrating. I've tried increasing/turning off the sleep timer in both WD Drive Utilities and the Windows Power Management "Turn off hard disk after" setting, but neither makes any difference, it seems to have its own fixed internal idle timer for some sort of low-power mode which even WD's own software can't change. Thankfully that doesn't seem to be an issue with this new drive. I've tried enabling the encryption on this drive to see if it makes any difference to performance - it doesn't, but as the "encryption" process is so basic (it's basically just setting a password on the drive in the "WD Security" software, and it seems to take effect immediately), I'm guessing the drive is actually encrypted at the hardware level all the time (as otherwise it would surely take time to encrypt/decrypt the existing data when setting/unsetting the password). So I'd say that's a drawback as it means even if you don't use the drive encryption, if the controller fails but not the drive itself, you can't take out the actual drive and connect it up to something else, but on the other hand you apparently can't do that with these particular WD drives anyway as the controller board is soldered directly to the drive rather than it using standard SATA connectors or anything. I'm not sure how the password system would work if you connect it to other devices such as phones/tablets etc (on Windows, the drive having a password set causes it to appear as a CD drive with an executable file on it which you run and enter the password into, which then causes the actual hard drive to show up as well), but if I wanted the drive encrypted I don't think I'd rely on this as a solution anyway as WD's system apparently has a lot of vulnerabilities. I also tried enabling write caching for the drive in Windows (before trying the encryption), but it seemed to make barely any difference at all (write speeds very slightly higher, read speeds possibly actually lower, but probably all within the margin of error anyway) so I'm going to leave that off as it's not worth the extra risk if the drive gets disconnected by accident (especially if the cable does become dodgy). I think that just about covers everything I've thought of so far, so I hope someone finds it useful :)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best item i bought this year
*by K***E on 7 April 2026*

Best Item i have bought this year. Simple to use simply plug in and play/use. reliable and portable just as it says also not really noticed any noise from it either.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highest capacity bus powered external harddrive
*by C***Y on 10 November 2024*

I need high capacity external drives for a third backup of about 10Tb of data. I back up in real time with dedicated external drives that are permanently connected to my PC and NAS devices but I also wanted to have drives that are bus powered for easy removal, not permanently connected to guard against devious ransomware that might manage to get on my system despite the extensive security. This drive seemed like a good, reasonably priced high capacity drive that I could use with FreeFileSync open source backup and sync software and it has turned out to be perfect. I have divided my data into two divisions and I mirror sync one division to one drive and the other division to a second identical drive, both roughly weekly so the most I could lose if malware managed to get onto my PC, my permanenly connected external bakcup drives and my two Asustor NAS would be up to a week's work that had not yet been synced to one of the MyPassport drives which would be a bit inconvenient but not a disaster. The drives are compact, smaller than a Seagate 4Tb drive I was using before I bought the MyPassport, virtually silent with a very small pin prick blue light that illuminates when the drive is connected and flashes when the drive is being written or read. It gets warm when a lot of data is being transferred but not hot and the transfer speed is good, as you would expect from a USB 3.0 device. One thing that might be an issue with how often I attach and detach the drive from its cable is that the connector at the drive end is USB-B, the type with the flattened 8 shaped connector. I am concerned the connector inside the drive may become detached from the drive inside the case. A more firmly attached USB-C connector might have been a better choice. Also, with it being bus powered, the cable from a USB-A 3.0 socket on the PC to the drive can't be longer than 50cm or the drive periodically disconnects due to power fluctuations. I need a longer cable so I can leave it plugged into the tower of my PC under the desk and have some spare to leave on top of my desk so I can easily attach the drives when running the back up without have to grope around on the floor. The only way to do this is to have a powered USB 3.0 hub connected to one of the USB 3.0 sockets on the PC and then attach a longer cable from the hub to the drive. Doing it this way has enabled me to use a 2m cable from the hub to the drive without any disconnections. This would be necessay with any bus powered device - that's why the cable included in the box is so short and only usable to connect to a laptop with the drive right next to it. I will see how reliable the drives are and how durable the connector socket on the drive turns out to be after plugging in and unplugging twice a week but sofar, so good and I can recommend this drive.

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