4TB My Passport, Portable External Hard Drive, Blue, backup software with defense against ransomware, and password protection, USB 3.1/USB 3.0 compatible - WDBPKJ0040BBL-WESN

This is one of the best Hard drives I have ever used. Works right out of the box upon getting them new. Plug-in, do stuff. done for something that is not over $110. Not a lot of lag. Doesn't require an external AC adaptor to power it on, saving you an outlet thanks to it being a portable that only needs to be power via a single USB hook up. Also there is a lot of space on the unit despite some of it dedicated to keeping the drive to work with those 4TBs. But ya still need to know your stuff if ya need to get your non-partitioned unit to work. If ya are getting it non-partitioned, I wouldn't pay no more than $60 USD tops for such.

Pros: + I been buying a few of the WD 4TB external USB 3.0 hard drives + Reliable, ~80mb-100mb read/writes + Plug and play, auto detected + Price, WD put a this product in a really sweet price point making it somewhat affordable for the size + Available colors, there are so many colors to choose from vs other brands/vendors Cons: - It can get expensive off sale - Older models have slower transfer rates, slightly and higher failure rates. 1/10 failed prematurely. - LED light facing the plug side which are usually the opposite side when you want to know if there's any activity.

I use over 20 WD external/portable and desktop external hard drives to store my music collection which, as of July 4, 2025 totaled over 16 TB of mostly blues and rock 'n' roll artists from all over the world since the birth of recorded music over 100 years ago. WD products have never failed me yet, but they have to be stored properly and kept away from dust, excessive heat/cold, etc. My music keeps me sane, happy, chill and far removed from negative social influences.

I don't save anything to my hard drive. It's all save to this external hard drive. It has a large amount of space. It's small enough to fit into pocket, purse or drop into your computer bag. I also ordered a small hard case for it to protect it if it's ever dropped. Keeping passwords altogether on paper is not very secure, but a spreadsheet saved on this is great. You can protect it with a separate password. I trust Western Digital. I also have another one for separate use for work. One for work, one for home.

There was a definite learning curve with this but once I got past it it became a breeze to use. The storage capacity is great, more than enough. There was a bug when initially installing the software. But I found an easy fix online. Im hoping I wont have to purchase anymore hard drives in the future as this is easy to use and had plenty of space for my needs

Item works good so far

UPDATE MAY 20, 2024 - WARNING! Amazon only allows ONE REVIEW for My Passport, no matter whether it is 2TB, 1 TB, 4TB. This is an UPDATE FOR THE 2TB one I purchased. It DID SEEM to work when I plugged in, but ALL THOSE OTHER REVIEWERS WERE RIGHT! I backed up 1 TB of FILES, put it back in box for storage, THEN 9 days later I plugged in and ALL THE BACKED UP FILES WERE GONE!!!!! Only their 2 software were left! I already returned the 2 defective 4TB, so I just have to take the loss of THIS ONE! UPDATE MAY 13, 2024 I ordered ANOTHER 2TB since THAT one DID work on my Windows 10. But the Passport sent with THIS ORDER WAS CLEARLY USED BY SOMEONE ELSE! The Box was previously cut, and the hard shell ALSO. It did, however, seem to work for my quick test, but now I am worried that it is NOT stable. I will not purchase WD again. I did try a Samsung T7 shield SSD, and that started right up and copied/pasted my quick test without any problem. More expensive but I can't ever trust WD again. UPDATE MAY 7, 2024 NOW EVEN WORSE! I had ordered 2 additional 4TB (on sale) BEFORE I RECEIVED the 1st one, THAT TURNED OUT TO BE DEFECTIVE. When the additional ones arrived, THEY ARE EVEN WORSE!! Windows 10 WOULD NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE THEM AT ALL, only place Windows even acknowledges they exist is in Control Panel-Devices and Printers, but, in BOTH THESE CASES, I COULD NOT EVEN VIEW ANYTHING, verses the 1st one where I WAS AT LEAST able to ACCESS, but copy action FAILED with the "Fatal Hardware Error." Though Windows 10 DID recognize this device when I first plugged in, when I tried to copy and paste, my SYSTEM FROZE, and WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE IT AT ALL, then showed it as 'Disk 2' UNKNOWN, NOT INITIALIZED when I checked Disk Management. I SPENT 1+ HOURS following the HELP instructions try and Initialize it, using 'GPT' as its Properties shown. Response was: "THE DEVICE FAILED DUE TO A FATAL DEVICE HARDWARE ERROR" NOTE: I have previously purchased at least 10 1TB and 2TB My Passports - ALL OF THEM WORKED WELL WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS! Now, have 3 4T DEFECTIVE makes my confidence in WD at ZERO.

I always liked the WD passport series, as they offer good portability when on the go, while getting the WD build quality as well. Those drive are also a great way to backup my important data and have them safely stored offline. Keep in mind that those drive are not build for constant use, but more occasional one (thus using them to backup data or when I need to transport data on the go, from a station to another). Drive is USB 3 and comes with a short cable that has USB Micro-B super speed connector on one side, and USB 3.0 (blue) on the other. Write/read speed when drive is properly connected to a USB 3.0 port was 115mb/s average. And of course I love the blue color too!

يبدو رائع ولكن وصلتني الشحنه والكيس مفتوح والفقاعات الي بداخل الكيس متلفه ولا اعلم كيف يتم تفعيل الضمان

I create YouTube videos for my wife's cooking channel and storage has been a big want for us. I have a WD MyCloud 2TB with a Seagate 4TB Backup Plus as a backup and both required power, but I need a 4TB portable hard disk and ended up in buying this Western Digital 4TB My Passport Portable hard disk (New Edition) for Rs.8198. ------------------------------------------------ 📦 IN THE BOX & HDD CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------ ◾ 4TB Blue Portable Harddisk in a bubble case ◾ Superspeed USB cable ◾ Quick Install Guide ◾ WD Discovery software for WD Backup ◾ WD Security and WD Drive Utilities ---------------------------------------- 🗓️ MY USAGE & EXPERIENCE ---------------------------------------- The product has been manufactured in Thailand and imported to India and this New Edition WD My Passport is supposed to have lesser failures and supposed to be more robust than the previous version. Upon connecting 3.63TB was free and 297MB was used by the formatting of the disk which stores the disk geometry that allows hard disk to accept, store, and retrieve data. The hard disk was formatted with NTFS. This hard disk fits inside the palm of the hand and is quite small for a 4TB, 10.7cm length, 7.5cm breadth and 1.8cm depth, and is not heavy too. Being a portable hard disk, it doesn’t require any power. I was able to connect it with my Xbox, WD MyCloud, Laptop and Desktop with ease and it detects quite fast. The write speeds were at 110 MB/s in actual and read speeds was around 115 MB/s. The disk reports were also almost similar at 120-127 MB/s. (see attached report). But the speeds changes depending on the free disk space, how much the disk is fragmented and whether there are any bad sectors, etc. This is quite impressive in my opinion. I didn't see any heating up issues with this new edition and temperature always remained under 37 degree C even under heavy writes in my testing with room temperature around 27- degree C. The WD Discovery software is super cool, it can import files from social media and maintain a backup. Just need to sign into Facebook or Instagram or Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive. It can also take a backup from WD MyCloud devices. The WD Security app provides a way to setup a password for the hard disk and contents can be encrypted, so when data is written it's encrypted and when data is read it's decrypted when password is used. I haven't tried any brute force recovery of data on this disk yet but the encryption seems to be good enough for home use. I didn't set the password as if password is forgotten I can't recover it back and only way to re-use the disk is by formatting. The hard disk has a small led indicator which can be turned off from the WD Discovery settings if required. I was able to backup all my YouTube video edits with ease and quickly, also was able to back up my Dropbox. I don't see any cons as of now, and since I haven't contacted the customer service I can't comment on that part. ------------------------- 💖 WHAT I LIKED ------------------------- ◾ 3 years warranty ◾ Good looking and light weight ◾ Automatic backup, Password protection + 256bit Encryption ◾ Fast read and write speeds ------------------- 🥇 OVERALL ------------------- A great hard disk at a good pricing. This new edition should be more stable and when take care well like not moving the hard disk while it being used, doing a safe eject of the hard disk, not dropping etc. this hard disk should last longer in my perspective, only time will tell. Overall am happy with my purchase as it meets my expectations.

☝️A PREVIEW TO PURCHASE : *********************************** I like to keep backups of backups of my lifetime collected data & thus have over 15 TB of external harddisks in my arsenal with a dominant share of Western digital disks( both passport & elements ) & few others like Transcend , Samsung SSD & a seagate ( old usb 2.0 ). 🔶️ Now , whenever we opt to go for a new external Disk purchase, the following challenges are encountered & if you are planning to invest thousands in purchase - my detailed review, even though a bit lengthy is worth reading. 👉 HDDs vs SSDs : ********************** While none of the mechanical HDDs can reach the blazing fast speeds of SSDs in excess of 500 MB/s R/W, The HDDs definitely offer a better value for money per MB of storage. Also if data is corrupted in a SSD its almost never retrievable while in a HDD , there is always a hope depending upon extent of damage. 🔷️ So for majority bulk backup - HDD are a better option to costlier SSDs. 👉 WD vs Seagate : ********************* This is again a topmost struggle making a decision. 🔸️Now both are giant reputed american storage brands & preference is mostly based upon personal usage experiences. 🔸️I read somewhere that seagate offers better speeds& WD better reliability but i dont feel its true as speeds depend upon type of files being transferred & reliability upon manufacturing processes , which is hard to doubt for both brands. 🔸️ Regarding price WD is a bit costlier to seagate for same capacity. 🔸️ Both offer same warranties of 3 years. I had a wd failure & my friend had seagate failure - yet we both got replacements with data restored from their service centres. 🔸️ Regarding inbuilt software , i suppose WD is better as it comes with WD discovery that can link with all your social portals for backup too. 🔷️ So you can go for any of these brands - WD being my personal favourite. 🔷️ To ensure failsafe operation , testing for bad sectors before use ( using WD utility or any other HDD inspection software like HD sentinel etc ) is always a good idea. 🔷️ Store these drives horizontally in a dry case & not vertically or inclined , as in latter case the heads and platters tend to deform & get stuck. I learnt it the hard way. 💝 I bought the latest 2019 4 TB passport drive and 3.63 TB of usable space was available in it. 🔸️ The packing as usual was good enough with an instruction manual & 8 inches of connecting cable. 5/5 ⭐ 🔸️ The HD enclosure is premium ABS plastic which can surely withstand few non- severe slips & falls. A periphery cushioning or base padding with shock absorbent rubber would additionaly be great. 4.2 /5 ⭐ 🔸️ The design & looks of this new drive aren't as elegant & classy, as previous passports & elements as my personal opinion. 2/5 ⭐ 🔸️ The drive is very compact, sturdy & light weight too. 5/5 ⭐ 🔸️ It was formatted in NTFS mode with 4096 bytes of allocation unit size. ExFat is another option & you can play with allocation size also for better speeds but a bit less space. 5/5 ⭐ 🔸️ With a mixed media & software file folder transfer of 5 GB , i registered - a write speed of 112 MB /s & a read speed of 160 MB /s on my HP omen core i7 configuration , which i suppose is fair enough for a mechanical Hard drive. 5/5 ⭐ 🔸️ The new Hard disk has softwares for mac & windows backup both. 5/5 ⭐ 🔸️ The HD has a very small point like white led indication for status & won't bother much in dark rooms. 5/5 ⭐ 🔸️ The HD is very silent during operation & doesn't heat much even after few hours of backup. 5/5 ⭐ 🔸️ Warranty offered is 3 years which is contemporary to industry standards & similar to seagate. As already quoted earlier , i had one harddisk replaced & data restored in warranty like 6 years back by WD. So no issues there, noone is going to offer pick & drop at home - be assured. 🤏 Final Verdict : ********************** All in all , I have always been a WD guy & this new 2019 version further restores my faith in the same.

Excelente producto, seguridad, tamaño y prestaciones ideales. Muy recomendado.

Thanks. Correct item delivered superfast at the right price - couldn't ask for more in that respect. Unfortunately, the experience is once again let down by the delivery person who just laid the $199 package, in plain sight, on my front door mat where it remained for hours until my wife and i got home. Plenty of places at my place to put it out of sight from the road.