

As well as monitoring portable drives, the application provides access to further utilities for drive configuration, backups, 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection. A copy of WD Discovery is pre-loaded on the drive, for Windows and MacOS. It can be re-formatted and partitioned, as required, for use with other operating systems and file systems.

The drive is pre-formatted to the exFAT file system for PC and Mac compatibility. The USB 3.2 Gen 2 SSD also works with USB 3.0 and 2.0 devices, for maximum compatibility. The pack includes cables for both USB Type-A and the newer USB Type-C sockets. The WD My Passport SSD comes in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities and four colours: grey, blue, red and gold. I certainly wouldn’t want anyone to stand on it or to drop it on a concrete floor. It is, apparently, shockproof as well as drop-proof up to 1.98m. The stylish-looking, sleek enclosure has a metal top and a plastic underside. This new drive features fast and on-chip NVMe SSD technology, moving away from the traditional 2.5” hard drive form factor that has dictated enclosure sizes for years. It’s a far cry from the bulky external drives of old. The palm-sized drive has been designed with soft rounded edges and fits nicely in your bag or pocket. The new My Passport SSD is considerably smaller and lighter than other portable external storage devices, measuring only 9mm x 55mm x 100mm. Aimed at business users, casual users and content creators, the new Western Digital device allows fast access to data from a light and compact portable solid-state drive. During a live virtual event Western Digital A/NZ senior sales manager Simon Whitford introduced the new range of devices.

Western Digital has launched its new range of My Passport SSD portable data storage drives.
