WD Passport Essential 500GB USB 3.0/USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive

The smallest portable hard drive from Western Digital can now take on a continuous back-up schedule and offer 256-bit hardware-based encryption for your files! The new line of My Passport Essential drives still have the ability to connect to your PC's USB port without any additional need for power, yet they now offer more advantages than before!

Supplied with WD SmartWare for Windows, you can see your back-up visually, with your content displayed in categories and progress represented on screen. SmartWare also enables My Passport Essential to instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file. Customise the backup, set-up password security, run diagnostics, manage power settings and more from the WD SmartWare control centre.

Western Digital's smallest ever drive

We designed a smaller, high-quality, integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package. With a variety of fun colors, there's sure to be one to suit your style.

See your life safe in one place

WD SmartWare software - A visual control center with a single screen view of all your data. From it you can back up, retrieve, and secure your files.

Password protection

An extra level of security with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.