The selection of files to back up can be done either by tree or by 'Smartpicks', i.e. The simplicity and effectiveness! Indeed, you only choose to save the files, the destination (My Passport Network Places, USB, iPod), the number of versions of files to keep, encryption possible and it does the rest. And of course, you select all files to synchronize.Īrranged under this name for the needs of Western Digital makes the cache Memeo AutoBackup software. In the synchronization options you can check emails (Outlook, Windows Mail), Favorites (Internet Explorer or Firefox) and even the wallpaper, so that it is always the same wherever you go.

WD Sync will not install on the computer, but runs directly from the My Passport: a real plus to synchronize several machines quickly! The first use WD Sync is divided into five stages: choice of language, validation of the EULA (End User License Agreement), create a profile with password synchronization options and synchronization. This software developed by Dmailer enables data synchronization between multiple computers. The average access time is at about 17 ms. Do not over 23.16 MB / s write and 21.87 MB / s reading. However, the results of the My Passport Elite remain slightly below those of Seagate FreeAgent Go, in both synthetic tests and in those applications. During our test, which is to copy 609 files from a total size of 10.5 MB (or 17 KB per file), it took 21 seconds for 5 seconds against FAT32 to NTFS for writing! And 6.4 seconds against 2.5 seconds FAT32 to NTFS for reading. Then you get better performance, especially for copying small files. Already, you can copy files larger than 4 GB, something impossible in FAT32. We strongly advise you to format it to NTFS if you use Windows.

Finally, Western Digital provides a cloth pouch to protect the hard drive.īy default, the My Passport Elite is formatted in FAT32, so as to be compatible with the Mac operating system.

When the drive is active, the LEDs flash in succession in one direction then the other. When the drive is connected, the LEDs light up according to the disk space used. It slides to reveal or protect the mini USB connector. The Elite board or a gauge of capacity: a small block of four LEDs located on the portion of the proceeds. In terms of connections, same as for the FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 with a short cable and by a second source. Again, the hard drive has a 5 year limited warranty (unlike the Essential, restricted to three years).

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