External Hard Drive Test: USB 3.0 and compact models from WD

WD My Passport Essential SE 750 GB

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We’ve got two Western Digital external hard drives to add to our product survey. These latest additions offer fast data transfer with the My Book USB 3.0 1 TB and compact storage with the My Passport Essential SE 750 GB.

Hot on the heels of the Buffalo Drive Station USB 3.0, Western Digital’s My Book 3.0 features the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface. According to its spec, this new USB standard should make for transfer speeds up to ten times faster than with USB 2.0.

Western Digital’s My Passport Essential SE 750 GB, on the other hand, is a 2.5-inch external hard drive that packs a large storage capacity into a compact drive case, but just how good are its transfer speeds?

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