See your life safe in one place with the ultra-portable Western Digital® My Passport™ Essential™ portable hard drive. Equipped with Western Digital (WD) SmartWare™ software, this drive automatically and continuously backs up your data, gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens, and helps you easily restore files. Password protect your sensitive data and see how much space is available with the illuminated capacity gauge. This portable hard drive connects easily to your computer with the included USB dock. The perfect addition to your VAIO® computer, this drive is ideal for backing up your important files, music, photos and videos.

Features

Western Digital SmartWare
See your life safe in one place.

• See your backup as it happens.
  Visual backup displays your content in categories and shows the progress of your backup.
• Protect your data automatically.
  Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file.
• Bring back lost files effortlessly.
  Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you've lost all your data or just overwritten an important file.
• Take control.
  Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the Western Digital (WD) SmartWare™ control center.

Illuminated Capacity Gauge
Connect the My Passport drive to your computer and see at a glance how much space is available on your drive.

Drive Lock
Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and military-grade 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

Grab-and-Go USB Dock
Convenient USB dock makes it easy to connect your drive to your computer.

Planet Friendly
Packaged in a small box that uses recycled material and minimizes waste.