Introduction
Notebook users would be wise to keep a portable backup of their drive’s contents, as they are prone to dying at a young age from being moved around so much. Western Digital’s solution to this conundrum is the WD Passport – a USB-powered, portable hard drive that includes backup and synchronization software and even a tool that lets you take your desktop wallpaper, email, and internet favorites, to any computer you want. Let’s find out how it compares to the recently reviewed Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini.

We love being able to have our bookmarks and files synced all the time...

by ray krut on November 8, 2009:
“I backed up my laptop as it was being sent in for repair. I used my back up successfully for a few days on a spare laptop then one day I go into the external hard drive to pull out a file and its disappeared. my backup had simply disappeared. what was left...” More...