WD® Launches the first 2TB portable drive, the My Passport® external drive

Press Release: The world's best-selling external storage solution delivers increased capacity, a premium new design, and improved automatic backup and security features. Western Digital today announced the launch of the next generation of its best-selling My Passport line of external portable drives, offering users a modern outer case design and the first-ever 2TB capacity.

Available in five popular colors: white, black, silver, blue and red and capacities starting at 500 GB. The new slim My Passport drives offer digital consumers an attractive range of data storage that reflects their personal style. In addition, the new My Passport drives offer automatic backup software WD SmartWare™ and WD Security™ for password protection and hardware encryption. In addition to a premium finish that has been specially designed to make the outer casing more resistant to scratches and fingerprints, the new My Passport offers ultrafast USB 3.0 connection, backward compatibility with USB 2.0, software for continuous automatic backup and password protection with hardware encryption.

The supplied software offers the flexibility of settings according to the user's needs for backup: full installation of all elements, installation of selected services, or simple use of the disk without software. The new 2 TB model offers massive capacity in a beautiful pocket-sized case. The drive provides plenty of safe storage space for all your photos, videos, music and other important documents.

The My Passport drive's small size and easy portability, built-in password protection and hardware encryption help protect data from unauthorized access, making the drive a secure data store, giving busy users a restful night's sleep on the go. "More than money, jewelry or other expensive things. What you'll miss the most if it's lost for good is your computer - and everything stored on it - so with the launch of the next generation of the popular My Passport, we're aiming to do more to support users to protect their data before something bad happens," says Jim Welsh, WD's executive vice president and general manager of branded products and the consumer products group. “The new My Passport makes backing up and preserving your digital life easier, making backups more reliable and more secure than ever before – the perfect combination of stunning capacity, reliability and easy-to-use technology in a small form factor, now in five colors. "

Price and availability

My Passport drives are available at select retailers. Suggested retail price 5399,- CZK for the new 2TB edition. For more information on the My Passport product line, visit http://www.wdc.com/en/products/external/portable

About WD

WD, a pioneer in the storage industry and a market leader, provides products and services for people and organizations that store, process and use digital information. The company designs and manufactures reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid-state drives that keep users' data accessible and safe from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into consumer and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as well as its consumer storage and home entertainment products. WD was founded in 1970. ProThe company's storage products are distributed to leading OEM partners, system integrators, select wholesalers and resellers under the Western Digital® brand and the WD brand name.

Visit the investor relations section of the company's website (www.westerndigital.com) for access to extensive financial and investor information. Western Digital, WD, the WD logo and My Passport are registered trademarks, WD Smartware and WD Security are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Pro Storage capacity is described as one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. The total available capacity varies by operating environment.