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The My Passport 2TB is WD's plain portable hard drive: a spinning 2.5-inch disk in a plastic shell measuring 107.2 × 75.0 × 13.5 mm and weighing 0.14 kg, with a Micro-B socket and a USB-A cable in the box. The black unit carries part number WDBYVG0020BBK-WESN, the code on WD's UK page and on the Amazon UK listing.
WD's UK store prices it at £124.99, but on 5 November 2026 it showed only a Notify Me When Available button. Amazon UK had the same black drive at £99.99, sold by Nexa Sales and dispatched by Amazon. The case for it is capacity per pound; the costs are a dated connector, Windows-only password software and no published sustained speed.
Our verdict
A sensible drawer backup at Amazon UK's £99.99, well under WD's own £124.99 list; it is not a drive to edit from, carry loose or share with a Mac.
- A good fit for
- A weekly backup or archive for a Windows or ChromeOS machine, where 2TB matters more than transfer speed and the drive spends most of its life unplugged.
- We would skip it if
- You edit photos or video straight off the drive, work mainly on a Mac, or carry it where a drop is likely; a portable SSD is built for those jobs.
Reasons to consider it
- 2TB for £99.99 on Amazon UK, against WD's own £124.99 list price
- Three-year limited warranty on WD's UK page, with the term set by the country of purchase
- 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password software, Acronis True Image for Western Digital, and an enclosure WD says is over 50% recycled plastic
The compromises
- Micro-B socket and a USB-A cable, so a USB-C-only laptop needs an adapter or a different cable
- WD gives only the 5 Gb/s interface rating, not a sustained read or write speed
- Password protection is Windows-only; macOS 11 and later needs WD's NTFS driver or a reformat
What we have not verified: WD publishes no sustained transfer rate and no drop or shock rating, so real copy times and how the mechanism copes with knocks in a bag are unknown; the £99.99 is a third-party seller's price and can move.
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My Passport · 2TB Portable HDD (Black)
£99.99 on Amazon UK for 2TB, a three-year WD limited warranty, 256-bit AES hardware encryption and Acronis backup software as a download.
Before you buy: Micro-B and USB-A only, no sustained read or write figure or drop rating, and the password lock works on Windows only.
Price checked 5 November 2026. Retailer prices can change.Where the £99.99 comes from
WD's UK store lists the 2TB black My Passport at £124.99, and on 5 November 2026 it could not be ordered there. The same page sells a two-year Data Recovery Plan for £9.99 and a three-year plan for £14.99, and says direct purchases add an extra year of limited warranty, which matters only once WD has stock again.
Amazon UK's buy box for the black unit, read with a London SW1A 1AA delivery address, showed £99.99 from Nexa Sales, dispatched by Amazon, with free returns. That is £25 under WD's list. Because the seller is a third party the price is not WD's to hold, and the blue version was £135.66 from a different seller the same day.
A 5 Gb/s port in front of a spinning disk
The drive connects over USB 3.2 Gen 1, also labelled USB 3.0, through a Micro-B socket, and the supplied cable ends in USB-A. WD's 5 Gb/s is the interface ceiling. It publishes no sustained read or write figure, and a 2.5-inch mechanism runs well below that limit, so large copies take longer than the bus figure suggests.
Most current laptops have only USB-C sockets. For those, budget for a USB-C adapter or a USB-C to Micro-B cable, because the box holds just the drive, the USB-A cable and a quick install guide. The 2TB body is 13.5 mm thick and weighs 0.14 kg, small enough for a laptop sleeve pocket.
Encryption that stays on Windows
WD offers two downloads: Acronis True Image for Western Digital for scheduled backups, and a password tool that locks the drive's 256-bit AES hardware encryption. WD's footnote says both need downloading and installing and may need an account, and its product page marks password protection as Windows only.
The datasheet lists Windows 10 and later and ChromeOS. On macOS 11 and later the route is WD's downloadable NTFS driver or a reformat to a Mac file system, and in either case the Windows password lock does not carry over. A household that mixes platforms should plan to use the drive unlocked.
Three years from WD, returns through Amazon
WD's UK page lists a three-year limited warranty and adds that the term depends on the country where the drive was bought; the datasheet's warranty line reads three years worldwide. An Amazon UK order is returned through Amazon and the seller, not WD: the black listing offered free returns within 30 days of receipt.
Who should look elsewhere
Skip it if the drive will be working rather than resting: editing photo or video libraries from it, running games, or moving big project folders several times a day. WD's missing sustained-speed figure and the absence of any drop rating both point those jobs to a portable SSD. Mac-first buyers lose the password lock, and owners of USB-C-only laptops pay for an adapter.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Amazon UK: WD My Passport 2TB, black (opens in a new tab)
- WD UK: My Passport 2TB (Black) (opens in a new tab)
- WD: My Passport product overview datasheet (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- WD: My Passport product page (US) (opens in a new tab)
