- Wd drive utilities constant updates upgrade#
- Wd drive utilities constant updates portable#
- Wd drive utilities constant updates software#
- Wd drive utilities constant updates Ps4#
- Wd drive utilities constant updates plus#
I don't use any of the included software or features, instead reformatting the drive usually to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended). The My Passport 1TB drive is no exception and is as simple as they come. I've owned many external hard drives over the years and have always gone for Western Digital branded drives both for internal and external use as I have never yet seen one fail. I'm a fan of WD products and this drive is brilliant so far, it's doing the job I bought it for incredibly well and I am enjoying bouncing from game to game as I get bored of one, moving on to the other.
Wd drive utilities constant updates Ps4#
If the PS5 (is any good) supports HDD expansion in the same way the PS4 does then I can either wipe all the PS4 games off (if they are not compatible with the PS5) or keep them and swap it between consoles (assuming they use the same file system) Either way I am sure my HDD will be useful for years to come either on my PS4 or any future console I purchase (as this will work with Microsoft's products) or if worse comes to worse I can re-format in a FAT file system and use it as storage for my computer files.
Wd drive utilities constant updates plus#
The key thing is I have the space to have my entire collection of games on there, including all my PS+ free games, plus demos and such and I still have a tonne of room. I wouldn't notice the difference between the external and the internal drive. Had 0 issues so far, games load in good time, I don't have any issues in game with speeds, frame rates or anything. It all worked out fine, the transfer was slow but when you are transferring 500GB and then installing another 1000GB from other games it will take a while. Placing top 2 4 times seemed like a good sign.īought it, plugged it in, formatted it to PS4 file system (must do this in order to use it as extended storage) and transferred all my games to the drive.
So of the large space HDD this was either in top place or second across the 4 reviews. So with the setup story out of the way, I researched all around the place and found 4 reviews I trusted online of which they all advised NOT to get a solid state drive or SSD as they are more expensive for less space and the PS4 has an internal Bus speed limitation, which essentially leads to a fast drive being slowed to USB speeds any way. Though lazy I have found digital games so much more accessible as I just drop one for the other in seconds without moving (a 1st world entitlement issue for sure) So I decided that going forward I would buy Digital only games, they are more expensive new, but cheap in sales, so much easier to play with a 2 second attention span like mine. Plus in one of the Sony Sales I bought a couple of digital games. It was frustrating if a friend wanted to play a game I didn't have on the console at the time. I was however annoyed with having only 5 of the 20 odd games I bought on the HDD at any one time.
It's a lot of money for an arguably short amount of time (potentially). With it being the latter half of 2018 at time of writing I didn't see the point in buying another PS4. The last rumour I heard was it was a 2020 speculated release.
Wd drive utilities constant updates upgrade#
I have an original 500GB PS4 which I was intending to upgrade to a PS4 pro until I heard rumours about a PS5 milling around. However I done a drive check using DriveDx which reports no problems. I've added a screenshot of the read & write speed of the hard drive. Not sure if these 4TB are meant to be like this. The vibration noise is more like when you place a fan on desk and you can hear that constant vibration. I have the hard drive on a desk 24/7 and that vibration can be heard. However if you have macOS just use the built in encryption from Disk Utility when you format the hard drive.One major downside to the drive is the constant annoying vibration noise. This encryption is available for both macOS and Windows. The drive is fast but not the fastest in USB 3.0 mode (SATA 6.0 Gb/s) on Mac Mini (Late 2012) when transferring data.Bundled software is great which is called WD Security where this allows you to encrypt the drive. This is the 4TB white variant (half matte and half gloss finish).
Wd drive utilities constant updates portable#
Great little portable external hard drive. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2018
0 kommentar(er)
