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Diffrence between WD Elements 2.5 in 2 TB Extl HD and WD Passport Ultra 2.5 in 2 TB Ext HD

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June 24, 2014 1:27:34 PM

Hello all,
I am planning to purchase a 2 TB Ext HD.
I would like to know the the difference between WD Passport Ultra 2.5 inch 2 TB External Hard Drive and WD Elements 2.5 inch 2 TB External Hard Drive.
And if having any suggestion regarding Ext HD other than WD, please share.
Expecting kind and fast reply.
Thanks.

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a c 155 G Storage
June 26, 2014 12:48:27 PM

I know of no reason you could not install Ubuntu on either of those drives. You should be able to install without any problem.
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June 30, 2014 3:22:06 AM

kenrivers said:
I know of no reason you could not install Ubuntu on either of those drives. You should be able to install without any problem.


No, dear I am asking that whether I can access this drives from Ubuntu OS or only from Windows OS
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a c 155 G Storage
June 30, 2014 11:17:17 AM

I don't know of a reason why Ubuntu would not be able to access those drives. I'm sure you would be able to access the drives from an OS other than Windows.
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July 2, 2014 1:53:56 PM

kenrivers said:
I don't know of a reason why Ubuntu would not be able to access those drives. I'm sure you would be able to access the drives from an OS other than Windows.


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July 2, 2014 2:06:26 PM

Sohel Ahmed said:
kenrivers said:
I don't know of a reason why Ubuntu would not be able to access those drives. I'm sure you would be able to access the drives from an OS other than Windows.


thanks


You're welcome.
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October 15, 2014 2:41:36 AM

kenrivers said:
I don't know of a reason why Ubuntu would not be able to access those drives. I'm sure you would be able to access the drives from an OS other than Windows.



Ubuntu by default not supports NTFS file format so u cant able to access HDD.. U can enable it by installing some packages that are available on net.
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October 15, 2014 4:18:06 AM

Hey there, Sohel Ahmed!

@kenrivers already did a pretty awesome job answering your questions about the difference between the two external HDDs.
You shouldn't have any problem using the drives on ubuntu, just might need to format them in the proper file system that ubuntu supports, or as already mentioned you can use third party tools to read any file system whatsoever. :) 

However, I wanted to point out since it's pretty common for users to ask this question about these two specific externals.
The main difference between them is that My Passport incorporates a hardware encryption, and WD Elements does not.
Also WD Elements comes without any software, whereas My Passport has a lot of features with it.

Hope this makes things clearer! :) 
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