Expanding on its popular portable storage offerings, WD today introduced
its new My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives which are designed to
make it easy to securely carry thousands of songs, videos or photos in
style. The new fully-featured My Passport Elite Portable
USB Drives include a luxurious, soft-touch finish that makes these drives
easy to grip, comfortable to hold, and fashionable to carry.

Weighing in at less than 5 ounces and available in capacities of 320
and 250 GB, the new My Passport Elite drives are small enough to fit in a
pocket for consumers on-the-go. Adding to the small footprint, these drives
are USB-bus powered, which eliminates the need for an external power
adapter.

"Your digital content is as personal today as photos in shoeboxes and
racks of CDs were yesterday," said Jim Welsh, vice president and general
manager of WD's branded products and consumer electronics groups. "The
device that securely holds your content should be just as personal. Having
listened to our customers, we are expanding the options available on our WD
Passport family of personal storage devices with more features, content
management functions and fashionable design."

Unique features of the new My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives include:

-- Capacity gauge that enables users to know at-a-glance how much space
is available;
-- Powerful automatic backup software lets users designate files and
folders for automatic and continuous backup;
-- Synchronization software that lets users sync their changes and
protect their information with 128-bit encryption;
-- Retrieve forgotten files from any MioNet(R)-enabled PC (compatible
with Windows(R) only) and copy them to My Passport Elite with
MioNet installed allowing users to retrieve forgotten files from
the road using the unique MioNet Key(TM) software;
-- Available in four elegant, soft-touch colors: bronze, titanium,
westminster blue and cherry red;
-- Industry-leading 5-year limited warranty; and,
-- Plug-and-play capability with gaming consoles(2) to make it easy to
play music and view photos and video files on a TV.