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You are here: Home / Potpourri / 12 Days of Giveaways: #12 Western Digital 1TB Passport Essential SE

12 Days of Giveaways: #12 Western Digital 1TB Passport Essential SE

December 23, 2010 by Kris McDonald

Western Digital has been really good to us in this giveaway. Up for grabs this time is a whopping 1TB Passport Essential SE. I need this! Nope, I don’t have one yet, so you get it before me!!! Even though I have not reviewed the 1TB version, it can only be better than the 500mb. Why? Because like the last WD giveaway this version is ready to go with not only USB 2.0, but USB 3.0 as well. So, if you are getting a shiny new computer for Christmas equipped with USB 3.0, this drive will be ready to handle it!

Just imagine how much music, movies, and photos you can save!

The Giveaway

One lucky winner will receive ONE Western Digital 1TB Passport Essential SE.

How to Win (Required):

1. Leave a comment telling me how you currently back up your computer.

Extra entries (Optional):

2. LIKE this blog on Facebook
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6. Tweet the following:

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PLEASE LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EVERY ACTION THAT YOU TAKE.

Reminder: All giveaways will run until Midnight on Christmas Eve when I will choose and announce the winners.

The 1TB Passport Essential SE is available from Amazon.com for $119.

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Kris McDonald is Chicago mom to 2 sets of twins, wife, photography nut, gadget addict, travel addict, and tech blogger who has worked in IT for over 20 years. She figured out a while ago that she was destined to be really busy (hence the 2 sets of twins), and she has found peace with that. Read More…

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  1. Richard

    December 24, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    http://twitter.com/JKrabbenstein/status/18507993649778689

    Tweet above.

    Richard / Krabbman
    Taesa68@yahoo.com

  2. Richard

    December 24, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    I follow on Twitter under JKrabbenstein

    Richard / Krabbman
    taesa68@yahoo.com

  3. Richard

    December 24, 2010 at 10:34 pm

    I subscribe via email

    Richard / Krabbman
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  4. Richard

    December 24, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    I like you on Facebook under ‘John Crabbe’

    Richard / Krabbman
    taesa68@yahoo.com

  5. Richard

    December 24, 2010 at 10:31 pm

    I currently back up my computer to a 250GB external hard drive. Unfortunately, since it is packed with all my pics and videos, everyone in my family always wants to ‘borrow’ it, so I need to let that one go, and start anew with larger space that is MINE.

    Richard / krabbman
    Taesa68@yahoo.com

  6. benny w

    December 25, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Following on RSS feed

  7. benny w

    December 25, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Liked on fb! (benny8484)

  8. benny w

    December 25, 2010 at 3:28 am

    We back up to an external right now…thanks!

  9. Anonymous

    December 24, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    Posted giveaway on twitter. @goodenuf4oats
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  10. Anonymous

    December 24, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    Following you on twitter. @goodenuf4oats
    hey(dot)4horses(at)yahoo(dot)com

  11. Anonymous

    December 24, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    Subscribed to your email. K Oglesby
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  12. Anonymous

    December 24, 2010 at 6:34 pm

    Following rss feed. K Oglesby
    hey(dot)4horses(at)yahoo(dot)com

  13. Anonymous

    December 24, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    I liked you on FB. K Oglesby
    hey(dot)4horses(at)yahoo(dot)com

  14. Anonymous

    December 24, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    My computer backs itself up by calendar day. K Oglesby
    hey(dot)4horses(at)yahoo(dot)com

  15. Xxsquigglesxx

    December 24, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/squiggles87/status/18423290892648448

    xxsquigglesxx(at)gmail(dot)com

  16. Xxsquigglesxx

    December 24, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    I follow on twitter (@Squiggles87)

    xxsquigglesxx(at)gmail(dot)com

  17. Xxsquigglesxx

    December 24, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    I don’t currently back up my computer, that’s why I need to win this! 🙂 Thanks for the chance!

    xxsquigglesxx(at)gmail(dot)com

  18. melanie

    December 24, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    I am following you via Blackberry News Feed

  19. melanie

    December 24, 2010 at 9:08 pm

    I am following you on Twitter @mcomant

  20. melanie

    December 24, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    I have liked you on Facebook.

  21. melanie

    December 24, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    I currently back up my computer to a 4.7 gb dvd on a monthly basis.

  22. JD Seattle

    December 24, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    I follow you on Twitter as @jdnorthwest

    • JD Seattle

      December 24, 2010 at 8:33 pm

      How do I delete my duplicate comments? Sorry!

  23. JD Seattle

    December 24, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    I follow this blog via RSS

  24. JD Seattle

    December 24, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    I LIKE this blog on Facebook

  25. JD Seattle

    December 24, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    We use an external and I make sure both home computers have sync’d files.

  26. Schmidty

    December 24, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    I follow you on twitter @rusthawk.

  27. Schmidty

    December 24, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    I am subscribed to your RSS feed.

  28. Schmidty

    December 24, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    I follow you on facebook.

  29. Schmidty

    December 24, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    I use a 2G flash drive.

  30. Mommy2skie

    December 24, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    GFC.

  31. Mommy2skie

    December 24, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Google Reader

  32. Mommy2skie

    December 24, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Facebook; Misty VanEpps

  33. michelle

    December 24, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    fb fan

  34. michelle

    December 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm

    no back-up

  35. Lorrie

    December 24, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Email subscriber.

  36. Lorrie

    December 24, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    I am following you on twitter.

    @pinklady705

  37. Lorrie

    December 24, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    I like you on facebook.

    Lorrie R.

  38. Lorrie

    December 24, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    Oh how I hate to admit it, I don’t have a way that I back up my computer. 🙁

  39. Beth

    December 24, 2010 at 11:55 am

    i have to use cds, this would be awesome!

  40. Dena Gruver

    December 24, 2010 at 11:17 am

    I like this on facebook 🙂

  41. Dena Gruver

    December 24, 2010 at 11:16 am

    We currently back up on several small external hard drives- would be awesome to have a nice big one 🙂

  42. Angela L.

    December 24, 2010 at 10:32 am

    I’m an email subscriber via angieangel14 at hotmail dot com.

    Angela L.
    lasitera at yahoo dot com

  43. Angela L.

    December 24, 2010 at 10:29 am

    I tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/#!/lasiteral/status/18342468990799872

    Angela L.
    lasitera at yahoo dot com
    @lasiteral

  44. Angela L.

    December 24, 2010 at 10:28 am

    I follow you on Twitter.

    @lasiteral

  45. Angela L.

    December 24, 2010 at 10:26 am

    I follow via RSS feed and Google Reader (larson.angela.l at gmail dot com).

    Angela L.
    lasitera at yahoo dot com

  46. Angela L.

    December 24, 2010 at 10:25 am

    I like you blog on Facebook.

    Username: Angela Larson

    lasitera at yahoo dot com

  47. Angela L.

    December 24, 2010 at 10:24 am

    I currently use a 320GB external hard drive to back up all of my pictures and important files, but I don’t backup my entire computer.

    Thanks for hosting!!

    Angela L.
    lasitera at yahoo dot com

  48. Holly

    December 24, 2010 at 8:38 am

    We have an external hard drive that we back up our computer on every Monday, and then I take the back up to my work so that if there is a fire we don’t lose it all.

  49. Beanfiddler

    December 24, 2010 at 8:21 am

    Tweeted 12/24:
    http://twitter.com/beanfiddlers/statuses/18309752178089984

  50. Soroya

    December 24, 2010 at 6:26 am

    I follow your blog via RSS.

  51. Soroya

    December 24, 2010 at 6:25 am

    I backup using a small external hard drive. This would be great to have.

  52. Notorious Spinks

    December 24, 2010 at 4:23 am

    I follow via Twitter @notoriousspinks

  53. Notorious Spinks

    December 24, 2010 at 4:22 am

    I subscribe via email

  54. Notorious Spinks

    December 24, 2010 at 4:21 am

    I subscribe via RSS

  55. Notorious Spinks

    December 24, 2010 at 4:21 am

    I follow on FB- Y . Spinks

  56. Notorious Spinks

    December 24, 2010 at 4:20 am

    I’m trying to do Mozy but my music alone is taking so long.

  57. Caren Eri

    December 24, 2010 at 2:11 am

    I back up my computer with lots and lots of CD’s. My husband took our only hard drive with him to Afghanistan, so in the mean time its just me and our DVDs

  58. Amy Seefeld

    December 24, 2010 at 2:00 am

    i “like” you on facebook

  59. Kelster

    December 24, 2010 at 2:00 am

    I follow via RSS

  60. Amy Seefeld

    December 24, 2010 at 1:59 am

    We back our computer up on external hard drives…but we are constantly needing more room.

  61. Kelster

    December 24, 2010 at 1:58 am

    I mainly use online storage. Definitely not efficient.

  62. Mare

    December 23, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    OK, and if I actually read… I back up the computer with a remote back up in the basement. Definitely need something separate.

  63. Linda Kish

    December 23, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    All I have is a little 4GB flash drive. So, I don’t actually back anything up right now.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  64. Mare

    December 23, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    I like you on FB. And IRL. 🙂

  65. Mare

    December 23, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    I follow you on Twitter. 🙂

  66. Mare

    December 23, 2010 at 11:15 pm

    I need storage!! Please!

  67. VickieB

    December 23, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    I’m an email subscriber vlbsweeps at gmail dot com

  68. VickieB

    December 23, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/vlbsweeps/status/18155802049122304

  69. VickieB

    December 23, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    I follow on Twitter @vlbsweeps

  70. VickieB

    December 23, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    I currently back up to an external hard drive

  71. Abbey olsen

    December 23, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    We have an apple time machine but it’s already full!!!!! Help! 😀

  72. Jen

    December 23, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    I follow you on twitter.

  73. Gary

    December 23, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    Subscribed to Little Tech Girl.

  74. Gary

    December 23, 2010 at 9:46 pm

    Just tweeted to the Twitterspace: Want to win cool prizes? Check @littletechgirl’s 12 days of Xmas Giveaways! LAST DAY! Don’t miss out http://bit.ly/littletechgirl

  75. Gary

    December 23, 2010 at 9:45 pm

    I have followed you on Twitter! Twit Twit!

  76. Gary

    December 23, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    I back-up my important files online. I simply upload them as attachment to my GMail account and then send that file back to the same account. I know it is a little bit tedious but it gets the job done thus far. This external harddrive would help a lot in easing the pain of going through that process all over again.

  77. Jen

    December 23, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    I follow you via RSS.

  78. Gary

    December 23, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    I have ‘Like’-d you on Facebook. If I could Like you a million more times I would! Awesome giveaway!

  79. Jen

    December 23, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    I like you on facebook.

  80. Jen

    December 23, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    WANT. *swoons*

    I really store everything on a portable hard drive, so my 400gb one seems to be filling up fast with all those giant pics I take.

  81. Asia huska

    December 23, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    I dont backup , I lose lol

  82. Yvonne H.

    December 23, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/cecethree/status/18143115814637568

  83. Staci D.

    December 23, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    I follow you on Twitter

  84. Staci D.

    December 23, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    I like you on FB

  85. Yvonne H.

    December 23, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    Following you on Twitter: @cecethree

  86. Staci D.

    December 23, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    I don’t currently back it up. I probably should seeing how I work from home..lol

  87. Yvonne H.

    December 23, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    I mostly use CDs, DVDs or flash drives

  88. Amy Pullifrone

    December 23, 2010 at 9:04 pm

    I don’t back-up my computer but just recently I realized that I need to. My computer is very slow, so I have been deleting some things. If I win this, it will make it so much easier. I really need something to store my pics..I love taking pics. I am already a follower on facebook so I liked this blog. I don’t tweet. I already have subscribed too. Happy Holidays!!

  89. Andrew

    December 23, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    I tweeted about this here: http://twitter.com/#!/alee67/status/18137275359559680

  90. Daneisha

    December 23, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    And now you’re in my inbox!

  91. Daneisha

    December 23, 2010 at 8:53 pm

    following you blog in my google reader! woot!

  92. Daneisha

    December 23, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    I also retweeted!

  93. Andrew

    December 23, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    I already follow you on Twitter. I’m @alee67.

  94. Daneisha

    December 23, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    I follow you on twitter!

  95. Daneisha

    December 23, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    I “like” you FB

  96. Andrew

    December 23, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    I already subscribe to your blog via email.

  97. Andrew

    December 23, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    I already subscribe to your RSS feed in My Yahoo.

  98. Daneisha

    December 23, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    I don’t backup! It got me in trouble last month. I had to have my computer fixed and lost a lot of business because my files were not backed up!

  99. Christina Thomas

    December 23, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    I follow on facebook too!

  100. Andrew

    December 23, 2010 at 8:43 pm

    I mainly copy important files between my desktop and laptop, and copy some of the most important files to flash drives.

  101. Christina Thomas

    December 23, 2010 at 8:43 pm

    I don’t back it up….horrible yes but I have nothing to back it up to…

  102. Amanda Davis

    December 23, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    I also follow you on Twitter (@amandapersists)

    Thanks again!!

  103. Amanda Davis

    December 23, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    I like LittleTechGirl.com on Facebook (Amanda Davis) Thank you!

  104. Amanda Davis

    December 23, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    I save all of my important files/photos/videos/ and music on DVD’s – really not convenient at all which is why I’m entering to win!! Thanks so much for the chance!!

  105. matt

    December 23, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    back up? i’ve never backed up my stuff. haha if something goes wrong with my computer, it’s bye bye files. so now i’d use this just in case I win! 😀

  106. BeckyB

    December 23, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    I follow on Google RSS.

  107. Carolyn Gates

    December 23, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    Follow your blog on facebook

    Carolyn White Gates

  108. BeckyB

    December 23, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    I follow on Facebook.

  109. Carolyn Gates

    December 23, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    I have no way to backup right now so this would really be handy.

  110. BeckyB

    December 23, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    I follow on Twitter.

  111. BeckyB

    December 23, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    I currently back up to an external – but oh boy, could I ever use a bigger one! Not a good habit!!! TOO many pictures!

  112. Jennifer Centers

    December 23, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    I follow on Twitter as @imjustme1983
    chopperbabe202@aol.com

  113. Shannon Blanchard

    December 23, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    tweeted http://twitter.com/littletechgirl

  114. Jennifer Centers

    December 23, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    I sub via email
    chopperbabe202@aol.com

  115. Jennifer Centers

    December 23, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    I follow via RSS
    chopperbabe202@aol.com

  116. Jennifer Centers

    December 23, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    I like on FB
    chopperbabe202@aol.com

  117. Shannon Blanchard

    December 23, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    I follow on twitter

  118. Jennifer Centers

    December 23, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    I use CD’s/DVD’s. Pathetic I know lol
    chopperbabe202@aol.com

  119. Shannon Blanchard

    December 23, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    I subscribe to the daily emails.

  120. Shannon Blanchard

    December 23, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    I follow this blog via RSS feed

  121. Shannon Blanchard

    December 23, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    I follow on Facebook

  122. Shannon Blanchard

    December 23, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    My husband has all the files backed up on an external drive. You can always use more storage/

  123. Cycy Larson

    December 23, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    I like this blog on Facebook as cycylarson

  124. Tara M

    December 23, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    I subscribe via email

  125. Tara M

    December 23, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    I follow via RSS

  126. Tara M

    December 23, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    I follow on facebook

  127. Tara M

    December 23, 2010 at 7:49 pm

    I backup online, but I can’t seem to access it, so who knows?!

  128. Beanfiddler

    December 23, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    I tweeted 12/23:
    http://twitter.com/beanfiddlers/statuses/18118932804149248

  129. Cycy Larson

    December 23, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    Oh how I NEED the 1TB WD Passport Essential SE!

    I currently do not backup my data on a regular basis – and then only manually when I do. I know better – have been in IT for 20+ years (kinda like the old story of the shoe maker’s kids that have no shoes).

    I backup my husband’s data via Mozy nightly and then do a manual backup to weekly to network storage — but I do not have a HDD large enough to backup my own data.

  130. Beanfiddler

    December 23, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    I follow you on Twitter @beanfiddlers.

  131. Beanfiddler

    December 23, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    I subscribe via email.

  132. Beanfiddler

    December 23, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    I follow via RSS.

  133. Beanfiddler

    December 23, 2010 at 7:36 pm

    I like this blog on Facebook as Beanfiddler.

  134. Beanfiddler

    December 23, 2010 at 7:34 pm

    I currently back up to an external hard drive, but I’ve filled both of them so I need more space!

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