My Passport Essential SE

Cameras, camcorders, MP3 players and other electronics will likely be on the wish list of many people this holiday season. But have you thought about how you're going to protect the digital assets created from these devices? Western Digital has a complete line of backup devices that protect all of your music and memories -- with many priced under $100.

For those on the go:

WD's My Passport line of portable drives are not much bigger than the size of a passport, and are available in a variety of colors and capacities ranging from 320 GB to 1 TB. The drives quickly connect to a laptop, desktop or any media player with a USB port for instant viewing of your favorite movies, photos, or playback of all your music. Read more

The new 1 TB and 750 GB capacity My Passport Essential SE drives are light and compact to carry and, because they are USB-powered, they do not need an external power adapter. Equipped with sync and encryption software (Windows-compatible only), this small drive, with mega-capacity, makes it easy to securely carry thousands of songs, videos or photos.

WD Sync software allows consumers to easily take desktop content with them by simplifying the synchronization of essential personal files and Microsoft Outlook data on a PC.

WD's My Passport Essential SE portable drives are available now in the U.S. at select retail stores and from WD's online store. MSRP for the My Passport Essential SE 1 TB portable drive is $299.99 and for the 750 GB model is $199.99.