Western Digital's new My Passport line of portable hard drives are currently available, featuring a fresh enclosure design and a 2 TB capacity in a portable drive.

The new My Passport portable drives are available with a range of capacities beginning from 500 GB in five colors: white, black, silver, blue, and red. In addition, the new series is bundled with the WD SmartWare automatic backup software and WD Security for password protection and hardware encryption.

The external drives feature USB 3.0 connectivity; USB 2.0 compatibility; continuous, automatic backup software; and password protection with hardware encryption.

My Passport drives come with a 2-year limited warranty and are available online at the WD store at www.wdstore.com and at select retailers and distributors. MSRP is $129.99 USD for 500 GB, $149.99 USD for 750 GB, $179.99 USD for 1 TB, $199.99 for 1.5 TB and $249.99 USD for the new 2 TB edition.