1058:0742 — My Passport Essential SE (WDBGYS)

This is the USB identifier for a My Passport Essential SE (WDBGYS) manufactured by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The vendor ID 1058 is registered to Western Digital Technologies, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0742 is the product ID that Western Digital Technologies, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1058:0742 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport Essential SE (WDBGYS).

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1058:0742 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport Essential SE (WDBGYS)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1058:0742, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1058:0742. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1058, idProduct=0742.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_1058&PID_0742
USB\VID_1058&PID_0742&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1058&PID_0742"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    My Passport Essential SE (WDBGYS):
      Product ID: 0x0742
      Vendor ID: 0x1058  (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.)

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

1058  Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
	0742  My Passport Essential SE (WDBGYS)

• 1058:0730 My Passport Essential (WDBACY)
• 1058:0732 My Passport Essential SE (WDBGYS)
• 1058:0740 My Passport Essential (WDBACY)
• 1058:0741 My Passport Ultra
• 1058:0748 My Passport (WDBKXH, WDBY8L)
• 1058:07a8 My Passport (WDBBEP), My Passport for Mac (WDBLUZ)
• 1058:07ae My Passport Edge for Mac (WDBJBH)
• 1058:07ba PiDrive (WDLB)

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