Product Specifications (pdf)
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... 87 GB My Passport Music 87 GB Protect your data automatically Relax, your product was purchased. Our smallest portable drive ever We designed a smaller, high-quality, integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package. An optional cable is secure. We encourage you add or change without notice. System Compatibility Formatted NTFS for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac...
... 87 GB My Passport Music 87 GB Protect your data automatically Relax, your product was purchased. Our smallest portable drive ever We designed a smaller, high-quality, integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package. An optional cable is secure. We encourage you add or change without notice. System Compatibility Formatted NTFS for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac...
User Manual
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Kit Contents • My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Compatibility Windows ® • An available USB port • Windows 2000/XP/Vista Macintosh ® • An available USB port • Mac® OS X 10.4.11+ or 10.5.3+ Note: Compatibility may vary depending on...
Kit Contents • My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Compatibility Windows ® • An available USB port • Windows 2000/XP/Vista Macintosh ® • An available USB port • Mac® OS X 10.4.11+ or 10.5.3+ Note: Compatibility may vary depending on...
User Manual
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...special cable may be sure to 480 Mb/s. Outside the U.S., contact WD Technical Support in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from support.wdc.com/download. For a list of the device. See Knowledge Base... up before reformatting. 1. Reformatting the Drive Important: Reformatting the drive erases all updated Windows and Macintosh operating systems. The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size limit of 4 GB. 2 About Your WD Drive Features MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL LED The power/activity LED...
...special cable may be sure to 480 Mb/s. Outside the U.S., contact WD Technical Support in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from support.wdc.com/download. For a list of the device. See Knowledge Base... up before reformatting. 1. Reformatting the Drive Important: Reformatting the drive erases all updated Windows and Macintosh operating systems. The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size limit of 4 GB. 2 About Your WD Drive Features MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL LED The power/activity LED...
User Manual
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL 4 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Windows Right-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your computer. Macintosh Drag the My Passport icon to the Trash icon for proper dismount. TURNING OFF/DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE - 5 After the device icon disappears from the desktop, you may hear the drive power down properly, and you can safely disconnect the USB interface cable from your system tray and select Safely Remove Hardware. You may disconnect the drive safely. The drive is now shut down before the Power LED turns off.
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL 4 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Windows Right-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your computer. Macintosh Drag the My Passport icon to the Trash icon for proper dismount. TURNING OFF/DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE - 5 After the device icon disappears from the desktop, you may hear the drive power down properly, and you can safely disconnect the USB interface cable from your system tray and select Safely Remove Hardware. You may disconnect the drive safely. The drive is now shut down before the Power LED turns off.
User Manual
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... external drives, refer to your system documentation or contact your USB card manufacturer. A: Although USB 1.1 cables work with all Mac and Windows operating systems. The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB...partition, and format the drive in Windows XP and Vista 207 install, partition, and format the drive in file transfer time versus USB 1.1. A: Refer to your USB card documentation or contact your system manufacturer. 45 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If ...
... external drives, refer to your system documentation or contact your USB card manufacturer. A: Although USB 1.1 cables work with all Mac and Windows operating systems. The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB...partition, and format the drive in Windows XP and Vista 207 install, partition, and format the drive in file transfer time versus USB 1.1. A: Refer to your USB card documentation or contact your system manufacturer. 45 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If ...