Quick Install Guide (pdf)
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... All rights reserved. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Specifications subject to other countries; North America English Spanish 800.ASK.4WDC (800.275.4932...+31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705027-800 Jun 2009 My Passport™ Essential™ and My Passport and My Passport Essential are registered trademarks in the ...
... All rights reserved. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Specifications subject to other countries; North America English Spanish 800.ASK.4WDC (800.275.4932...+31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705027-800 Jun 2009 My Passport™ Essential™ and My Passport and My Passport Essential are registered trademarks in the ...
Product Specifications (pdf)
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WD SmartWare™ software automatically and continuously backs up your data and gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens. WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drives Smaller, smarter backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption The world's most popular portable drive is now smaller and smarter than ever.
WD SmartWare™ software automatically and continuously backs up your data and gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens. WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drives Smaller, smarter backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption The world's most popular portable drive is now smaller and smarter than ever.
Product Specifications (pdf)
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...gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one trillion bytes. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product Features See your life safe in one to suit your style. With a variety of fun colors, there's sure to be available in these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc....) Limited Warranty 2 years Americas 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan Capacities and MOdels 250 GB (black only), 320 GB, 500 GB, 640 GB Midnight Black WDBAAAxxxxABK Pacific Blue WDBAAAxxxxABL Real Red WDBAAAxxxxARD Cool Silver WDBAAAxxxxASL Arctic White WDBAAAxxxxAWT * Arctic White available...
...gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one trillion bytes. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product Features See your life safe in one to suit your style. With a variety of fun colors, there's sure to be available in these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc....) Limited Warranty 2 years Americas 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan Capacities and MOdels 250 GB (black only), 320 GB, 500 GB, 640 GB Midnight Black WDBAAAxxxxABK Pacific Blue WDBAAAxxxxABL Real Red WDBAAAxxxxARD Cool Silver WDBAAAxxxxASL Arctic White WDBAAAxxxxAWT * Arctic White available...
User Manual
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...Model Number: Purchase Date: System and Software Notes: GETTING STARTED - 1 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/....westerndigital.com. For Mac, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. The My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drive provides high-performance portable storage for your PC and Mac® and comes with sync & encryption software (PC ...
...Model Number: Purchase Date: System and Software Notes: GETTING STARTED - 1 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/....westerndigital.com. For Mac, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. The My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drive provides high-performance portable storage for your PC and Mac® and comes with sync & encryption software (PC ...
User Manual
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Register online at register.wdc.com. Be aware of the following precautions when unpacking and installing your external storage product: • Do not drop or jolt the device. • Do not move the device during activity. • To allow proper ventilation, ... of the device that may be handled with WD technical support. GETTING STARTED - 2 Drives may block ventilation. Do not stack any objects on the underside, top, or rear of the enclosure. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Registering Your WD Product Your WD product includes 30 days of free technical support...
Register online at register.wdc.com. Be aware of the following precautions when unpacking and installing your external storage product: • Do not drop or jolt the device. • Do not move the device during activity. • To allow proper ventilation, ... of the device that may be handled with WD technical support. GETTING STARTED - 2 Drives may block ventilation. Do not stack any objects on the underside, top, or rear of the enclosure. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Registering Your WD Product Your WD product includes 30 days of free technical support...
User Manual
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... WD Drive Features MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL LED The power/activity LED is backward-compatible with USB 1.1. 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. After... Base Answer ID 207 for most Windows-based computers. To create partitions larger than 32 GB in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from support.wdc.com/download. If you have already saved files...
... WD Drive Features MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL LED The power/activity LED is backward-compatible with USB 1.1. 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. After... Base Answer ID 207 for most Windows-based computers. To create partitions larger than 32 GB in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from support.wdc.com/download. If you have already saved files...
User Manual
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...: If autorun is displayed during this installation, click Accept or Continue. 4. CONNECTING THE DEVICE - 4 3 Connecting the Device MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL 1. To install software, double-click your computer, you must install the utilities and software manually. When finished, a menu displays a list including WD Sync ...
...: If autorun is displayed during this installation, click Accept or Continue. 4. CONNECTING THE DEVICE - 4 3 Connecting the Device MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL 1. To install software, double-click your computer, you must install the utilities and software manually. When finished, a menu displays a list including WD Sync ...
User Manual
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The drive is now shut down before the Power LED turns off. After the device icon disappears from the desktop, you may disconnect the drive safely. TURNING OFF/DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE - 5 Macintosh Drag the My Passport icon to the Trash icon for proper dismount. 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. 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.
The drive is now shut down before the Power LED turns off. After the device icon disappears from the desktop, you may disconnect the drive safely. TURNING OFF/DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE - 5 Macintosh Drag the My Passport icon to the Trash icon for proper dismount. 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. 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.
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...the U.S., contact WD Technical Support in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from external drives, refer to your system documentation or contact your WD USB 2.0 external storage product. Contact the adapter card manufacturer for compatibility with...an incorrect driver installation of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in your system includes a PCI slot, you have problems when installing or using the Disk Management utility. 45 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you can...
...the U.S., contact WD Technical Support in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from external drives, refer to your system documentation or contact your WD USB 2.0 external storage product. Contact the adapter card manufacturer for compatibility with...an incorrect driver installation of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in your system includes a PCI slot, you have problems when installing or using the Disk Management utility. 45 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you can...
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...233;quipement de technologie de l'information. regulation 3. If this product is a Class B product based on file at Western Digital Europe. 6 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Appendix Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits ...of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference ...
...233;quipement de technologie de l'information. regulation 3. If this product is a Class B product based on file at Western Digital Europe. 6 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Appendix Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits ...of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference ...
User Manual
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Warranty Information MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Obtaining Service WD values your ...and My Passport, My Passport Essential, and WD Sync are trademarks of lost data, or data contained in any financial loss, lost profits or expenses, or lost data regardless of the cause, recovery of Western Digital Technologies, Inc...attributable to misuse, improper installation, alteration (including removing or obliterating labels and opening, disassembling, or removing external enclosures, including but not limited to you . In the United States, some states do not allow exclusion...
Warranty Information MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE USER MANUAL Obtaining Service WD values your ...and My Passport, My Passport Essential, and WD Sync are trademarks of lost data, or data contained in any financial loss, lost profits or expenses, or lost data regardless of the cause, recovery of Western Digital Technologies, Inc...attributable to misuse, improper installation, alteration (including removing or obliterating labels and opening, disassembling, or removing external enclosures, including but not limited to you . In the United States, some states do not allow exclusion...