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Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 1
WORL RIVES
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My Book® Essential™
External Hard Drives
Smart backup and storage
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Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption
Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition now features ...
Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 2
... data to 35°C Non-op. Pictures shown may vary from the WD SmartWare control center. The term of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See your backup as it .
Product Specifications
Interface USB 2.0
Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide
Dimensions Height: 1.9 in (48 mm) Depth: 6.5 in (165 mm) Width: 5.3 in...
User Manual - Page 5
...MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL
Unlocking the Drive 53 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 53 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 55
Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software 56
9 Troubleshooting 57
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 57 Frequently Asked Questions 57
A Installing the SES Driver 59
Installing on Windows XP Computers 59 Installing the...
User Manual - Page 6
... the power settings, and more elegant.
USB 3.0 interface-A simple connection that gives you 've lost files effortlessly. WD's best-selling My Book Essential USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare software that backs up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost all the chapters of mind knowing that your digital life. WD...
User Manual - Page 7
... with Windows Computers-NTFS-formatted for compatibility with WD SmartWare software).
Kit Contents
As shown in your My Book Essential disk drive kit includes the following: • My Book Essential external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide
USB Cable
Quick Install Guide
AC Adapter
My Book...
User Manual - Page 8
... Windows computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update.
For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service pack (SP).
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Operating System Compatibility
Your My Book Essential drive and the WD SmartWare software are compatible with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 44 and "Troubleshooting...
User Manual - Page 11
... Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software
Connecting the Drive
To connect the My Book drive to your Windows computer:
1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer and installing WD SmartWare software. Turn on your computer...
User Manual - Page 12
... . . . MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Note: If you have reformatted the drive for your My Book drive.
6. Skip to WD SmartWare screen displays (see Figure 5). Enabled Disabled
Proceed to close it. Skip to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 5). Figure 5.
b. Verify that is animated. a. The WD SmartWare software that the new My Book drive appears under My Computer in Windows Explorer and...
User Manual - Page 13
...THEN click the . . . MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
8.
protection and drive management features, and password
protect or register your My Book drive on page 15 instead.
9. For Windows Vista or Windows 7, two or three screens might appear, depending on your drive
Install WD SmartWare button. Continue to "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 7).
10.
Wait for...
User Manual - Page 14
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
4.
See Figure 8 on page 11 and "Retrieving Backed
Up Files" on page 10). After that, launching the software displays the Home screen so you can either: • Run your drive (Figure 7 on page 10).
Click Continue to Settings to step 6 on page 11. This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Retrieve a backup. Install Drive ...
User Manual - Page 20
... 23)
• Secure you drive and all of your My Book as an external hard drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15 In this case, however, you will not be able to display the
Continue without installing the WD SmartWare software:
1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software
If you do not install the WD SmartWare software, you have changed your...
User Manual - Page 24
... include: • Selecting specific files to back up some of backup versions to keep - MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full
means that there is idle Selecting Specific Files to Back Up
To back up • Changing the backup software settings:
- c. b. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to longterm...
User Manual - Page 40
... the Backup and Retrieve functions if you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you reconnect your My Book drive to your computer, the Preferences option checks for software updates. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 35 Customizing Your Drive Settings
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for information about software updates, product enhancements, and price discount...
User Manual - Page 66
... or specific location and click Next:
4. c. On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a
connection attempt to My Computer and: a. Browse to Windows Update:
2. b. Click Next to the Internet, install the driver manually:
1. INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 61 Double-click the My Book drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Installing the Driver Manually
If...
User Manual - Page 78
...specifications at any time without notice. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California 92630 U.S.A.
4779-705019-A03 Aug 2010 however, no responsibility is granted by WD...2010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. WD reserves the right to other rights of WD.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book, and My Passport are registered trademarks and My Passport Essential, WD ...
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