Product Specifications (pdf)
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... 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are required to save energy. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up . All product and packaging specifications subject to 35°C Non-op. See your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more elegant. My Book Essential External Hard Drives...
... 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are required to save energy. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up . All product and packaging specifications subject to 35°C Non-op. See your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more elegant. My Book Essential External Hard Drives...
User Manual
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... Contents MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Power/Activity LED 4 Power Button 4 USB 3.0 Interface 4 Kensington® Security Slot 5 Registering the Drive 5 Handling Precautions 5 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting...
... Contents MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Power/Activity LED 4 Power Button 4 USB 3.0 Interface 4 Kensington® Security Slot 5 Registering the Drive 5 Handling Precautions 5 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting...
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...BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 27 Password Protecting the Drive 27 Unlocking the Drive 28 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 29 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 29 Changing Your Password 30 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 31 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive... Icon 32 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 32 Checking Drive Status 32 Monitoring Icon Alerts 33 Safely Disconnecting the Drive 33 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 33 Using the Drive Power Button 33 Customizing Your Software Settings 34 Specifying a ...
...BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 27 Password Protecting the Drive 27 Unlocking the Drive 28 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 29 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 29 Changing Your Password 30 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 31 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive... Icon 32 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 32 Checking Drive Status 32 Monitoring Icon Alerts 33 Safely Disconnecting the Drive 33 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 33 Using the Drive Power Button 33 Customizing Your Software Settings 34 Specifying a ...
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... the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of your digital life. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you...and compatibility among multiple computers. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to save energy. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Essential external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all...
... the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of your digital life. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you...and compatibility among multiple computers. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to save energy. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Essential external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all...
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... Book Essential drive has: • A power/activity indicator on the front • The power connector and button, interface port, and a security slot on hardware configuration and operating system. Front of the My Book Essential Drive ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Book Essential drive...
... Book Essential drive has: • A power/activity indicator on the front • The power connector and button, interface port, and a security slot on hardware configuration and operating system. Front of the My Book Essential Drive ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Book Essential drive...
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...; USB 2.0-up to 480 Mb/s • USB 1.1-up to 12 Mb/s ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 USB 3.0 Interface Super-Speed USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s. Back of the My Book Essential Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state and activity as follows: LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per...
...; USB 2.0-up to 480 Mb/s • USB 1.1-up to 12 Mb/s ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 USB 3.0 Interface Super-Speed USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s. Back of the My Book Essential Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state and activity as follows: LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per...
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Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 Removing 2 3 1 Figure 4. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer. 3. Connect the My Book drive as follows: US/JA/TW EU/...It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive 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 region, if required, change the power adapter as shown in Figure 4.
Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 Removing 2 3 1 Figure 4. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer. 3. Connect the My Book drive as follows: US/JA/TW EU/...It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive 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 region, if required, change the power adapter as shown in Figure 4.
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... automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your backup as your My Book drive is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to its original location whether you add or change a... file. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your data or just overwritten an important file. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 9. Drive...
... automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your backup as your My Book drive is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to its original location whether you add or change a... file. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your data or just overwritten an important file. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 9. Drive...
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...see Figure 13 on page 24) • Settings-Manages security, diagnostics, power settings, and backup parameters (see Figure 10 on page 17) • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that you have retrieved from your My Book drive to your computer (see Figure 8 on page 11) • Backup-... 13 Files that are not available for backup. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to any location on your computer In...
...see Figure 13 on page 24) • Settings-Manages security, diagnostics, power settings, and backup parameters (see Figure 10 on page 17) • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that you have retrieved from your My Book drive to your computer (see Figure 8 on page 11) • Backup-... 13 Files that are not available for backup. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to any location on your computer In...
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... access to online help information to the drive-represents the system and hidden files that your My Book drive (see Figure 9 on page 12) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen and provides a Preferences button ...-before copying any screen: To close the info/help screen after selecting Install Drive Settings, installing the software, completing the initial drive settings, and opening the WD SmartWare software. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for a description of the file categories. Note...
... access to online help information to the drive-represents the system and hidden files that your My Book drive (see Figure 9 on page 12) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen and provides a Preferences button ...-before copying any screen: To close the info/help screen after selecting Install Drive Settings, installing the software, completing the initial drive settings, and opening the WD SmartWare software. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for a description of the file categories. Note...
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... To safely disconnect the drive using the drive power button: 1. You might hear the drive power down . 2. Safely Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION! MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 33 You can safely disconnect the drive from your computer by using either: • The WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar, and then click Safely remove My Book Essential USB HDD: You might...
... To safely disconnect the drive using the drive power button: 1. You might hear the drive power down . 2. Safely Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION! MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 33 You can safely disconnect the drive from your computer by using either: • The WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar, and then click Safely remove My Book Essential USB HDD: You might...
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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Setting the Preferences Option When enabled, each time you like to do? On either the Software Settings screen (Figure 12 on page 21) or the drive management Drive Settings screen (Figure 17 on the Welcome to your password if you have one. • ... functions if you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you reconnect your drive for you to conserve power and extend the life of the drive. • Drive Erase-Erase all of the contents on the drive management Set Preferences dialog. Customizing Your Drive Settings The WD SmartWare software ...
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Setting the Preferences Option When enabled, each time you like to do? On either the Software Settings screen (Figure 12 on page 21) or the drive management Drive Settings screen (Figure 17 on the Welcome to your password if you have one. • ... functions if you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you reconnect your drive for you to conserve power and extend the life of the drive. • Drive Erase-Erase all of the contents on the drive management Set Preferences dialog. Customizing Your Drive Settings The WD SmartWare software ...
User Manual
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...BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Registering the Drive The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to the Internet. 2. Make sure that your computer is connected to register your last name in the E-mail address box. 6. Type your drive. Type your drive. To specify the inactivity period for the sleep timer: 1. On the Drive...27), click Registration to display the Register Drive dialog: 3. Type your language in the First name box. 4. Setting the Drive Sleep Timer The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive to receive free technical support during the ...
...BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Registering the Drive The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to the Internet. 2. Make sure that your computer is connected to register your last name in the E-mail address box. 6. Type your drive. Type your drive. To specify the inactivity period for the sleep timer: 1. On the Drive...27), click Registration to display the Register Drive dialog: 3. Type your language in the First name box. 4. Setting the Drive Sleep Timer The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive to receive free technical support during the ...
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... more than one volume, a prompt asks you to display a list of drives. 2. You might hear the drive power down or removing the drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL c. To prevent data loss, close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen. Wait for the drive icon to disappear from the desktop before shutting down . 3. Click the WD SmartWare icon to...
... more than one volume, a prompt asks you to display a list of drives. 2. You might hear the drive power down or removing the drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL c. To prevent data loss, close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen. Wait for the drive icon to disappear from the desktop before shutting down . 3. Click the WD SmartWare icon to...
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... the back of the My Book drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Using the My Book Icon To safely dismount the drive using the drive power button: 1. Using the Drive Power Button To safely dismount the drive using the My Book icon: 1. or control-click the My Book icon on the desktop and click Eject "MY BOOK" where "MY BOOK" is the name you assigned...
... the back of the My Book drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Using the My Book Icon To safely dismount the drive using the drive power button: 1. Using the Drive Power Button To safely dismount the drive using the My Book icon: 1. or control-click the My Book icon on the desktop and click Eject "MY BOOK" where "MY BOOK" is the name you assigned...
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... USB drive to a power source. A special cable may attempt to boot from external drives, refer to disable this feature or visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1201. Q: Why is plugged in your system has a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 PCI adapter card, be needed for installation procedures. A: If your region. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER...
... USB drive to a power source. A special cable may attempt to boot from external drives, refer to disable this feature or visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1201. Q: Why is plugged in your system has a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 PCI adapter card, be needed for installation procedures. A: If your region. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER...
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...(2004/108/EC) and the Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC). This product is on file at Western Digital Europe. regulation 3. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in accordance with the applicable...BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 1B Compliance and Warranty Information This appendix includes the following topics: Regulatory Compliance Environmental Compliance (China) Warranty Information 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 be supplied by a listed limited power...
...(2004/108/EC) and the Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC). This product is on file at Western Digital Europe. regulation 3. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in accordance with the applicable...BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 1B Compliance and Warranty Information This appendix includes the following topics: Regulatory Compliance Environmental Compliance (China) Warranty Information 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 be supplied by a listed limited power...
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... file category, defined 13, 17 Power button 4, 53 Precautions for handling the drive 5 Preferences options, setting 35 Preferences software setting 34 Product features 1 Product registration 5 Q Quick Diagnostic Self-test 42 R Reformatting the drive 44 Register Drive screen 37 Registering your drive 37 Registration, online 5 Regulatory compliance... 34, 35 retrieve folder 34 system throttling 34 Space available on a Mac 56 on Windows 32 Settings MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL See Drive Settings Status check 32 on a Mac 56 on Windows 32 System file category defined 50 file category, defined 13...
... file category, defined 13, 17 Power button 4, 53 Precautions for handling the drive 5 Preferences options, setting 35 Preferences software setting 34 Product features 1 Product registration 5 Q Quick Diagnostic Self-test 42 R Reformatting the drive 44 Register Drive screen 37 Registering your drive 37 Registration, online 5 Regulatory compliance... 34, 35 retrieve folder 34 system throttling 34 Space available on a Mac 56 on Windows 32 Settings MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL See Drive Settings Status check 32 on a Mac 56 on Windows 32 System file category defined 50 file category, defined 13...