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iii Table of Contents MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 ...
iii Table of Contents MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 ...
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iv MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 25 Password Protecting the Drive 25 Unlocking the Drive 26 Unlocking the Drive with ... 47 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 47 Checking Drive Status 48 Safely Dismounting the Drive 49 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 49 Using the My Passport Icon 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS -
iv MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 25 Password Protecting the Drive 25 Unlocking the Drive 26 Unlocking the Drive with ... 47 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 47 Checking Drive Status 48 Safely Dismounting the Drive 49 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 49 Using the My Passport Icon 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS -
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive 50 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 50 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD ...
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive 50 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 50 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD ...
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...Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more from the WD SmartWare control center. • Drive lock-... integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package in a variety of your digital life. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to save energy. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that...
...Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more from the WD SmartWare control center. • Drive lock-... integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package in a variety of your digital life. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to save energy. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that...
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...portable hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows computers-NTFS-formatted for ...eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 We encourage you to three WD drives (My Passport or My Book drives with limited bus power • Replacement or additional USB cables For information about optional accessories for multiple devices-One ...
...portable hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows computers-NTFS-formatted for ...eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 We encourage you to three WD drives (My Passport or My Book drives with limited bus power • Replacement or additional USB cables For information about optional accessories for multiple devices-One ...
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... X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 54. Disk Drive Format Your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive is preformatted as follows: LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Slow flashing, approximately every... 2.5 seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 My Passport Essential and Essential SE Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state as a single NTFS partition for...
... X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 54. Disk Drive Format Your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive is preformatted as follows: LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Slow flashing, approximately every... 2.5 seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 My Passport Essential and Essential SE Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state as a single NTFS partition for...
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... Drive" on page 34. Handling Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL USB 3.0 Interface Super-Speed USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 12 Mb/s Registering the Drive Always... register your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive to get the latest updates and special offers. Drives can easily register your external storage product: • Do...
... Drive" on page 34. Handling Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL USB 3.0 Interface Super-Speed USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 12 Mb/s Registering the Drive Always... register your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive to get the latest updates and special offers. Drives can easily register your external storage product: • Do...
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... Figure 3. 3. Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to step 8. Connect the My Passport drive to close it. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to your My Passport drive. 4. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD SmartWare...the drive and installing the WD SmartWare software on your Windows computer: 1. THEN . . . To connect the My Passport drive to your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for ...
... Figure 3. 3. Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to step 8. Connect the My Passport drive to close it. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to your My Passport drive. 4. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD SmartWare...the drive and installing the WD SmartWare software on your Windows computer: 1. THEN . . . To connect the My Passport drive to your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for ...
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.... Enabled Disabled Proceed to "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, THEN . . . MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, click to open the My Passport drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare.exe file to display the...
.... Enabled Disabled Proceed to "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, THEN . . . MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, click to open the My Passport drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare.exe file to display the...
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...files on the AutoPlay screen and double-click the WD SmartWare.exe file to display the Welcome to do not want to your My Passport drive on page 13 instead. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING ...What would you do ? protection and drive management features, and password protect or register your drive Install WD SmartWare button. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. prompt on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen provides three options for the software installation to continue. ...
...files on the AutoPlay screen and double-click the WD SmartWare.exe file to display the Welcome to do not want to your My Passport drive on page 13 instead. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING ...What would you do ? protection and drive management features, and password protect or register your drive Install WD SmartWare button. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. prompt on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen provides three options for the software installation to continue. ...
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... step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . . See Figure 7 on page 10 and "Retrieving Backed Up Files" on page 34 b. After completing your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you install the WD SmartWare software on your initial backup, click Continue on...
... step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . . See Figure 7 on page 10 and "Retrieving Backed Up Files" on page 34 b. After completing your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you install the WD SmartWare software on your initial backup, click Continue on...
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Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6. Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 5.
Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6. Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 5.
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Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 7.
Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 7.
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...gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to protect your encrypted drive from your My Passport drive to any location on your computer CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 11 Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and... identify the categories of your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to retrieve backed up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your data automatically-Automatic, continuous ...
...gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to protect your encrypted drive from your My Passport drive to any location on your computer CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 11 Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and... identify the categories of your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to retrieve backed up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your data automatically-Automatic, continuous ...
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...space portion of your drive properties. Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes all of your My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare Drive Settings ... available after selecting Install Drive Settings, installing the software, completing the initial drive settings, and opening the WD SmartWare software. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for...
...space portion of your drive properties. Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes all of your My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare Drive Settings ... available after selecting Install Drive Settings, installing the software, completing the initial drive settings, and opening the WD SmartWare software. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for...
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... , click the X icon in the upper-right corner of the screen. Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 Note: The small number of files that are uncertain about what to do.../help screen after reading the online help information to quickly guide you copy files to do not install the WD SmartWare software, you do ? MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you through your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks.
... , click the X icon in the upper-right corner of the screen. Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 Note: The small number of files that are uncertain about what to do.../help screen after reading the online help information to quickly guide you copy files to do not install the WD SmartWare software, you do ? MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you through your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks.
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...or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that are configured with an Apply Changes button for implementing your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your ...continuously backs up . After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of content you without any action on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Note: One installation of them up to your selections • Start Backup...
...or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that are configured with an Apply Changes button for implementing your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your ...continuously backs up . After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of content you without any action on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Note: One installation of them up to your selections • Start Backup...
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... extensions Others that do not belong in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not available for your My Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that are available for backup... • Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of files that would be included in the backup if you click Start Backup are shown where...
... extensions Others that do not belong in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not available for your My Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that are available for backup... • Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of files that would be included in the backup if you click Start Backup are shown where...
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... a backup successfully finished message means that you cannot determine why some of files involved • View link that the backup completed normally. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that you ...have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to blue for each category as the WD SmartWare software backs up your operating system files that are not available for backup....
... a backup successfully finished message means that you cannot determine why some of files involved • View link that the backup completed normally. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that you ...have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to blue for each category as the WD SmartWare software backs up your operating system files that are not available for backup....
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...the WD SmartWare software removes all of the backup files that were just copied to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to your My Passport drive. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop...future requirements. 5. Pausing the backup until your computer is not enough free space on page 15), select Detailed View to keep - MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that there is idle Selecting ...
...the WD SmartWare software removes all of the backup files that were just copied to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to your My Passport drive. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop...future requirements. 5. Pausing the backup until your computer is not enough free space on page 15), select Detailed View to keep - MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that there is idle Selecting ...