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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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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 - iv
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v 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 ...
v 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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...your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport™ Essential™...• Protect your data automatically-Relax! WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare...Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more...visual, easy-to save energy. Your data is secure. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to -use backup solution for all your data, ...
...your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport™ Essential™...• Protect your data automatically-Relax! WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare...Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more...visual, easy-to save energy. Your data is secure. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to -use backup solution for all your data, ...
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... information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. Kit Contents As shown in your My Passport Essential or Essential SE disk drive kit includes the following: • My Passport Essential or Essential SE ultra-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. For a list of the software supports up to recycle it. Ready...
... information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. Kit Contents As shown in your My Passport Essential or Essential SE disk drive kit includes the following: • My Passport Essential or Essential SE ultra-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. For a list of the software supports up to recycle it. Ready...
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...approximately every 2.5 seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives have: • A power/activity LED indicator • A USB 3.0 interface port Power/Activity LED USB 3.0 ... Mac® OS X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 54. 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 compatibility with...
...approximately every 2.5 seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives have: • A power/activity LED indicator • A USB 3.0 interface port Power/Activity LED USB 3.0 ... Mac® OS X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 54. 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 compatibility with...
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... speed: • USB 2.0-up to 480 Mb/s • USB 1.1-up to 5 Gb/s. You can be handled with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. 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. Connection to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port transfers data at ...
... speed: • USB 2.0-up to 480 Mb/s • USB 1.1-up to 5 Gb/s. You can be handled with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. 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. Connection to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port transfers data at ...
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... for connecting the drive and installing the WD SmartWare software on your Windows computer: 1. Verify that is . . . Connecting the My Passport Drive CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Several different screens might also appear, depending on your computer's operating system: IF your ... installs the proper driver for use on a Mac computer, skip this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on your My Passport drive. 4. THEN . . . Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to step 8. Skip to step 6. It includes the following topics...
... for connecting the drive and installing the WD SmartWare software on your Windows computer: 1. Verify that is . . . Connecting the My Passport Drive CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Several different screens might also appear, depending on your computer's operating system: IF your ... installs the proper driver for use on a Mac computer, skip this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on your My Passport drive. 4. THEN . . . Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to step 8. Skip to step 6. It includes the following topics...
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...) is . . . Enabled Disabled Proceed to step b. b. Skip to WD SmartWare Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. For Windows XP, one or two screens might appear, depending on page 7. Continue to "Getting Started 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 Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays (see ...
...) is . . . Enabled Disabled Proceed to step b. b. Skip to WD SmartWare Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. For Windows XP, one or two screens might appear, depending on page 7. Continue to "Getting Started 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 Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays (see ...
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... software and retrieve files that you do ? CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. If you have already backed up to your My Passport drive on page 6). THEN click the . . . Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software ... the WD SmartWare Software" on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen provides three options for the software installation to open the My Passport drive listing in the next section. protection and drive management features, and password protect or register your drive Install WD SmartWare button...
... software and retrieve files that you do ? CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. If you have already backed up to your My Passport drive on page 6). THEN click the . . . Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software ... the WD SmartWare Software" on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen provides three options for the software installation to open the My Passport drive listing in the next section. protection and drive management features, and password protect or register your drive Install WD SmartWare button...
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... step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . . Install Drive Settings The initial Drive Settings screen for returning to close the initial Drive Settings screen. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you install the WD SmartWare software on page 33). • Clicking the Settings...
... step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . . Install Drive Settings The initial Drive Settings screen for returning to close the initial Drive Settings screen. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you install the WD SmartWare software on page 33). • Clicking the Settings...
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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. 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
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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. Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8.
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... protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your backup as your My Passport drive is connected to any location on page 18) On the WD SmartWare Home screen, you can modify the primary drive being categorized ... photos (see Figure 9 on that drive. 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 backup instantly...
... protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your backup as your My Passport drive is connected to any location on page 18) On the WD SmartWare Home screen, you can modify the primary drive being categorized ... photos (see Figure 9 on that drive. 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 backup instantly...
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... first backup-represents the system and hidden files that your computer's operating system put there when you have retrieved from a prior backup. 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 backup...the used space portion of all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the five main categories For a complete list 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 ...
... first backup-represents the system and hidden files that your computer's operating system put there when you have retrieved from a prior backup. 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 backup...the used space portion of all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the five main categories For a complete list 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 ...
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... the info/online help icon in the upper-right corner of any files to the drive-represents the system and hidden files that your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of files that are uncertain about what to do not install the WD SmartWare software,... you can still use your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to your drive, the Content Gauge shows them in six categories: • Documents • ...
... the info/online help icon in the upper-right corner of any files to the drive-represents the system and hidden files that your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of files that are uncertain about what to do not install the WD SmartWare software,... you can still use your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to your drive, the Content Gauge shows them in six categories: • Documents • ...
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...About Backing Up Your Computer Files The WD SmartWare software automatically and continuously backs up all of the content on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of content you have...content to back up to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is continuous for each content category • A Detailed View content box that is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for you...
...About Backing Up Your Computer Files The WD SmartWare software automatically and continuously backs up all of the content on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of content you have...content to back up to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is continuous for each content category • A Detailed View content box that is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for you...
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... picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for backups. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. This space is not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of your drive properties. Backup Screen In the... computer's hard drive identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that do not belong in...
... picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for backups. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. This space is not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of your drive properties. Backup Screen In the... computer's hard drive identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that do not belong in...
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...It All Up To back up . • The blue background in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. Appearance of your computer files: 1. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that are not available for...all of your operating system 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 backup completes. • You can continue to set up your drive or perform any files ...
...It All Up To back up . • The blue background in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. Appearance of your computer files: 1. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that are not available for...all of your operating system 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 backup completes. • You can continue to set up your drive or perform any files ...
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Click the Home tab to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to...it completes, the WD SmartWare software removes all of the backup files that were just copied to your My Passport drive. b. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to keep - Pausing the backup until your... the backup. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that...
Click the Home tab to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to...it completes, the WD SmartWare software removes all of the backup files that were just copied to your My Passport drive. b. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to keep - Pausing the backup until your... the backup. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that...