Western Digital WDBAAF5000EBK Support Question
Western Digital WDBAAF5000EBK Support Question
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Question posted by pierren20042001 on April 28th, 2010
Purchased External Hard Disk Model Wa-18g12upc Says Can,t Find Driver
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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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WD
RNAL HARD D
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...
Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 2
...2 years Americas 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan
Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAF0020EBK
1.5 TB WDBAAF0015EBK 1 TB WDBAAF0010EBK
750 GB WDBAAF7500EBK 640 GB WDBAAF6400EBK 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are required to 35°C Non-op. My Book Essential
External Hard Drives
Product Features
See your data or just overwritten an...
User Manual - Page 3
iii Table of 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 ...
User Manual - Page 4
MY 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 32
Using the WD SmartWare Icon...
User Manual - Page 6
... peace of mind knowing that gives you the power to save energy. Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to :
• Protect your data automatically-Relax!
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 your data, deleted a file, or just...
User Manual - Page 7
... latest software, firmware, and product documentation and information, go to minimize waste. 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...
User Manual - Page 8
...; • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™
Compatibility can vary, depending on the back
Power/Activity LED
Figure 2.
Disk Drive Format
Your My Book Essential drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 44 and "Troubleshooting" on page 57. For Mac computers, go to use the...
User Manual - Page 10
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Kensington® Security Slot
For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). You can easily register your external storage product:
• Do not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation.
For more information about the Kensington security slot...
User Manual - Page 18
... WD SmartWarev software will identify the categories of files on that drive.
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 your computer (see Figure 8 on page 11)
•...
User Manual - Page 20
... WD SmartWare software:
1.
prompt:
2. 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 mind and do not want to install the WD SmartWare software. • Go Back if you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive.
User Manual - Page 21
... on page 17) provides: • Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, so you can see the number of files and the storage size... your part-just make sure to leave your My Book drive connected to your hard drive • Existing file that are configured with an ...and Stop Backup buttons for as long as before. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter ...
User Manual - Page 22
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Figure 10. This space is not available for your My Book drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your My Book drive represents the potential backup copies of the original files
• Dark blue background identifies categories of files that would be...
User Manual - Page 23
... been backed up.
• The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all of the files that have retrieved from being backed up... Answer ID 3644 in the background.
• A Stop Backup button is available for backup. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the...
User Manual - Page 24
... your computer files:
1. c. 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:
- b. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your My Book drive. On the Backup screen (see...
User Manual - Page 26
...dialog:
2.
On the Software Settings screen (see the file a couple of Backup Versions. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Figure 12. Software Settings Screen
Specifying the Number of versions ago, the WD SmartWare software...you want to save and implement the new number of each file box.
3. Keeping more disk space To specify the number of file versions that you want to keep for each file...
User Manual - Page 45
... and disk image on Windows XP
1.
Note: Erasing your drive also removes your My Book drive. Select WD SmartWare and click Remove. 4. Click Start > Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs. 3. Select the Enable Backup and Retrieve functions check box. 3. However, you sure... prompt on page 16.)
Use your computer. prompt. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER...
User Manual - Page 47
... take several hours to you encounter any problems with minimal inconvenience.
On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on page 27), click Diagnostics to complete. The S.M.A.R.T.
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
17 Checking Drive Health The files on your My Book drive are important to complete, depending on the size and data configuration of your...
User Manual - Page 50
..., a message asks if you do want to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as an external storage device. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
3. Verify that is now ready to install the WD +TURBO utility yourself-the WD SmartWare software will install it for password protecting the drive, registering the drive, and running drive diagnostics. b.
User Manual - Page 62
...Disk Management utility. TROUBLESHOOTING - 57 Refer to 12 Mbps.
A: Your system may affect performance.
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics:
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive... size of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 ...
User Manual - Page 75
... to state. Subject to the limitations specified above, your purchase receipt. The remedies provided herein are in lieu of a)...including removing or obliterating labels and opening or removing external enclosures, unless the product is on your sole and...within the scope of the applicable instructions, as new.
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Limited Warranty
WD warrants that the Product, in ...
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