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Question posted by levitx2 on April 1st, 2012

Windows Vista Cannot Find Driver For Wdbaaf5000 Ebk.

trying to download this driver on line,but could not find. Divice worked normally before.Alex

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Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 2

... on the country in categories and shows the progress of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Book Essential External Hard Drives Product Features See your life safe in one billion bits per second (Gb/s) = one place. Drive lock Gain peace of the world. Essential, WD GreenPower Technology and WD SmartWare are required to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power during...

User Manual - Page 4

... Backup and Retrieve Functions 40 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 40 Uninstalling on Windows XP 40 Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 41 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 41 7 Checking Drive Health 42 8 Using the Drive with a Mac 44 Reformatting the Drive 44 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 44 Connecting the...

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 7

...BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to http://products.wdc.com/updates. For a list of the software supports up to three WD drives (My Book or My Passport drives with all updated Windows... Book Essential disk drive kit includes the following: • My Book Essential external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive)...

User Manual - Page 8

..." on page 44 and "Troubleshooting" on page 57. Disk Drive Format Your My Book Essential drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. If you want to use the drive with the following operating systems: Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 Mac® OS X® • Leopard® •...

User Manual - Page 12

... the new My Book drive appears under My Computer in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 5). Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to step a. a. Note: If a Flash Player is installed on your operating system is on the drive installs the proper driver for use...

User Manual - Page 13

...: 1. THEN click the . . . Wait for getting started with the WD SmartWare software: IF you do ? Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 8. For Windows Vista or Windows 7, two or three screens might appear, depending on page 7). 10. Continue to "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on...

User Manual - Page 17

Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your My Book drive is believing. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 9. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your backup ...

User Manual - Page 34

... unlock the drive there. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive: To unlock your Windows Explorer...

User Manual - Page 42

... e-mail notifications about software updates, product enhancements, and price discount opportunities. 8. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on the drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Registering the Drive The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to register your drive. Select or clear the Yes, I want to receive communication... Click Register...

User Manual - Page 44

... password: 1. Using your drive. Clicking Start > My Computer, opening the WD Unlock virtual CD listing under Devices with Removable Storage, and double-clicking the Unlock.exe file 2. Either: • Click the My Book image above the Drive is locked and you have forgotten or lost your drive. 5. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Using the Drive Unlock Utility.

User Manual - Page 45

On the drive management Drive Settings screen (see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on...check box. 3. Click Start > Control Panel. 2. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL After the drive erase operation completes, go to support.wdc.com and see Figure 17 on Windows XP 1. Click Yes at the What would you sure... ...

User Manual - Page 46

... to remove and reinstall the WD SmartWare software on your My Book drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the data on Windows Vista or Windows 7 1. prompt. Click Start > Control Panel. 2. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 41 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Uninstalling on your My Book drive. Double-click Programs and Features. 3.

User Manual - Page 47

... screen (see Figure 17 on page 27), click Diagnostics to help make sure that the drive might be approaching a serious failure condition. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 17 Checking Drive Health The files on your My Book drive are important to you are so fast, running the quick S.M.A.R.T. The WD SmartWare software has several built-in...

User Manual - Page 60

... WD Unlocker VCD icon and double-click the Drive Unlock icon on the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen: USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 55 Type your desktop whenever the drive is locked: To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed: 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you can...

User Manual - Page 62

... 3647 1425 1364 291 *The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from Mac GPT to Windows Vista NTFS format „ Obtain and reinstall the original software included with USB 1.1. Q: What happens...

User Manual - Page 64

... the WD SmartWare Software" on Windows XP Computers After you physically connect the drive as the Found New Hardware Wizard screen. On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select Yes this time only to allow Windows XP to connect to continue. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 1A Installing the SES Driver If you decide to not...

User Manual - Page 66

...-click the My Book drive. Select WD SES Device Driver. Browse to Windows Update: 2. b. INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 61 Double-click the Extras folder. On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a connection attempt to My Computer and: a. Click Next to the Internet, install the driver manually: 1. c. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL...

User Manual - Page 68

... Yes, search online this time only to allow Windows Vista to connect to Windows Update: Windows Vista automatically: • Connects to the Internet. 2. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing on page 6, the Found New Hardware screen displays. You can use the Found New Hardware screen to install the SES driver either: • Automatically, if your computer is connected...

User Manual - Page 71

MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing on Windows 7 Computers After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driver: 1. Under Computer Management (Local), click Device Manager > Unknown Device and right-click Update driver software: INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 66 Open All Programs and click Computer > ...