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and My Passport Essential is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705061-800 Jul 2010 My Passport® Essential™ and Essential SE Specifications subject to other countries; Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com If you encounter problems with this product, please contact ...
and My Passport Essential is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705061-800 Jul 2010 My Passport® Essential™ and Essential SE Specifications subject to other countries; Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com If you encounter problems with this product, please contact ...
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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 Kit Contents 2 Optional ...
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 Kit Contents 2 Optional ...
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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 the WD SmartWare ... 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 the WD SmartWare ... 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 SmartWare Software 51 ...
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 SmartWare Software 51 ...
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... your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost all the chapters of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more from unauthorized access or theft with your computer. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1...Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of your digital life. WD SmartWare™ software-An easy-to : • Protect your data automatically-Relax! WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software ...
... your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost all the chapters of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more from unauthorized access or theft with your computer. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1...Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of your digital life. WD SmartWare™ software-An easy-to : • Protect your data automatically-Relax! WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software ...
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...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 recycle it. For the latest software, firmware, and product ...documentation and information, go to minimize waste. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to http://products.wdc.com/updates. For a list of the...
...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 recycle it. For the latest software, firmware, and product ...documentation and information, go to minimize waste. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to http://products.wdc.com/updates. For a list of the...
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..." on page 41 and "Troubleshooting" on hardware configuration and operating system. 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... seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive and the WD SmartWare software are compatible with the following operating systems: Windows...
..." on page 41 and "Troubleshooting" on hardware configuration and operating system. 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... seconds Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive and the WD SmartWare software are compatible with the following operating systems: Windows...
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...your drive using the WD SmartWare software, as described in "Registering the Drive" on page 34. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 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 5 Gb/s. Connection to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port transfers data at register.wdc.com. USB 3.0 is to register online ...
...your drive using the WD SmartWare software, as described in "Registering the Drive" on page 34. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 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 5 Gb/s. Connection to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port transfers data at register.wdc.com. USB 3.0 is to register online ...
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... the proper driver for your computer. THEN . . . Skip to your Windows computer: 1. The WD SmartWare software that the new My Passport drive appears under My Computer in Figure 3. 3. Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to close it. Connecting the My...Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 41 instead. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to step 6. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting the drive and installing the...
... the proper driver for your computer. THEN . . . Skip to your Windows computer: 1. The WD SmartWare software that the new My Passport drive appears under My Computer in Figure 3. 3. Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to close it. Connecting the My...Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 41 instead. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to step 6. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting the drive and installing the...
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...Disabled Proceed to step b. Skip to step a. 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 Welcome to "Getting Started with AutoRun...is enabled or disabled: IF AutoRun (AutoPlay) is . . . Enabled Disabled Proceed to step a on your computer, the screen is . . . MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. For Windows XP, one or two screens might appear, depending on page 13 instead. 8. on whether the AutoRun (AutoPlay) function is enabled...
...Disabled Proceed to step b. Skip to step a. 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 Welcome to "Getting Started with AutoRun...is enabled or disabled: IF AutoRun (AutoPlay) is . . . Enabled Disabled Proceed to step a on your computer, the screen is . . . MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. For Windows XP, one or two screens might appear, depending on page 13 instead. 8. on whether the AutoRun (AutoPlay) function is enabled...
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...Accept to complete. This could take several minutes. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open Computer, ...click to open the My Passport drive listing in the next section. THEN click the . . . Wait for getting started with the WD SmartWare...
...Accept to complete. This could take several minutes. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open Computer, ...click to open the My Passport drive listing in the next section. THEN click the . . . Wait for getting started with the WD SmartWare...
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... (Figure 7 on the initial Backup screen to close the initial Drive Settings screen. After making your initial backup, click Continue on page 10). MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. Here you can choose what you want to the initial Backup screen. Skip to step 6. This completes the getting started procedure after...
... (Figure 7 on the initial Backup screen to close the initial Drive Settings screen. After making your initial backup, click Continue on page 10). MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. Here you can choose what you want to the initial Backup screen. Skip to step 6. This completes the getting started procedure after...
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Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 5.
Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 5.
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WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8. Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 7.
WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8. Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 7.
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...that 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 your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your important data,...) On the WD SmartWare Home screen, you 've lost files effortlessly-Bring back your valuable data to your My Passport drive is believing. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Software Overview WD SmartWare software is available after selecting Install WD SmartWare or Retrieve a backup...
...that 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 your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your important data,...) On the WD SmartWare Home screen, you 've lost files effortlessly-Bring back your valuable data to your My Passport drive is believing. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Software Overview WD SmartWare software is available after selecting Install WD SmartWare or Retrieve a backup...
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...support.wdc.com. It has two tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge showing the capacity and contents 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 ... a dark gray background, shows the 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 are shown against...
...support.wdc.com. It has two tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge showing the capacity and contents 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 ... a dark gray background, shows the 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 are shown against...
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... Do Not Install at the What would you installed the drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of files that your computer's operating system put there when you...
... Do Not Install at the What would you installed the drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of files that your computer's operating system put there when you...
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter ... software automatically and continuously backs up all of them up. Note: Automatic backup protection is connected to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Additionally, the Backup screen (see the number ...automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is continuous for each content category • A Detailed View content box that you can use to select...
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter ... software automatically and continuously backs up all of them up. Note: Automatic backup protection is connected to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Additionally, the Backup screen (see the number ...automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is continuous for each content category • A Detailed View content box that you can use to select...
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. This space is not available for backup • Gray background in the five main... .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your My... Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of ...
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. This space is not available for backup • Gray background in the five main... .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your My... Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of ...
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... file extensions, search for you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to stop the backup. 4. Files that are not available for your e-mail program and web browser BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER ... .tmp and .log files. • The Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all 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 the backup completed normally. They...
... file extensions, search for you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to stop the backup. 4. Files that are not available for your e-mail program and web browser BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER ... .tmp and .log files. • The Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all 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 the backup completed normally. They...