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... in the U.S. Specifications subject to other countries; Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and My Passport Essential is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com If you encounter problems with this product...
... in the U.S. Specifications subject to other countries; Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and My Passport Essential is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com If you encounter problems with this product...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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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...variety of fun colors. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you 've lost all the chapters of your digital life. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup. • Bring back lost ... 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-Gain peace of ...
...variety of fun colors. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you 've lost all the chapters of your digital life. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup. • Bring back lost ... 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-Gain peace of ...
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... 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) • ...Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. For a list of the software supports up to http://products.wdc.com/updates. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to recycle it. For the latest software, firmware,...
... 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) • ...Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. For a list of the software supports up to http://products.wdc.com/updates. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to recycle it. For the latest software, firmware,...
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... every 2.5 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 a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the ...Drive" on page 41 and "Troubleshooting" on hardware configuration and operating system. 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 ...
... every 2.5 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 a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the ...Drive" on page 41 and "Troubleshooting" on hardware configuration and operating system. 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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...; Do not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. Drives can easily register your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive to get the latest updates and special offers. USB 3.0 is to register online at the port speed: • USB 2.0-up ...to 480 Mb/s • USB 1.1-up to 5 Gb/s. 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 drive using the...
...; Do not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. Drives can easily register your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive to get the latest updates and special offers. USB 3.0 is to register online at the port speed: • USB 2.0-up ...to 480 Mb/s • USB 1.1-up to 5 Gb/s. 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 drive using the...
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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 WD SmartWare software on your computer. 2. To connect the My Passport drive to close it. If a ... screen appears, click Cancel to your Windows computer: 1. Turn on your operating system is . . . THEN . . . Connecting the My Passport Drive CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Figure 3. Several different screens might also appear, depending on the drive installs the proper driver for...
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 WD SmartWare software on your computer. 2. To connect the My Passport drive to close it. If a ... screen appears, click Cancel to your Windows computer: 1. Turn on your operating system is . . . THEN . . . Connecting the My Passport Drive CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Figure 3. Several different screens might also appear, depending on the drive installs the proper driver for...
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...you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, go to "Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software" on page 13 instead. 8. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. on your computer, THEN . . . a. Continue to "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 7. Skip...) is . . . Enabled Disabled Proceed 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 step b. Skip to WD SmartWare ...
...you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, go to "Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software" on page 13 instead. 8. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6. on your computer, THEN . . . a. Continue to "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 7. Skip...) is . . . Enabled Disabled Proceed 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 step b. Skip to WD SmartWare ...
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...drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. b. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with WD SmartWare software: 1. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. Continue to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open Computer, click to open the My... Passport drive listing in the next section. Read the license agreement and click Accept to install . . . CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 This...
...drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. b. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with WD SmartWare software: 1. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. Continue to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open Computer, click to open the My... Passport drive listing in the next section. Read the license agreement and click Accept to install . . . CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 This...
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... and then proceed to enable the WD SmartWare Backup and Retrieve functions (see Figure 5 on page 21. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. a. After that you install the WD SmartWare software on page 10). This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install Drive Settings...
... and then proceed to enable the WD SmartWare Backup and Retrieve functions (see Figure 5 on page 21. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. a. After that you install the WD SmartWare software on page 10). This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install Drive Settings...
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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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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. WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8. Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10
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...SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen is available after selecting Install WD SmartWare or Retrieve a backup and installing the software. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Software Overview WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use tool 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 any location on your ...
...SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen is available after selecting Install WD SmartWare or Retrieve a backup and installing the software. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Software Overview WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use tool 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 any location on your ...
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...files in the category. 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 screen ... Figure 16 on page 25) and provides a Preferences button for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. 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 ...
...files in the category. 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 screen ... Figure 16 on page 25) and provides a Preferences button for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. 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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... your drive, the Content Gauge shows them in the upper-right corner of the file categories. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to WD SmartWare screen. prompt on page 39) To forego these performance features and get started without installing... Unlocking the Drive" on page 25) • Customize your software and drive settings for a description of any files to quickly guide you through your My Passport as an external hard drive.
... your drive, the Content Gauge shows them in the upper-right corner of the file categories. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to WD SmartWare screen. prompt on page 39) To forego these performance features and get started without installing... Unlocking the Drive" on page 25) • Customize your software and drive settings for a description of any files to quickly guide you through your My Passport as an external hard drive.
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... computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for as long as before. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for you can...changed in any action on your computer to your computer for starting and stopping backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 14 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your Computer Files Backing It...
... computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for as long as before. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for you can...changed in any action on your computer to your computer for starting and stopping backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 14 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your Computer Files Backing It...
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's... 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...not belong in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR...
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's... 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...not belong in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR...
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...background, includes all of the files that have retrieved from being backed up your operating system files that are not available for backup. 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...
...background, includes all of the files that have retrieved from being backed up your operating system files that are not available for backup. 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...