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...and other companies. and My Passport Essential is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705061-800 Jul 2010 My Passport® Essential™ and Essential SE North America English Spanish 800...+31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and My Passport are registered trademarks in the U.S. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www...
...and other companies. and My Passport Essential is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705061-800 Jul 2010 My Passport® Essential™ and Essential SE North America English Spanish 800...+31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and My Passport are registered trademarks in the U.S. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www...
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..., Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Contacting WD Technical Support When contacting WD for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/ 7. Your product includes 30 days of ...your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. This 30day period starts on the date of free telephone support during the warranty period. Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads...
..., Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Contacting WD Technical Support When contacting WD for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/ 7. Your product includes 30 days of ...your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. This 30day period starts on the date of free telephone support during the warranty period. Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads...
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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 Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Power/Activity LED 3 USB 3.0 Interface 4 Registering the ...
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 Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Power/Activity LED 3 USB 3.0 Interface 4 Registering the ...
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...8226; Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. We encourage you to plug-and-play with Windows computers-NTFS-formatted for compatibility with all Windows operating systems. Support for this product, visit: US Canada ...eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 Kit Contents As shown in your My Passport Essential or Essential SE disk drive kit includes the following accessories with the My Passport drive: • A special USB cable that...
...8226; Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. We encourage you to plug-and-play with Windows computers-NTFS-formatted for compatibility with all Windows operating systems. Support for this product, visit: US Canada ...eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 Kit Contents As shown in your My Passport Essential or Essential SE disk drive kit includes the following accessories with the My Passport drive: • A special USB cable that...
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... not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. 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 register online at register.wdc.com.
... not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. 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 register online at register.wdc.com.
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power...• Home-Provides a Content Gauge showing the capacity and contents of your files that are available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in six categories where: This file category Documents Mail ..., search for backup. Note: The small number of files 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 My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power...• Home-Provides a Content Gauge showing the capacity and contents of your files that are available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in six categories where: This file category Documents Mail ..., search for backup. Note: The small number of files in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com.
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... of files or folders to your computer's disk drives, so you can select specific types of the WD SmartWare software supports up . 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...are configured with an Apply Changes button for implementing your computer for new or changed in any action on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Then, whenever you without any way This protection is continuous for ...
... of files or folders to your computer's disk drives, so you can select specific types of the WD SmartWare software supports up . 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...are configured with an Apply Changes button for implementing your computer for new or changed in any action on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Then, whenever you without any way This protection is continuous for ...
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To back up all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. During the backup: • The Backup screen displays a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been backed up.... Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all of a backup successfully finished message means 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...
To back up all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. During the backup: • The Backup screen displays a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been backed up.... Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all of a backup successfully finished message means 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...
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...persists, contact WD Support. "Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder" on page 32. "Setting the Preferences Option" on page 32. Green and white, Red and white, THEN the drive might hear the drive power down. 2. Safely Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION! MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL ... backup versions that the WD SmartWare software does not understand (non-Windows format in the taskbar, and then click Safely remove My Passport Essential USB HDD: You might be . . . File History Backup Speed Retrieve Folder Preferences AND see Figure 11 on page 19):...
...persists, contact WD Support. "Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder" on page 32. "Setting the Preferences Option" on page 32. Green and white, Red and white, THEN the drive might hear the drive power down. 2. Safely Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION! MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL ... backup versions that the WD SmartWare software does not understand (non-Windows format in the taskbar, and then click Safely remove My Passport Essential USB HDD: You might be . . . File History Backup Speed Retrieve Folder Preferences AND see Figure 11 on page 19):...
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...Change your password, Remove password protection from accessing the files on your drive. • Registration-Register your drive to receive free technical support during periods of extended inactivity to conserve power and extend the life of the drive. • Drive Erase-Erase all of backups, ...for software updates whenever you reconnect your WD SmartWare drive to WD SmartWare screen. "Registering the Drive" on page 39. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Customizing Your Drive Settings The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize the settings of ...
...Change your password, Remove password protection from accessing the files on your drive. • Registration-Register your drive to receive free technical support during periods of extended inactivity to conserve power and extend the life of the drive. • Drive Erase-Erase all of backups, ...for software updates whenever you reconnect your WD SmartWare drive to WD SmartWare screen. "Registering the Drive" on page 39. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Customizing Your Drive Settings The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize the settings of ...
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Type your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and be kept up-to-date on page 25), click Sleep Timer to display the Set Sleep Timer dialog: MANAGING AND ... that your e-mail address in the E-mail address box. 6. Select your drive. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 16 on the drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Registering the Drive The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to register your language in the Preferred language box. 7. Setting...
Type your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and be kept up-to-date on page 25), click Sleep Timer to display the Set Sleep Timer dialog: MANAGING AND ... that your e-mail address in the E-mail address box. 6. Select your drive. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 16 on the drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Registering the Drive The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to register your language in the Preferred language box. 7. Setting...
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...risk. 4. On the Drive Settings screen (see . . . Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. "Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function" in the following section. Erasing the Drive CAUTION!... . . If you used a password to turn off Drive box, select the inactivity time interval at which you erase your drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 2. Click Set Timer to erase your drive, depending on page 25.) MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 35 Always make sure...
...risk. 4. On the Drive Settings screen (see . . . Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. "Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function" in the following section. Erasing the Drive CAUTION!... . . If you used a password to turn off Drive box, select the inactivity time interval at which you erase your drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 2. Click Set Timer to erase your drive, depending on page 25.) MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 35 Always make sure...
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...: 1. Read the warning about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on page 14.) Use your My Passport drive. After the drive erase operation completes, go to support.wdc.com and see Figure 16 on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to use a password to protect... the disk management Drive Settings screen (see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about the loss of data if you accept the risk. 6. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. Note: Erasing your drive also removes your drive.
...: 1. Read the warning about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on page 14.) Use your My Passport drive. After the drive erase operation completes, go to support.wdc.com and see Figure 16 on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to use a password to protect... the disk management Drive Settings screen (see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about the loss of data if you accept the risk. 6. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. Note: Erasing your drive also removes your drive.
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... To do this, after you sure... Double-click Programs and Features. 3. Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image In addition to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419. Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 To uninstall the WD SmartWare software on Windows ... of the data on your My Passport drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the screen. 4. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 38 Double-click Add or Remove Programs. 3. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Uninstalling on Windows ...
... To do this, after you sure... Double-click Programs and Features. 3. Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image In addition to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419. Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 To uninstall the WD SmartWare software on Windows ... of the data on your My Passport drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the screen. 4. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 38 Double-click Add or Remove Programs. 3. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Uninstalling on Windows ...
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... files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it. Go to support.wdc.com and refer to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for compatibility with all its contents.... Getting Started After you must first: • Reformat the drive to your Mac computer. 2. Connect the My Passport drive to a single HFS+J partition • Restore the WD SmartWare software and disk image This chapter includes the...the WD SmartWare Software Reformatting the Drive CAUTION! MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive with a Mac The My...
... files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting it. Go to support.wdc.com and refer to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for compatibility with all its contents.... Getting Started After you must first: • Reformat the drive to your Mac computer. 2. Connect the My Passport drive to a single HFS+J partition • Restore the WD SmartWare software and disk image This chapter includes the...the WD SmartWare Software Reformatting the Drive CAUTION! MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive with a Mac The My...
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...'t my computer boot when I connect my USB drive to this troubleshooting section or visit our support Web site at USB 1.1 speeds due to the FAT32 file system* Use the drive on the computer desktop? MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and...
...'t my computer boot when I connect my USB drive to this troubleshooting section or visit our support Web site at USB 1.1 speeds due to the FAT32 file system* Use the drive on the computer desktop? MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and...
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... your motherboard or system manual for installation procedures and more information. TROUBLESHOOTING - 55 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Q: How do I determine whether or not my system supports USB 3.0 or USB 2.0? A: Refer to your motherboard. Contact the card manufacturer for more information. Q: What happens when a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 device is built in...
... your motherboard or system manual for installation procedures and more information. TROUBLESHOOTING - 55 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Q: How do I determine whether or not my system supports USB 3.0 or USB 2.0? A: Refer to your motherboard. Contact the card manufacturer for more information. Q: What happens when a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 device is built in...
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... that this Product requires maintenance, either contact the dealer from whom you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support website at support.wdc.com for information on your WD product. COMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION - 66 Authorized returns must be kept for storing... to you at your expense. Your original box and packaging materials should be shipped in any environment, including residential areas. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL KCC Notice (Republic of Korea only) Class B Device 1 Please note that the Product may be given an...
... that this Product requires maintenance, either contact the dealer from whom you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support website at support.wdc.com for information on your WD product. COMPLIANCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION - 66 Authorized returns must be kept for storing... to you at your expense. Your original box and packaging materials should be shipped in any environment, including residential areas. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL KCC Notice (Republic of Korea only) Class B Device 1 Please note that the Product may be given an...
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...that the Product was purchased. The foregoing limited warranty is WD's sole warranty and is applicable only to products sold as found at support.wdc.com), accident or mishandling while in material and workmanship and will for the term defined below, be , during the period ... rights, and you . Subject to the limitations specified above and at WD's option, the repair or replacement of the Product. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Limited Warranty WD warrants that the asserted defect a) is not present, b) cannot reasonably be rectified because of damage occurring...
...that the Product was purchased. The foregoing limited warranty is WD's sole warranty and is applicable only to products sold as found at support.wdc.com), accident or mishandling while in material and workmanship and will for the term defined below, be , during the period ... rights, and you . Subject to the limitations specified above and at WD's option, the repair or replacement of the Product. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Limited Warranty WD warrants that the asserted defect a) is not present, b) cannot reasonably be rectified because of damage occurring...
Product Specifications
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... 14 minutes.* *Performance may be available in these regions. © 2010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Product Specifications Interface USB 3.0 (backward compatible with disabled encryption is protected from actual products. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product Features Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility A single...a 2-hour HD movie in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. We are required to use the software at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for tomorrow. All rights reserved. We encourage...
... 14 minutes.* *Performance may be available in these regions. © 2010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Product Specifications Interface USB 3.0 (backward compatible with disabled encryption is protected from actual products. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product Features Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility A single...a 2-hour HD movie in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. We are required to use the software at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for tomorrow. All rights reserved. We encourage...