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WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drives Smaller, smarter backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption The world's most popular portable drive is now smaller and smarter than ever. WD SmartWare™ software automatically and continuously backs up your data and gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens.
WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drives Smaller, smarter backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption The world's most popular portable drive is now smaller and smarter than ever. WD SmartWare™ software automatically and continuously backs up your data and gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens.
Product Specifications (pdf)
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... . Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are trademarks of your limited warranty depends on operating environment. Total accessible capacity varies depending on the country in EMEA, Middle East and Africa. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product ...Features See your PC. USB 2.0 interface Powered directly from recycled materials to 35°C Non-op. All rights reserved. As used for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac OS® X, Tiger...
... . Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are trademarks of your limited warranty depends on operating environment. Total accessible capacity varies depending on the country in EMEA, Middle East and Africa. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product ...Features See your PC. USB 2.0 interface Powered directly from recycled materials to 35°C Non-op. All rights reserved. As used for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac OS® X, Tiger...
User Manual
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... your digital life. This introductory chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents 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:...ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport™ Essential™ or Essential SE ultra-portable hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for your drive that offers ...
... your digital life. This introductory chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents 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:...ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport™ Essential™ or Essential SE ultra-portable hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for your drive that offers ...
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... 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) • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. MY...
... 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) • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. MY...
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It has four tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your important data, ...the drop-down selection box under the name of your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to retrieve backed up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your data automatically-Automatic, continuous backup instantly...
It has four tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your important data, ...the drop-down selection box under the name of your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to retrieve backed up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your data automatically-Automatic, continuous backup instantly...
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...Preferences button for enabling the Backup and Retrieve functions (see Figure 16 on page 25) CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 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 files that...number of 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 a blue background in six ...
...Preferences button for enabling the Backup and Retrieve functions (see Figure 16 on page 25) CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 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 files that...number of 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 a blue background in six ...
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... condition of files that are uncertain about what to do, just click the info/online help information to quickly guide you through your My Passport as an external hard drive. Whenever you are shown in the Additional Files category when you first install the WD SmartWare software-before copying any screen: To close...
... condition of files that are uncertain about what to do, just click the info/online help information to quickly guide you through your My Passport as an external hard drive. Whenever you are shown in the Additional Files category when you first install the WD SmartWare software-before copying any screen: To close...
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...Note: One installation of content to back up , with WD SmartWare software. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Passport drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for new or changed in any action on your part-just make sure to leave your My... backs up any: • New file that is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that you have, simply clicking the Start Backup button will back all of the content on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files.
...Note: One installation of content to back up , with WD SmartWare software. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Passport drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for new or changed in any action on your part-just make sure to leave your My... backs up any: • New file that is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that you have, simply clicking the Start Backup button will back all of the content on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files.
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... Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that would be included in the backup if you click Start Backup are shown where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive ...identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 15 Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of files that ...
... Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that would be included in the backup if you click Start Backup are shown where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive ...identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 15 Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of files that ...
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.... • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all of your open files • Closing all running processes can keep files from a prior backup. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category... for your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution message indicating the number of files involved • View link that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to blue for...
.... • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all of your open files • Closing all running processes can keep files from a prior backup. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category... for your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution message indicating the number of files involved • View link that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to blue for...
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Click the Home tab to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to display the Home screen. If you stop request and remove the newly ... that were just copied to your My Passport drive. Pausing the backup until your computer is not enough free space on page 15), select Detailed View to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 17 Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your computer files: 1. The best...
Click the Home tab to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to display the Home screen. If you stop request and remove the newly ... that were just copied to your My Passport drive. Pausing the backup until your computer is not enough free space on page 15), select Detailed View to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 17 Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your computer files: 1. The best...
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... On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in categories that drive. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 17.... If you can modify the primary drive being categorized using the drop-down selection box under the name of the files in all other than your computer's main hard drive. Then ...
... On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in categories that drive. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 17.... If you can modify the primary drive being categorized using the drop-down selection box under the name of the files in all other than your computer's main hard drive. Then ...